MasterP said:
It’s not like the majority of liberals are Christians anyway, what do they care
Judging purely by actions, I would say be hesitant to call the majority of conservatives Christians…
BTW, bible translations can change the way some things are interpreted in the bible but it does not dramatically change the source material. So unless this group is planning to like cut out passages or something along those lines, this is no different than any other bible translation.
Just compare the first verse of the bible using a couple current translations:
Contemporary English Version said:
1In the beginning God
created the heavens
and the earth. [a] 2The earth was barren,
with no form of life; it was under a roaring ocean
covered with darkness.
But the Spirit of God [c] was moving over the water.
New International Version said:
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Now the earth was [a] formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
King James Version said:
1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
The Message said:
1-2First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don’t see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God’s Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
As you can see, while the NIV and King James versions are both very similar, the Contemporary English Version strays a little and The Message is like reading something completely different. But in the end, they all say the same– That God created the Heavens and the Earth, and that it was initially an empty slate of nothing.
My point was, of course, that even though translations vary dramatically, as long as they get the core message across (note: core message of the Bible is God loves us), then let people choose whatever translation is most comfortable for them.