The Duggars want you to "gift" a Bible verse

[GeoBQn]

Here is a video from JimBob and Michelle advertising the Seed Company's "Gift a Verse" program. Give someone a card that says you paid $26 to have a Bible verse translated into a new language in their name.

 

http://vimeo.com/32473352

 

So, this is like the fundie version of giving someone a certificate saying you had a star named after them?

[Aeryn406]

How 'bout this one: "Jesus wept." That describes the whole fundie situation, in my mind.

[Deleted02]

I'd rather have $26

[Jessica]

It drives me crazy when people use "gift" where theyshould use "give", but anyway, if you really want to do that you can just go to any Bible site and print it off yourself.... and save the difference!

[Visionoyahweh]

New language? Isn't the bible available in pretty much every language? It even comes in dead language versions? I'd pay $26 for a Duggar to learn Latin or Aramaic, since at least some education woudl be taking place.

Maybe grandma can sell some of that dead sea mud for $100 per ounce. At least it's good for something...

[xReems]

I think I'd rather spend my $26 on wine. Speaking of wine...I think I'm gonna grab a glass right now as I study away for my final on that ebil Biology class, Microbiology.

[sage]

I think I'll use $26 and have a verse translated in the Duggars name... how about:

Ezekiel 23:19-20 NET

Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she engaged in prostitution in the land of Egypt. She lusted after their genitals as large as those of donkeys, and their seminal emission was as strong as that of stallions.

:lol:

[sage]

I think I'd rather spend my $26 on wine. Speaking of wine...I think I'm gonna grab a glass right now as I study away for my final on that ebil Biology class, Microbiology.

Ugh, it's plain old chem and bio for me; this time of year makes me stabby.

[Lily]

I think I'll use $26 and have a verse translated in the Duggars name... how about:

Ezekiel 23:19-20 NET

Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she engaged in prostitution in the land of Egypt. She lusted after their genitals as large as those of donkeys, and their seminal emission was as strong as that of stallions.

:lol:

Oh. God. Call an ambulance. I can't breathe! LOL!

[GeoBQn]

Song of Songs 4:5

Your two breasts are like two fawns

that are twins of a roe,

which feed among the lilies.

[uber frau]

The potential for snark is too good. Just a random selection...

"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless." Ecc 1:2

"The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off the head and burn it on the altar; it's blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar." Lev 1:13

"Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me."Ex 4:24 (KJV cos it sounds better)

"Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard" Lev19:27

[ChunkyBarbie]

I will keep the $26 and then buy a bottle of wine with it. My Jesus loves wine.

[browncoatslytherin]

I will keep the $26 and then buy a bottle of wine with it. My Jesus loves wine.

but he only drank grape juice! *foot stomp* /whiney fundy moment

[pfamilygal]

Actually there are many languages that do not have a Bible translation. Check out http://www.wycliffe.org/ - over 340 million people do not have a Bible translation in their first language. They may be African or Asian people groups who only have a Bible available in the trade language (French, Russian, etc).

[marmalade]

That's the cost of a single-unit class at my local ebil community college. I'd rather "invest" in something I know someone will use in some fashion someday. Thanks but no thanks, Duggars.

They're becoming quite the fundie spokespeople for Christian money-making scams (College Minus come to mind?), aren't they?

[sage]

Actually there are many languages that do not have a Bible translation. Check out http://www.wycliffe.org/ - over 340 million people do not have a Bible translation in their first language. They may be African or Asian people groups who only have a Bible available in the trade language (French, Russian, etc).

I would argue that it's not necessarily a bad thing!

[lilwriter85]

This gifting a Bible verse is fucking stupid and way overpriced. A few years back I saw a similar money making scam and the cost was five dollars.

[VodouDoll]

I had a workstudy student a few years ago whose parents were itinerant Bible translators. They were both linguists and he grew up all over the world. They traveled around to small language groups who didn't have Bibles, translated one for them, and then moved on.

[PennySycamore]

Song of Songs 4:5

Your two breasts are like two fawns

that are twins of a roe,

which feed among the lilies.

That reminds me of the scene in The Homecoming which was the pilot for The Waltons where the kids had gone down to Ike's store or maybe the church where a missionary lady was giving toys out to kids out if they'd recite a Bible verse. One of the Walton kids (I think it was Erin) ran up and said "Jesus wept" and then the missionary said she had a doll to give to a lucky little girl. Little Elizabeth couldn't think of a verse so that smartass Mary Ellen whispered the Song of Songs verse into Elizabeth's ear. Of course, Elizabeth went up to the missionary and said her verse which totally threw the missionary lady for a loop.

[Visionoyahweh]

Actually there are many languages that do not have a Bible translation. Check out http://www.wycliffe.org/ - over 340 million people do not have a Bible translation in their first language. They may be African or Asian people groups who only have a Bible available in the trade language (French, Russian, etc).

Wow, I didn't know that. I stand corrected! Still, $26 could pay for an entire chapter, instead of a lousy verse.

Maybe all of FJ could chip in a penny or two and have this one translated in the Duggar's name? JB would love it!

Make ready to slaughter his sons for the guilt of their fathers; Lest they rise and posses the earth, and fill the breadth of the world with tyrants. (Isaiah 14:21 NAB)

ETA: The entire song of Solomon works too. It's biblical porn!

[Maul the Koala]

I want to gift the Duggars with some common sense.

[emmiedahl]

For $6 less, you can give that same needy family a flock of chicks, which may become an ongoing source of protein and income for the children. https://secure1.heifer.org/gift-catalog/chicks.html

One verse, or several years' worth of protein. Just saying.

[HOTW]

I was reading this just th eother day and was looking to see if there was a post about it here. What really annoyed me was many of the languages they want to translate into are people who do have their own religion but they "need" to be converted to Christianity by the Fundies it seems!