If the original gospels by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were written today, they would never get published. They are far too politically incorrect. Modern Britain would never tolerate such primitive descriptions as the blind, deaf and lunatic. And Jesus Christ was surely outrageously judgemental - promising to set the wicked on his left hand and send them to everlasting punishment. Frankly Jesus Christ was just too discriminatory. Christ's outmoded notions of sin are far too downbeat for our liberated modern times. And fancy saying that charitable works should be done secretly, when nowadays we all know to make a great song and dance about any good we do. Here then is The Politically-Correct Gospel - the only gospel that could possibly find a publisher in this, our enlightened age. And a great improvement on the stuffy, disapproving originals it is, too. Here we find accessible and inclusive language, through the beautiful phraseology of the Authorised Version. The blind have been replaced by the visually-challenged, the deaf by the hearing-impaired and the lunatics have bipolar disorder. All of the Bible's negative and repressive language on sexual morality has, thankfully, been dropped. The Politically Correct Gospel is an inclusive gospel that that truly speaks to modern People, strives to dispense with all the nonsense about guilt and sin, and seeks greatly to encourage our sense of self-esteem. (Apresentação do livro feita na contracapa).
JPTF 2008/12/29
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