The longtime pastor of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico was recently caught on camera promoting an "inclusive" translation of the Bible that strips the text of gendered language for God, including Jesus' titles as Lord and Son of God. The Rev. Jim Rigby, who has pastored St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) near Austin, Texas, for more than 35 years, discussed The Inclusive Bible with an undercover journalist posing as a prospective new church member, according to video recorded in August and first reported by The Daily Caller.
Noting the church typically provides new members with a copy of The Inclusive Bible when they join, Rigby claimed, "It's good on the gender stuff." "The more, like, metaphysical stuff, it's not a very good translation, if that makes sense. I think it's really important to have a good translation, so you can let go of the stupid stuff," he added. NEW: James Talarico's longtime spiritual mentor, Rev.
Jim Rigby, says his church provides copies of the "Inclusive Bible" to new members. The "Inclusive Bible" strips the Bible of "gendered language." It refuses to call Jesus the Son of God and describes traditional… pic.twitter.com/R6Nf4SPisg The video also depicts a new member named Larry being given a copy of the inclusive translation to applause during a service at St. Andrew's.
“And Martha's here to give Larry his Inclusive Bible," a woman says in the video. "It's the Bible that we use at this church.
It's been rewritten so that there is only inclusive language and that it doesn't use the gender-fueled language that the King James Version uses." First published in 2007, The Inclusive Bible touts itself as "the first egalitarian translation" and offers "a re-imagining of the scriptures and our relationship to them," according to a description.