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Politics has surpassed genuine textual ambiguities in translating the [[Bible]] for the most popular translation, the [[NIV]].  The committee in charge of updating that version is dominated by professors and higher-educated participants who can be expected to be [[liberal]] and [[feminist]] in outlook.  As a result, the revision and replacement of the [[NIV]] will be influenced more by [[political correctness]] and other [[liberal]] distortions than by genuine examination of the oldest manuscripts.  As a result of these political influences, it becomes desirable to develop a [[conservative]] translation that can serve, at a minimum, as a bulwark against the liberal manipulation of meaning in future versions.

Politics has surpassed genuine textual ambiguities in translating the [[Bible]] for the most popular translation, the [[NIV]].  The committee in charge of updating that version is dominated by professors and higher-educated participants who can be expected to be [[liberal]] and [[feminist]] in outlook.  As a result, the revision and replacement of the [[NIV]] will be influenced more by [[political correctness]] and other [[liberal]] distortions than by genuine examination of the oldest manuscripts.  As a result of these political influences, it becomes desirable to develop a [[conservative]] translation that can serve, at a minimum, as a bulwark against the liberal manipulation of meaning in future versions.

As of 2009, there is no fully conservative translation of the [[Bible]] which satisfies the following 13 conditions:

As of 2009, there is no fully conservative translation of the [[Bible]] which satisfies the following ten guidelines:<ref>Additional less important guidelines include adherence to a concise and dignifying style, such as use of "who" rather than "that" when referring to people and also use glorifying language for the remarkable achievements, and recognizing that Christianity introduced powerful new concepts that even the Greek and Hebrew were inadequate to express, but modern conservative language can express well.</ref>

:# providing a solid framework that enables a thought-for-thought translation without corruption by liberal bias

:# providing a solid framework that enables a thought-for-thought translation without corruption by liberal bias

:# avoiding unisex, "gender inclusive" language, and other modern emasculation of Christianity

:# avoiding unisex, "gender inclusive" language, and other modern emasculation of Christianity

:# 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<ref>The [[NIV]] has supplanted the [[KJV]] in popularity.</ref>

:# 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<ref>The [[NIV]] has supplanted the [[KJV]] in popularity.</ref>

:# full use of [[Essay:Best New Conservative Terms|conservative terms]] as they develop;<ref>For example, in 1611 the [[conservative]] concept of "accountability" had not yet developed, and the [[King James Version]] does not use "accountable to God" in translating Romans 3:19; good modern translations do.</ref> defective translations use the word "comrade" three times as often as "volunteer"

:# using powerful new [[Essay:Best New Conservative Terms|conservative terms]] as they develop;<ref>For example, in 1611 the [[conservative]] concept of "accountability" had not yet developed, and the [[King James Version]] does not use "accountable to God" in translating Romans 3:19; good modern translations do.</ref> defective translations use the word "comrade" three times as often as "volunteer"

:# conveying evil with its proper [[liberal]] language, such as using the term "gamble" rather than "cast lots"<ref>For example, the [[English Standard Version]] (2001) does not use the word "gamble" anywhere in translating numerous references to the concept in the [[Bible]].</ref>

:# using familiar terms for the evil in the Bible, such as "gamble" rather than "cast lots,"<ref>For example, the [[English Standard Version]] (2001) does not use the word "gamble" anywhere in translating numerous references to the concept in the [[Bible]].</ref> and using modern political terms, such as "register" rather than "enroll" for the census

:# excluding the later-inserted liberal passages that are not authentic, such as the [[adulteress story]]

:# excluding the later-inserted liberal passages that are not authentic, such as the [[adulteress story]]

:# explaining the numerous economic parables with their full free-market meaning

:# crediting the young ages and [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|open-mindedness]] of the eyewitnesses Mark and John, the authors of two of the Gospels

:# including notes that credit the young ages and [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|open-mindedness]] of the eyewitnesses Mark and John, the authors of two of the Gospels

:# counteracting the liberal or random dilution of the meaning of biblical terms, like the term "word" in the first verse of the [[Gospel of John]]

:# use modern political terminology, such as "register" for a census rather than "enroll"

:# not denying or downplaying the very real existence of [[Hell]]

:# dealing with liberal or random dilution of the meaning of biblical terms, like the term "word" in the first verse of the [[Gospel of John]]

Thus, a project has begun among members of [[Conservapedia]] to translate the Bible in accordance with these principles.  The translated Bible can be found [[Conservative Bible|here]].

Thus, a project has begun among members of [[Conservapedia]] to translate the Bible in accordance with these principles.  The translated Bible can be found [[Conservative Bible|here]].