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| − | }}</ref> The name of the 'Queen James' version (QJV) is based on controversial speculation contested by historians that King James was [[homosexual]].<ref>{{cite web|title=New 'Queen James' Bible offers gay-friendly Scripture|author=|publisher=msnNOW.com|date=12/18/2012|accessdate=24/02/2013|url=http://now.msn.com/queen-james-bible-offers-gay-friendly-scripture|quote=According to the editors, King James I, the man behind the popular Bible translation, was a bisexual "known amongst friends and courtiers as 'Queen James' because of his many gay lovers." This new version, named in his honor, aims "to prevent homophobic interpretations," with several controversial verses strategically tweaked. "We wanted to make a book filled with the word of God that nobody could use to incorrectly condemn God’s LGBT children," the editors explain.}}</ref> The QJV reinterprets several biblical verses in an effort to impose and advocate a foreign [[homosexual agenda]] on the original indigenous biblical data{{#tag:ref| cf. [[False appropriation]]|group=note}}: | + | }}</ref> The name of the 'Queen James' version (QJV) is based on controversial speculation contested by historians that King James was [[homosexual]].<ref>{{cite web|title=New 'Queen James' Bible offers gay-friendly Scripture|author=|publisher=msnNOW.com|date=12/18/2012|accessdate=24/02/2013|url=http://now.msn.com/queen-james-bible-offers-gay-friendly-scripture|quote=According to the editors, King James I, the man behind the popular Bible translation, was a bisexual "known amongst friends and courtiers as 'Queen James' because of his many gay lovers." This new version, named in his honor, aims "to prevent homophobic interpretations," with several controversial verses strategically tweaked. "We wanted to make a book filled with the word of God that nobody could use to incorrectly condemn God’s LGBT children," the editors explain.}}</ref> |
| − | **In Leviticus 18:22 and Leviticus 20:13, there is the superfluous sentence "in the temple of Molech" read into the levitical texts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Queen James Bible Claims To Be First-Ever 'Gay Bible,' But Some Say It Rewrites Scripture|author=Meredith Bennett-Smith|publisher=msnNOW.com|date=12/18/2012|accessdate=24/02/2013|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/queen-james-bible-claims-first-ever-gay-bible_n_2324962.html|quote=This new version updates several passages from the original version that address homosexuality, including this passage from Leviticus 18:22:
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| | + | ! scope="col" | The QJV reinterprets several biblical verses in an effort to impose and advocate a foreign [[homosexual agenda]] on the original indigenous biblical data{{#tag:ref| cf. [[False appropriation]]|group=note}}: |
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| | + | | In Leviticus 18:22 and Leviticus 20:13, there is the superfluous sentence "in the temple of Molech" read into the levitical texts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Queen James Bible Claims To Be First-Ever 'Gay Bible,' But Some Say It Rewrites Scripture|author=Meredith Bennett-Smith|publisher=msnNOW.com|date=12/18/2012|accessdate=24/02/2013|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/queen-james-bible-claims-first-ever-gay-bible_n_2324962.html|quote=This new version updates several passages from the original version that address homosexuality, including this passage from Leviticus 18:22: |
| | KJV: Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination. | | KJV: Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination. |
| | QJV: Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind in the temple of Molech: it is an abomination. (Page 75)}}</ref> These texts originally did not mention the temple of Molech at all. The revisionism tries to make impression that the only reason why the text condemned homosexual behaviour was that it was practised in pagan temple. Authors of the QJV translation are trying to remove the condemnation of homosexuality out of Scripture entirely.<ref name="Queen James"/> | | QJV: Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind in the temple of Molech: it is an abomination. (Page 75)}}</ref> These texts originally did not mention the temple of Molech at all. The revisionism tries to make impression that the only reason why the text condemned homosexual behaviour was that it was practised in pagan temple. Authors of the QJV translation are trying to remove the condemnation of homosexuality out of Scripture entirely.<ref name="Queen James"/> |
| − | ** Tampering with Romans 1:26-27 in the New Testament where the QJV changes the sense of original meaning referring to homosexual behaviour in general to pagan worship; also a new add-on expression “ritual lust” was introduced to eliminate the obvious universal condemnation of lesbian behaviour.
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| | + | | Tampering with Romans 1:26-27 in the New Testament where the QJV changes the sense of original meaning referring to homosexual behaviour in general to pagan worship; also a new add-on expression ''“ritual lust”'' was introduced to eliminate the obvious ''universal condemnation'' of lesbian behaviour. |
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| | The QJV translation was denounced as spurious where every single change made was an inexcusable bastardization of the text violating translation principles.<ref name="Queen James"/> | | The QJV translation was denounced as spurious where every single change made was an inexcusable bastardization of the text violating translation principles.<ref name="Queen James"/> |