who have been objecting so conflicting issues can be sorted out when the church encouraged the use of local languages instead of latin for the mass there were some catholics who chorused their disapproval it suggests creation is a story eden is a mythical garden adam and eves sin was probably a sexual one the report on the plagues of egypt is not supported by science and they are repetitious and inconsistent the parting of the red sea was used for boxoffice effect and is not a historical account and so on one of the ncb scholars and rector of st pious seminary fr harold vaz says new editions of the bible have always had their critics but in the commentaries parallels are repeatedly drawn with hindu deities hindu religious texts and mythology biblical incidents and personalities and christian philosophies have equals in hinduism several of the commentaries in the ncb are good prabhus energy has woken up people to a fact that is currently being contested on the internet church groups and across dinner plates in mostly catholic households if however our lifestyle and mindset is westernoriented then it is meaningless to try to inculturate the liturgy fr fio mascarenhas chairman of the catholic bible institute comments on the practice of inculturation saying in pope john paul iis letter to the churches in asia he encouraged the church to inculturate but he also pointed out that inculturation cannot begin with the liturgy but it is our daily lifestyle which must first be inculturated use of vernacular languages cultural customs and only then be prudently introduced into some aspects of the liturgy mumbai indias first homegrown bible meant to help catholics understand their faith in the context of indian culture and tradition has run aground with complaints from within its own fold 18 years in the making the new community bible is the labour of 30 eminent catholic scholars who dedicated years researching their manuscripts