Possible name change?

I'm becoming more convinced that perhaps I need to rename my blog: "Things I Wish I Could Say About Things I Read On Facebook, But Since Total Alienation Isn't Fun, I Will Blog About It Since No One Reads This Anyway."

Today, I saw somebody respond to an apparently dumb question with an equally dumb question, "Is that a question?"

Sigh.

I had to do the typing version of "bite my lip", which is in fact pointing my fingers in the opposite direction of the keyboard while having an internal conversation with my brain cells that want me to unleash torrents of sarcasm (that conversation can be concisely summarized as "shut up!").

But really, what I wanted to say in response to the exchange was that given the use of the question mark at the end of the sentence and the inquiring nature of the words, yes, that was in fact a question, according to standard grammatical and punctuation usage rules and regulations. Whatever those may be. And clearly the user has a firm grasp of the concept of the question because the answer was also in question form. What is this, Jeopardy?

And now, I have displayed my personal grasp of the concept of the question. And with that, my job is done here.

Let's leave the Bible out of this, OK?

Get a load of this douchebag.

This guy is the leading figure of a project that is re-translating the Bible because it is too "liberal" and needs to be reworked for "contemporary conservative sensibilities". Apparently, he and some other exhaustingly annoying and overly pious political types are fed up with the Bible containing things that "the liberals" put in, such as Jesus praying "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do" as the book of Luke states.

Sigh.

My favorite quote of this story is from the square pictured above, explaining why this translation had to happen: "Professors are the most liberal group of people in the world, and it's professors who are doing the most popular modern translations of the Bible."

Wow. Really? This is driving the push for a new translation? And I'm supposed to disregard most versions of the Bible as I have read it and learned it- just because you're playing the political name game and you think liberals changed the Bible to fit their agenda??? This isn't freaking health care reform, it's God's Holy Word!!! Show some respect...

I should also add that this translation is done in a Wikipedia type format, with lots of everyday, amateur translators disgruntled with "the liberals" and those other educated types, the ones that spend most of their waking hours reading and deciphering ancient manuscripts, also known as "experts in their field". Because Wikipedia and its format of allowing people to edit information has clearly made it the most reliable source of information. Um, there's a reason I wasn't allowed to EVER use Wikipedia as a source in any assignment in nursing school.

I generally consider myself a conservative on most topics, but this makes me embarrassed to admit it- saying I'm conservative aligns me with idiots like this. And I'm OK with Christianity being "unpopular", but don't make us look like morons. I'm not a moron. But I'm pretty sure this guy couldn't find his ass with a road map, compass AND a GPS system.

Let's leave the Bible alone, people. This goes beyond the reach of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". I fear eternal damnation for messing with the Bible.