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Just received a gift of a Green Bible for Christmas. Basically it is a NRSV Bible, with anything related to “green” or environmental stewardship verses highlighted in green letters. The idea is to show how God has much to say about being earth-friendly.

Has anyone else seen this, or have thoughts? It is a full Bible. It is made from cotton, recycled paper, etc.

Jon
 
Ha! That’s actually pretty cool. That reminds me of a friend of mine who once showed me one of her Bibles. It was anime… I didn’t think such a thing would exist, but apparently the Church is trying to catch up with the times.

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upbeatjonm said:
Just received a gift of a Green Bible for Christmas. Basically it is a NRSV Bible, with anything related to “green” or environmental stewardship verses highlighted in green letters. The idea is to show how God has much to say about being earth-friendly.

Has anyone else seen this, or have thoughts? It is a full Bible. It is made from cotton, recycled paper, etc.

Jon
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Good that its a gift and you didn’t buy it because its my understanding that the NRSV is not really a good Bible for Catholics to use.

Also if I open a Bible I don’t want to see highlighted words or phrases. That really is a distraction from trying to read.
 
thistle said:
Good that its a gift and you didn’t buy it because its my understanding that the NRSV is not really a good Bible for Catholics to use.

Also if I open a Bible I don’t want to see highlighted words or phrases. That really is a distraction from trying to read.
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Well, I don’t think I would bother with a “green” Bible (especially NRSV), but I would have to disagree with you on the “highlighted words or phrases.” I have more than one Bible where the words of Jesus are in red. It doesn’t make it difficult to read, and it “highlight’s” Christ’s actual words, which is a good thing. 👍
 
Hmm…

That *is *interesting!

I will say that while I have no problem with the NRSV, I think having particular verses highlighted which are not Jesus’ words to be not only distracting but only slightly misdirected. I think one of the biggest problems of environmentalism today is that it tends to divinize the Earth and its resources, which is pantheism.
 
The last time round I was at the bookstore, I did browse through the Green Bible. I don’t recall it having the deuterocanonical books, so if I have not remembered wrongly, it would be an incomplete Bible for Catholics.

I also found the green print a little light and difficult to read. Maybe that’s because I’ve red-green colour deficiency.

I purposely avoid any editions of the Bible that highlights the words of Christ in red for 2 reasons:
  1. The words of Christ recorded in the Scriptures are no more special than the rest of the narratives/texts of the Gospel. Christ is a person who communicates with his whole person: actions, presence and history, not just words. The words of Christ are also no more inspired than the rest of Scripture: Christ is the only Word spoken in the Sciptures.
  2. I know some people will disagree with me, but it’s most unlikely that all the words of Christ recorded in the Gospels were uttered by Jesus in those exact words that they eventually were written down. It is not dictation that we’re dealing with, but the Church, under the direction and inspiration of the Holy Spirit, meditating on the significance and meaning of Jesus’ words and actions.
Words of Christ in red helps propagate the mistaken belief that (a) those were the actual words of Jesus, like a court-transcription, and (b) that these words were therefore more important than the rest of Scripture.
 
upbeatjonm said:
Just received a gift of a Green Bible for Christmas. Basically it is a NRSV Bible, with anything related to “green” or environmental stewardship verses highlighted in green letters. The idea is to show how God has much to say about being earth-friendly.

Has anyone else seen this, or have thoughts? It is a full Bible. It is made from cotton, recycled paper, etc.

Jon
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Would these passages constitute “green”?
2 Peter 3: 10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

2 Kings 6: 4 And he went with them. They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees.

Deuteronomy 9: 21 Also I took that sinful thing of yours, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and** ground it to powder as fine as dust and threw the dust into a stream** that flowed down the mountain.

Luke 13: 7So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
😃
 
Catholic_Dude said:
Would these passages constitute “green”?2 Peter 3: 10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

2 Kings 6: 4 And he went with them. They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees.

Deuteronomy 9: 21 Also I took that sinful thing of yours, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and** ground it to powder as fine as dust and threw the dust into a stream** that flowed down the mountain.

Luke 13: 7So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
😃
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I looked these up, and only the first verse you mentioned is shown in green. I guess selective editing is in play.
 
upbeatjonm said:
I looked these up, and only the first verse you mentioned is shown in green. I guess selective editing is in play.
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You mean selective colouring right. 😃 😃 😃

Looks like a toddler with crayons and a colouring book.
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