http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26017/wycliffe-associates-stepping-up-support-for-bible-translation-in-war-ravaged-democratic-republic-of-congo http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26017/wycliffe-associates-stepping-up-support-for-bible-translation-in-war-ravaged-democratic-republic-of-congo#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:23:21 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26017 Wycliffe Associates, an international organization that involves people in the acceleration of Bible translation efforts, is raising funds to accelerate the work of Bible translation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)—a Central African nation that has been plagued by civil wars over the past 15 years.

The fighting has resulted in the deaths for more than 5 million people and the displacement of more than 2 million.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26017/wycliffe-associates-stepping-up-support-for-bible-translation-in-war-ravaged-democratic-republic-of-congo/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25975/wycliffe-bible-translators http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25975/wycliffe-bible-translators#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 08:26:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25975 Translators of U.S.-based Wycliffe Associates have launched two Bible translation projects in countries where evangelism, or even reading a Bible, is forbidden.

Wycliffe CEO Bruce Smith said among the nations targeted by his organization was at least one predominately Muslim country with a strongly Islamic government, where he claimed Christians face persecution, even from family members and neighbors.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25975/wycliffe-bible-translators/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21795/uncensored-bible http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21795/uncensored-bible#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:28:05 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21795 Most believers would say the Bible is the word of God, or at least a divinely inspired book written by divinely inspired men.

But what if the Bible had been mistranslated or censored to remove the tawdry bits about pimps, cross-dressers or, ahem, a Brazilian wax as punishment?]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21795/uncensored-bible/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20300/manga-bible http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20300/manga-bible#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:17:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20300/manga-bible http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20300/manga-bible/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20240/offbeat-news-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20240/offbeat-news-3#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:36:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20240/offbeat-news-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20240/offbeat-news-3/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19469/devil-s-bible http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19469/devil-s-bible#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:05:16 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19469/devil-s-bible http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19469/devil-s-bible/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18899/bibles-newspapers http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18899/bibles-newspapers#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:49:31 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18899/bibles-newspapers http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18899/bibles-newspapers/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18514/bible-sex http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18514/bible-sex#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:06:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18514/bible-sex http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18514/bible-sex/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18279/bible-obscenity-row http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18279/bible-obscenity-row#comments Wed, 16 May 2007 10:36:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18279/bible-obscenity-row http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18279/bible-obscenity-row/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16965/new-bible-adds-pictures-to-the-words-of-scripture http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16965/new-bible-adds-pictures-to-the-words-of-scripture#comments Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:25:59 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16965/new-bible-adds-pictures-to-the-words-of-scripture http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16965/new-bible-adds-pictures-to-the-words-of-scripture/feed 0