Pastor Lucius is proud. He is a wide thinker. The pastor likes to take the best from liberal and conservative, Jew and Protestant and Catholic. The pastor is not scared of "political correctness." The pastor enjoys upsetting the "politically correct." The pastor is happy to recommend the ESV Bible to members of his congregation in Apuleius. The more people complain, the more he will delight in recommending it. The pastor trusts in the Religion Of The ESV. But the pastor forgets that he has not actually gotten around to reading the whole ESV, just a few parts.
Pastor Lucius is satisfied. The members of the Religion Of The ESV explain that their translation is completely new and very scholarly. The pastor does not want to look at the copyright page of his ESV -- maybe the translation is not as new as he thought. But who cares -- the point is to evaluate the ESV as it is, not where it came from. The pastor hates dumbed down translations. He hates them. But he loves the ESV. But the pastor forgets that footnotes can also be dumbed down.
Pastor Lucius is excited. The pastor knows he can use the ESV Scofield, and the ESV R. C. Sproul Study Bible, and the ESV Literary Study Bible. So much joy. Even better: the pastor's friends are writing a ESV Study Bible. No ladies allowed. The pastor likes lady pastors, but he respects the Religion Of The ESV because he knows Catholics don't allow women to be priests. The Jews are the same way-- only the kohens can be priests; that's just the way it is. But the pastor forgets that Catholics and Jews allow women to teach.
Pastor Lucius is confident. No one will dare complain. Only ivory tower egghead academics worry about that, and they have an unreasonable grudge. You can tell by their vitriol. The pastor works in Apuleius, in the real world with real people. True, the ladies in his congregation will learn that the Religion Of The ESV teaches that only men were made in the image of God. That is OK. He'll patch things up for the ladies during the sermon. And who cares if someone complains -- should one person spoil things for everyone else? But the pastor forgets that Rosa Parks was just one person.
