Cotton Patch Gospel online!

[Jim]

Ever since I read the article on THIS ROCK on different bible translations catholic.com/library/bible_translations_guide.asp
I’ve been dying to find the Cotton Patch translation! I found it online rockhay.tripod.com/cottonpatch/
Although of course a very bad translation in the theological sense (and even anti-Catholic in many places), I just can’t help but feel good and laugh my head off when I read it!

Dispite the craziness of his translation, I have to say that after reading Clarence Jordan’s biography, I have a lot of respect for him. He was a very brave man and worked hard for civil rights in the south during the 60’s, even risking his life.

Matthew 9:16 “Nobody ever uses new, unshrunk material to patch a dress that’s been washed. For in shrinking, it will pull the old material and make a tear. Nor do people put new tubes in old, bald tires. If they do, the tires will blow out, and the tubes will be ruined and the tires will be torn up. But they put new tubes in new tires and both give good mileage.”

 

[patrick457]

Ever since I read the article on THIS ROCK on different bible translations catholic.com/library/bible_translations_guide.asp
I’ve been dying to find the Cotton Patch translation! I found it online rockhay.tripod.com/cottonpatch/
Although of course a very bad translation in the theological sense (and even anti-Catholic in many places), I just can’t help but feel good and laugh my head off when I read it!

Dispite the craziness of his translation, I have to say that after reading Clarence Jordan’s biography, I have a lot of respect for him. He was a very brave man and worked hard for civil rights in the south during the 60’s, even risking his life.

Matthew 9:16 “Nobody ever uses new, unshrunk material to patch a dress that’s been washed. For in shrinking, it will pull the old material and make a tear. Nor do people put new tubes in old, bald tires. If they do, the tires will blow out, and the tubes will be ruined and the tires will be torn up. But they put new tubes in new tires and both give good mileage.”

One thing I’ll never forget about that is that Jesus is born in Gainesville, Georgia.

I wonder if they will make versions that says Jesus is born in Kyoto, Los Angeles, Detroit, Chartres, Milan, Malta or something.

I guess this is one of those subtle Anti-Catholic parts…

"It will be hell for you, theologians and preachers— phonies, because you build churches and name them after the saints, and you set up orders to honor the faithful. You say, ‘If we had been alive in those days we wouldn’t have joined our forefathers in murdering the men of God.’ By this you do admit that you are descendants of prophet-killers. You yourselves live up to your forefathers’ reputation! Copperheads, sons of snakes, how can you escape hell’s damnation? Now look, I’m sending to you men of God and competent teachers and ministers. Some of them you’ll hound to death and lynch, and some of them you’ll castigate in your churches and pester from city to city. Over you, then, hangs the guilt for the murder of every innocent man since time began, from the murder of innocent Abel to the murder of Zack Bronson, who was shot between the church and the parsonage. I’m telling it like it is, all of this will hang over this generation.

"O Atlanta, Atlanta! Killer of prophets and assassinator of statesmen, many times I wanted to draw your people together as a hen snuggles her biddies under her wings, and you would have none of it. All right, your affairs are in your own hands, but I’ll tell you this, you won’t see me around again until you’re crying out, ‘Please God, send us some spiritual leadership.’

 

[BlestOne]

Destined to be Governor of Georgia??? I would think he rated president of the US at least…