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This is undoubtedly old news, but I needed to put their statement of objectives through my Blasphemy-to-English translator:
The best part about the whole thing? None of them know Ancient Greek, none of them have ever seen a real ancient manuscript. Their "translation" project is an idea-for-idea rewrite based on the King James Version. Absolutely ****ing incredible. Republicans, this **** is why nobody takes you seriously.
This is undoubtedly old news, but I needed to put their statement of objectives through my Blasphemy-to-English translator:
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The existing Bible tells us not to do all of the really bad stuff we always do, like in Romans 13:1-7 where it says to shut the **** up and pay your ****ing taxes. These passages will be removed.As of 2009, there is no fully conservative translation of the Bible which satisfies the following ten guidelines:
Framework against Liberal Bias: providing a strong framework that enables a thought-for-thought translation without corruption by liberal bias
Framework against Liberal Bias: providing a strong framework that enables a thought-for-thought translation without corruption by liberal bias
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**** Judith Butler.Not Emasculated: avoiding unisex, "gender inclusive" language, and other feminist distortions; preserve many references to the unborn child (the NIV deletes these)
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The liberal (ha!) use of 'thee' and 'thou' makes the Bible sound more important.Not Dumbed Down: not dumbing down the reading level, or diluting the intellectual force and logic of Christianity; the NIV is written at only the 7th grade level
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But definitely not updating words that have a change in meaning, such as "fisherman."Utilize Powerful Conservative Terms: using powerful new conservative terms to capture better the original intent; Defective translations use the word "comrade" three times as often as "volunteer"; similarly, updating words that have a change in meaning, such as "word", "peace", and "miracle".
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Definitely not dumbing it down.Combat Harmful Addiction: combating addiction[5] by using modern terms for it, such as "gamble" rather than "cast lots";[6] using modern political terms, such as "register" rather than "enroll" for the census
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Passages that establish hell as something other than a relic of pre-Constantine Greco-roman popular culture will be added.Accept the Logic of Hell: applying logic with its full force and effect, as in not denying or downplaying the very real existence of Hell or the Devil.
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Matthew 19:16-30 will be deleted.Express Free Market Parables; explaining the numerous economic parables with their full free-market meaning
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Genesis 19:24 will be corrected to say "Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven, because they were all gay."Exclude Later-Inserted Inauthentic Passages: excluding the interpolated passages that liberals commonly put their own spin on, such as the adulteress story
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Open-mindedness is really important as long as you follow Jesus and do exactly what he says.Credit Open-Mindedness of Disciples: crediting open-mindedness, often found in youngsters like the eyewitnesses Mark and John, the authors of two of the Gospels
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Definitely not dumbing it down.Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness: preferring conciseness to the liberal style of high word-to-substance ratio; avoid compound negatives and unnecessary ambiguities; prefer concise, consistent use of the word "Lord" rather than "Jehovah" or "Yahweh" or "Lord God."
The best part about the whole thing? None of them know Ancient Greek, none of them have ever seen a real ancient manuscript. Their "translation" project is an idea-for-idea rewrite based on the King James Version. Absolutely ****ing incredible. Republicans, this **** is why nobody takes you seriously.
to make people vote for him. Perhaps you're unaware that dinosaurs lived in 