[lbo-talk] religion translator

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Oct 11 12:41:35 PDT 2005


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Faith Converter - 1.9 changes the religion of text

Product Description:

Found an admirable tome but it's in praise of the wrong god? Faith Converter is a godsend for priests, vicars, rabbii and holy men of all descriptions. Preach next Sunday's sermon from the Vedas, Noble Eightfold Path, Torah or Das Kapital!

The premier theological plagiarism solution for OS X, Faith Converter converts text between twenty-seven different religions, encompassing Atheism, Biopsychosocialism, Buddhism, Christianity, Communism, Confucianism, Druidism, Falun Gong, Hinduism, Islam, Juche, Judaism, Keynesianism, Linux, MacEvangelism, Mahanism, Maoism, NIMBYism, Roman, Scientology, Shinto, Sikh, Stalinism, Taoism, Thatcherism, Trotskyism and Veganism.

Converted text can be copied, saved or printed.

Sample Conversions:

"Attend church at Christmas or else God will send you to Hell, with Satan, for not reading your Bible."

becomes:

"Attend collective farm #897 at Leninmas or else Dialetical Materialism will send you to the poverty-striken capitalist democracies, with abundant consumer goods, for not reading your Manifesto."

"If you are a true bodhisattva, you will also appreciate the insights into the Three Baskets (Tripitika) presented by the monk. Be warned not to be a heretic or sell your soul to Mao, as this usually ends badly."

converts from Buddhism to atheism as:

"If you are a true science-guy, you will also appreciate the insights into the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World - Ptolemaic and Copernican presented by the scientist. Be warned not to be a religious nutter or sell your reticular formation to Pope Paul V, as this usually ends badly."

What's new in this version:

* Speak or sing ported scriptures

* Choose amongst all available English OS X voices (currently 22)

* Some unexpected cross-reactions tidied

Product Requirements:

* Mac OS X 10.3 or higher



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