Will gender-neutral “Bibles” march toward this absurdity (and blasephemy)?

Thanks to James Taranto of Best of the Web Today for this link:

A new edition of the Gospels of the Bible for the first time shows Christ as a woman, named Judith Christ of Nazareth, and God as female. In all other respects, the classic texts of the Gospels remain unchanged.

The publisher, LBI Institute, has released this new Bible entitled: "Judith Christ of Nazareth, The Gospels of the Bible, Corrected to Reflect that Christ Was a Woman, Extracted from Matthew, Mark, Luke and John." The book is available in bookstores and online.

"This long-awaited revised text of the Gospels makes the moral message of Christ more accessible to many, and more illuminating to all," says Billie Shakespeare, V.P. for the publisher. "It is empowering. We published this new Bible to acknowledge the rise of women in society."

(UPDATE 2005-06-08): I wonder why they didn’t discover that the Gospels were actually written by Mathilda, Marcia, Lucia, and Johanna.