Not content to preach about how America is a Christian nation, Fundies have put it in a new bible to "prove" it. You can now get an American Patriot's Bible. I'm not too keen on looking at the bible's website, so I only have an article in USA Today to go by. As far as I can tell, the actual text of the bible is unchanged (though they don't say which translation they use). What makes it a Patriot's Bible is the 300 articles sprinkled throughout on a wide variety of Fundie talking points -- the right to bear arms, religious broadcasting, the impact of Ronald Reagan.
Here's just a few things that are wrong with this bible:
* It equates patriotism with Christianity, corrupting both.
* It elevates Fundie talking points as having come from God (and most of them don't).
* It implies these articles are commentary on biblical passages.
* It promotes and "proves" the lie that America was founded as a Christian nation.
* It promotes the culture wars and partisan divide and implies the battle is blessed by God.
* It implies that to be a patriot one must be a Christian, and to be a Christian one must be a patriot.
* It drives those who aren't Christian Patriots farther away from the bible and the church.
Some commentators have used these words to describe it: heresy, corrupt, idolatrous. I strongly agree and would add one more descriptor: abomination.
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