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The bible is being translated into LOLSpeak
Kevin Spiess - Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 | 10:19AM (PT)


Welcom to Teh Holiez Bibul

The bible is being translated into LOLSpeak Image 1

A concentrated effort is under way, somewhere on the Internets, in translating the entire Bible into LOLSpeak. So far, about 60% of the Good Book has been converted to LOLSpeak, (also known as Internet Pigdin), with the rest scheduled to be finished in 2008. While the biblical stories remain the same, there has been some ... liberties taken. For instance, God has been replaced by the "Ceiling Cat" which has divine dominion over all, including all of the "kittens" (humans.)

Here is a selection from the book of Luke:

Ceiling Cat sended Gabriowl, a hovr d00d, to Nazareth (dat is a citi in Galilee) to a virgn naemd Mary. She wuz engajded to a d00d naemd Joseph. Gabriowl wuz liek "O hai Mary, u iz realli nice. Ceiling Cat iz wif u." Mary wuz kiend of worrid about dat.But teh hovr d00d wuz all "Doant be afraid. Ceiling Cat iz happi wif u. U iz gonna hav a kittn. Naem him Jebus. He wil be graet. He wil be teh kittn of Ceiling Cat an his daddi will give him David's chaer. He wil r00l Jacob's house forevr."

Mary wuz liek "O rly, i iz a virgn remembr." Gabriowl wuz all "Ceiling Cat wil take caer of it."Elizabeth iz goin to hav a kittn n evribodi seded it wuz imposubl." Nothin iz imposubl for Ceiling Cat."

Mary sed "I is happi to do Ceiling Cat's work. Liek u sai." N Gabriowl lefted.

The project is being undertaken as a Wiki, so that anyone can contribute by 'translating' biblical passages yet translated. The LOLSpeak project was undoubtedly influenced by the success of the popular icanhascheezburger.com website which matches funny pictures of cats with semi-sensical comments written with little regard for the conventions of the English language.

This website surely joins the Brick Testament (which depicts biblical scenes in LEGO) as being one of the more sacrilegious, humorous websites on the Interwebs.  

Here's a parting passage from Matthew 2:

king herod (teh n00b king) was campin like a ub3r n00b near der, n when he heared this he wuz liek “omfg hez in mah empaire, steelin ma gloriez (an mai cookiez wtf)?!??! n all d pplz in Jerusalem wuz leik “hey yea wtf?!” So he got all d pplz who are has teh smartz, ne he sayed “sry im n00b but lol srsly wer doez king j00 spawn?” N dey sed to him “lol.. d00d, obviusly king j00 spawns in beetleham, ceiling cat saied to sum guy wun time “oi rait dis down n stuff” n he rited: “dw beetleham, u r not teh fail, cuz from u iz gunna come dis leet d00d who cn pwn evry1 n is haz cookiez. Hez gunna save teh ppl of Israel n whatnot.”

And if you are wondering -- no, this is not an April's Fools joke. It'd be too hard to make something like this up.

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April 1st, 2008 10:29AM(PT)
Wolfwood
So how many cat days did it take to create the world as we know it?
April 1st, 2008 10:58AM(PT)
Keefah
That made me Lol!
April 1st, 2008 11:25AM(PT)
x_revenge
all this BS makes me want to puke, respect, man, learn what it is, realise what you are doing "n00bz"
April 1st, 2008 11:57AM(PT)
mercenary_sora
x_revenge

all this BS makes me want to puke, respect, man, learn what it is, realise what you are doing "n00bz"

Making a bullshit book actually fun to read?
April 1st, 2008 12:09PM(PT)
iamjoe56
lol. I may get this just to piss my mom off. This is funny!
April 1st, 2008 1:18PM(PT)
RabidChinaGirl
Bible jokes never seem to get old.
April 1st, 2008 1:34PM(PT)
Polver
that was great, you made my day
April 1st, 2008 2:59PM(PT)
Legolunatic99
I've seen this before.
Most of it's funny the rest is just insulting.
(Like x_revenge said.)
April 1st, 2008 3:06PM(PT)
tomy_b
I don't even find this funny. This is blasphemy, this is madness, and no, I don't want any sparta crap. This crap just infuriates me.
April 1st, 2008 4:21PM(PT)
x_revenge
i agree with tomy b compeletely, if you misunderstanded what i said it's your problem, i don't even care for replies to this comment but what i meant is bs is the crap they are doing, i would never call the Bible bs, ok?
say whatever you want now, i don't care but i don't find making one the most important elements of my religion a totally embarassing abomination of what it was
oh and merc sora, i'll just pretend i never read that, this is no threat but i take it you're not Christian, how would you like if that happened to your religion's holy book (or not book, i don't care what)?
another thing i don't understand is why it has to be the Bible...if you want to destroy something go destroy a poem or something, but why the Bible?
never mind, don't answer that, i wouldn't want to read the reply
i'm not here to change anyone's religion or beliefs or to sound like a priest because i'm too far away to call myself a saint but there are 3 things i believe you must respect:
life
family
religion
any religion for that matter, even if you don't believe in God and you believe in Alah or Budhha or whatever, you shouldn't do things like these since we'll only find out what's happening AFTER we die, of course, everyone's allowed to believe anything he wishes, me, for example, i'm a Christian so i believe that when i die i'll be judged for my actions and will either go to Paradise or Hell and as a christian i'm convinced that this is how it works and don't believe that i'll reincarnate as someone or something else (i'm not trying to start anything, it was just a random refference to Buddhism since i do not know what any other religion thinks happens after death), just like other people that are convinced their religions are true, that's how it goes, accept and live with it or don't, it won't make a difference, just remember that you aren't the only one on this planet
wow talk about rambling on and on...i don't know when to stop, do i?
well whatever...
April 1st, 2008 5:31PM(PT)
Legolunatic99
x_revenge, just to say, according to the site they aren't trying to blaspheme the Bible, they're only translating it into LOLspeek.
(BTW I Christian 2!)
April 1st, 2008 6:03PM(PT)
iamjoe56
Al religious nut pots can go screw themselves in the Ass.
April 1st, 2008 6:27PM(PT)
OmegaFury
I think they should have made God into a Lion. This translation might also make it easier for people who could either not understand the Bible, or thought it too boring to read. It might actually allow a larger range of audiences know of the Bible's teachings. I think even the people who know the bible stories can get a kick out of this version. However, there is a point I want to make. If it was let's say, the Koran, the muslims would initiate a holy war against the LOLspeak translators.
April 1st, 2008 6:35PM(PT)
Glotnot
@ iamjoe56: You said it brother!

x_revenge, I think this argument has occurred before, with you at the center. I'm a Christian, and I don't care what they translate the Bible into. They translated it into English, Spanish, French, German, etc., etc. Why not 1337 sp33k? Why not chat speek? It's just a damned translation. If you don't like it, don't read it when it's finished.

As I said, I'm Christian. I come from a devout, Catholic Irish family. That said, I still don't care. It's some people on the internet making fun of a two thousand year old book. It's not like it hasn't happened before, and it surely isn't the last time it will happen. And it's peple on the internet. ZOMG, SOMEONE ON THE INTERNET INSULTED SOMETHING? Stop the presses.
April 1st, 2008 6:41PM(PT)
Glotnot
Also Omega, I could be wrong, but I think it's the Kuran. Could be wrong.

And, like most people, you're confusing Muslims with Muslim Radicals. You know, kind of like the Christians who used to use various torture methods such as water boarding and the hung-drawn-quartered at the slightest hint that anything at all about the Christian faith was wrong. Hell, Christians ruined Galileo's life for saying the sun was at the center of the solar system. The Church didn't even acknowledge that he was right until a little less then twenty years ago.

If anything, we are the ones who should be seen as crazy radicals. Like the ones who said Harry Potter had made a deal with the devil after hearing about the first book, but saying Harry Potter symbolized Jesus Christ by the seventh book.
April 1st, 2008 10:05PM(PT)
The Slayer
I like how a few people can take a simple joke and blow it completely out of proportion. Its actually kinda funny in a way..


I did snicker a bit at 'ceiling cat' being portrayed as god. Other then that, from the quotes I saw of this, it seems like they took it a bit too far.
April 1st, 2008 10:07PM(PT)
Avalith
on the 8th day, Ceiling Cat maed Neoseekerz.
April 2nd, 2008 5:36AM(PT)
mercenary_sora
I have to say, I find the original one made by *** to be a lot better. This one has too much l33t sp33k IMO. http://picasaweb.google.com/tedstoltz/LolcatBible/photo#5088940119647578178 is a lot better.
April 2nd, 2008 5:54AM(PT)
x_revenge
ok, whatever i give up...
if you like this **** then that's your problem, just don't think everyone is like you and expect others that take it more seriously to act like this, i won't be provoked to a fight with any of you so just be such a$$e$, the internet is a place for people of all religions and beliefs, respect that, it's here to make people get closer, not the opposite
April 2nd, 2008 10:46AM(PT)
iamjoe56
Revenge. Buzz off. You are making no sense. Go read your bible, damnit.
April 2nd, 2008 11:38AM(PT)
The Slayer
Revenge, if you dont like what you are reading, then simply stop reading it and close out of the webpage or go somewhere else, just dont yell at us for finding something funny.
April 2nd, 2008 12:13PM(PT)
Dan
x_revenge - respect goes both ways. You should have equal respect for someone who thinks the bible is the word of god and that this translation is blasphemy and for someone who thinks this translation is funny and the bible a load of crap. Funny though I don't get a lot of respect from x-tians when I tell them that I believe their religion is a fairy tale, but then I'm expected to respect their beliefs... ya right.
April 2nd, 2008 1:32PM(PT)
orez
@ Dan
That's all true, and most people will just try to convert you.

@The article
Haha. Silly Ceiling Cat. Its a little funny, but meh. Being Christian, I didn't laugh a whole lot.
April 2nd, 2008 1:51PM(PT)
SillyPuddee
I'm catholic and I don't care. I laughed a bit. I wonder if the guy is going to start on other religous books? It'd be hilarious to see the Islamic reaction to a LOLKoran.
April 2nd, 2008 3:16PM(PT)
Naruto Boy
Omg lmfao, that would be kinda awesome and funny.
April 2nd, 2008 3:27PM(PT)
kspiess
I think a LOLKoran would be a REAL bad idea
April 2nd, 2008 3:42PM(PT)
The Slayer
Yeah, I think a LOLKoran would be a really bad idea, we dont want the peaceful radical Muslims to get mad at us any more then they are.
April 2nd, 2008 4:18PM(PT)
Capn Droid
    Man, this is epic. This is coming from a devout Christian, this is epic.

April 2nd, 2008 4:49PM(PT)
drel057
funny and cool at the same time.
I've got 2 reiterate again... it is just a translation into another language, nothin' bad about that!(I've read some chapters, NOT blaspheming at all!)
April 2nd, 2008 9:25PM(PT)
tracemastax
are they gonna sell this book for profit or what? what is the point in wasting so much time to translate a two thousand page fiction book??
agonistic ftw
April 2nd, 2008 9:28PM(PT)
iamjoe56
Athiest FTW, you mean, TRace.
April 3rd, 2008 12:00PM(PT)
kspiess
You know, not too be too offensive to the religious dudes out there, but even when translated into LolSpeak there is some good advice on how to live your life in the LolSpeak Bible.

Den a lawyr d00d ax "Boss, how I gits to liv forevr?" Jebus ax "Wut duz da r00lz say?"27 Lawyr d00d sez "U shd luvz Ceiling Cat wit hart an soal an bodee an brainz, an u shd luvz ur naybor as much as u luvz ur self." Jebus sez "Dats rite. Do dat an u liv." But lawyr d00d ax "But who beez mai naybor?"

Jebus sez "Wons up on a tiem, a d00d goed frm Jerusalem to Jericho. But OH NOES! Him get beeted up an robd an stuf, an him almost deded. Srsly! Den priest d00d walk by an ignor him. Den Levite d00d walk by an preten not seez him. But Samaritan d00d seez him and sez "OMGWTF?!!! Iz u ok?!" An him helpd hurted d00d an givs him fud an takz him to vet an promisz to payz vet bill. So wich won of dez tree wuz naybor to him dat got robd?"

Lawyr d00d sez "Him dat was nies to him." An Jebus sez "Dats rite. So do liek dat."

drel-=> No profit is intended, I don't think. It is just being done for "lolz."
April 6th, 2008 5:52AM(PT)
Ric
I love how all the religious nuts are giving the "it's all blasphemy, you will go to hell" lines. Don't they realise that a large selection of people simply don't recognise or respect their religion so their taunts are utterly meaningless. If I don't believe in hell, why should I care a jot if someone claims I am to be sent there?

Silly, silly religious people...
April 11th, 2008 12:07PM(PT)
linkrox
This isn't blasphemous, it's just translating the bible into a new language. Would you be offended if I translated the Bible into Spanish?
April 12th, 2008 9:31PM(PT)
OkamiAlucard
Wow, their first of many "holy books" to be translated to LOLSpeak. At the very least people who have never read the bible will read it now and maybe go read an actual Bible and become whatever relgion the bible is from i really don't know or care. I'n not agaisnt religon or anything i worship god(s) in my own way you do it your way. So good luck to anyone going to read the LOLSpeak Bible

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