Bible’s profile at the Capitol touches a chord

Volunteers at the 17th Annual US Capitol Bible Reading Marathon speant 90-hours reading from the Bible on the west lawn of the US Capitol. The 90-hour marathon, which will include readings by about two dozen members of Congress and their staffers, is a lead-up to Thursday’s National Day of Prayer. President Harry Truman signed the day into law in 1952 as an interfaith event. But in recent years, evangelical Christian groups have taken the lead in organizing activities around the day, especially those located near seats of government. And in Washington, as in real estate, location counts.

May 5, 2006 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Lee Hadden says:
    May 5, 2006 at 9:26 pm

    Censored Bible
    Martin Luther pulled several writings from other parts of the Bible canon, labeled them “Apocrypha,” and placed them in the middle of the Bible, between the Old and New Testament. They remain there in the Official King James Version, and in the pulpit Bibles of Anglican, Luteran and Calvinist churches.
          And those writing remain in the Catholic Bibles in their original order.
          Subsequent publishers of the Bible, including many fundamentalists sects, discarded these books as being “too Catholic”, and published their versions of the Bible without these texts. Many translations also did not include them when publishing in other languages.
            So, are these people reading the complete Holy Bible, or are they reading from a censored volume?
            Inquiring minds want to know…

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