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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 12 conditions:

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

:# 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> modern English translations use the word "comrade" three times as often as "volunteer"

:# 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> modern English translations use the word "comrade" three times as often as "volunteer"