Ok, I feel like going through the conservative bible project.
1. Framework against Liberal Bias: providing a strong framework that enables a thought-for-thought translation without corruption by liberal bias. For example, the Living Bible translation has liberal evolutionary bias.[4]
In which case, why does this make it a "conservative bible" if you're only translating the text? And in what possible way does any bible contain any reference to evolution?
2. Not Emasculated: avoiding unisex, "gender inclusive" language, and other feminist distortions; preserve many references to the unborn child (the NIV deletes these)
Ha. Basically to exclude women from most verses. And the bible would say nothing about "the unborn child" since they didn't really have abortions around that time.
3. Not Dumbed Down: not dumbing down the reading level, or diluting the intellectual force and logic of Christianity[5]; the NIV is written at only the 7th grade level[6]
Ok, this goes back to the "references as a form of decoration" complaint I had earlier. Here is what it says for [5]:
# ↑ English translations fail to use the word "illogical" where appropriate, and under-utilize the term "mind".
How the hell do not using those two words mean it's "dumbed down"? Here is what it says for [6]:
# ↑ The NIV has supplanted the KJV in popularity.
Irrelevant fact is irrelevant.
4. Utilize Terms which better capture original intent: using powerful new conservative terms to capture better the original intent;[7] 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".
So "Make the language biased towards conservatism, because obviously our God is a conservative lunatic like we all are" and "Replace the word comrade with a completely different word to avoid a slight communist reminder". And how have "word", "peace" and "miracle" changed over the last 50 years or so?
5. Combat Harmful Addiction: combating addiction[8] by using modern terms for it, such as "gamble" rather than "cast lots";[9] using modern political terms, such as "register" rather than "enroll" for the census
I'd understand "Update old fashioned language" but why "combat harmful addiction"? The intent here is weird. And I don't know how participating in a census can be seen as a "Harmful Addiction".
6. 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.
Or, as anyone else would call it, "Make shit up".
7. Express Free Market Parables; explaining the numerous economic parables with their full free-market meaning
"We feel rather uncomfortable that Jesus and almost all the prophets in the bible had strongly socialist views, so we are going to sweep it under the carpet".
8. Exclude Later-Inserted Inauthentic Passages: excluding the interpolated passages that liberals commonly put their own spin on, such as the adulteress story
"We are going to remove stuff we don't like, claiming it to be "fake" in spite of being in the original text. Since God is a conservative, he wouldn't put liberal stuff in the bible, right?"
9. 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
I think this one was added by a troll. I laughed for 2 minutes straight after reading this.
10. 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."
"Use conciseness as an excuse for editing things out; use the word "Lord" all the time even if it wasn't the case in the original."
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