Kitty-Speak Bible?

Lolcat Bible Translation Project presents the Gospel according to Tabby.

The LA Times writes:

The LOLCatBible.com website is out to rewrite the Good Book in its own brand of kitschy kitty-speak.

"OH my, they oppended nuther sealz there wuz big ground shaky. Teh sunz got all darky and teh moonz wuz bluudy." (Revelation 6)

Thanks to thousands of slacking office workers, procrastinating students and cat lovers worldwide with fast DSL connections at the ready, over 30% of both the New Testament and Old Testament have been translated into "lolcat" speak, a.k.a. "lolspeak." It's based on the popular Internet meme and subsequent diversionary website Lolcat.com (and, lately, the even more popular Icanhascheezburger.com), where users upload pictures of their pets with embedded words in a "cute" cat-speak (example: "um, hai, yur home early!").

The "translators" of this kitsch "bible" are even selling their own version of witness wear featuring select Bible verses in Kitty-Speak. The T-Shirt below is taken from John 3:16 in the LOLCatBible and reads:

"So liek teh Ceiling Cat lieks teh ppl lots and he sez 'Oh hai I givez u my only son and ifs u beleevs in him u wont evr diez no moar, k?"

(we wonder how long it will be before Rick Warren weaves verses from this version of the "bible" into his sermons and books)

HT: Slice of Laodicea

Comments

[Glen]

I don't get this at all! "Kitty speak"? What kind of nutcase came up with this blasphemy?

[Al]

First of all, there is no such language on this planet. And, second, does anyone think for a moment that God will be glorified with it?

Scooby Doo can't be too far off.

This is also an indictment of our so-called institutions of "higher learning," as some of those involved with this are "graduate students" at UC.

These people need a Cat Scan.

[Jay Allen]

The only thing this "Bible" would be good for is to line the kitty-litter box with!

[Mrs. Pilgrim]

Lolcat: www.icanhascheezburger.com

They're funny--mostly--but always very frivolous.

Referring to God as "Ceiling Cat" is an insult in the extreme: http://icanhascheezburger.com/category/ceiling/
Look at the fifth entry down--but I don't recommend it for the sensitive.

To reduce the Bible to Lolspeak is not merely offensive, but petty. It speaks of absolutely NO reverence for the Bible or its Author.

It's stupid, it's blasphemous, and it's a cheap attempt to pander to the current market fad.

[Jude]

What annoys me about these types of bibles which are paraphrases and (whatever the Kitty bible is supposed to be) is that they try and make it "easier" to read and understand, but the bible was probably not meant to be extremely simple. It requires constant studying, reading and the Holy Spirit. I understand that because we are translating the manuscripts, the readability is probably a little different, but God knew this already and we don't need to have paraphrases like the Kitty-Speak Bible, that makes the scriptures sounds more like a LOL (irony I know) joke book.

[fourpointer]

And, coming soon, Bibles written in Pig Latin, Smurfese, Klingon, and Vulcan. (The last one will be good for prosperity preachers, who are always quoting Spock's "Live long and prosper" meme. But I digress.)

This is filthy, disgusting, blasphemous, and an utter abomination. And anyone who buys one of these is sharing in these people's sins.

[carol]

Now, is this official "Kitty-Speak?" because I read this to my two cats and they didn't get it.
Good one about Rick Warren. We all know we need to do anything possible to get cats in church. If we had a "Mouse Speak" Bible, there might be a problem.

[Carol]

I wrote about this on my blog (The Bible Thumper's Soapbox)and Martin, who said he was the administrator of that catbible site responded to me on my blog, and then wrote an article on his site. (Atheist Peace)

After going back and forth with him and his cohort "Zotnix"(who I suspect is also Martin) I gave up. Read it for yourself. The Gospel According to Fluffy.

[Al]

Why bother with this, anyway, since Jesus came to redeem mankind from their sins, not kitties.

Besides, if people won't listen to the language they do understand, why would they listen to a contrived one that they don't?

[TheGuardian]

At this rate we are going to have the Text Speak Bible fairly soon.

[Essa]

Seriously you people need to lighten up. If I was still a Christian I would be more concerned with the hypocrisies found within scripture itself then what a bunch of teenagers and college students are doing with their free time.

Need I remind any of you hardcore bible thumpers - that are so concerned with this 'blasphemy' - that according to this book you're protecting that if you have ever eaten shellfish in your life, you are going to hell?

I find it funny and ironic that the Christians that are so quick to anger and insult by things this petty seem to overlook their own faults of 'judge not lest ye be judged yourselves'.

You should be ashamed of yourselves. Relax. It's just a bunch of kids being kids.

[Pope Disturban the Vth]

Ask and ye shall receive:
The Klingon Bible Translation Project