Will the progressives censor the Bible?
by Julian Mann, TCW:
IF KING Charles III is presented with a Bible at his Coronation, as his mother was at hers in 1953 as ‘the most valuable thing which the world affords’, he would get the full King James version. But for how much longer will uncensored Bibles be allowed in the United Kingdom?
If the Conservatives lose the next General Election and a coalition of Labour, the Lib-Dems and the SNP governs Britain, a beefed-up law against anti-LGBT ‘hate speech’ would surely be likely.
How could a passage like the following in the New Testament survive such a law?
‘But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall become one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.’
Those are the recorded words of Jesus Christ in Mark’s Gospel, chapter 10 verses 6 to 9, in the King James version. They show that he believed that heteronormality is God’s intention for humanity. They also show that he believed that the God-created institution of heterosexual marriage is the bedrock of society.
In the absence of an authoritative survey, it is hard to determine whether LGBT people in 21st century secular Britain could care less about the Bible. But politically correct cancel culture, as it has gained traction in Western democracies since the turn of the millennium, does not seem to need many complainants.
So under a draconian hate speech law in the second half of this decade, it is not hard to foresee even a small cadre of complainants achieving a great deal in their campaign against the uncensored English Bible. Christian Churches might consider that, in order to avoid potential prosecutions, it would be safer to issue versions of the Bible with the offensive passages taken out.
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