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Naw, God's word makes the translations that are undertaken by Christians motivated by love of God and a desire to faithfully convey the true meaning of the word inviolate. God's word is in and of itself holy. But when it's deliberately misrepresented in order to change it's meaning, it is no longer God's word, and no longer inviolate.I've brought this question up, but never gotten a satisfactory answer: what happens to someone who doesn't read Jacobean English? Are other translations acceptable in God's eyes for non-English readers? Or is God's word just perfect in 17th century English and everyone else doomed if they weren't enlightened enough (or lucky enough to live post-1604) to read it in the original English? If I can read the original Hebrew and Greek texts, is that okay, or would I be just as guilty of reading false scripture as if I read another translation? What if I take the KJV and make the language user-friendly? Is that heresy or something?
Yes, there are many acceptable translations. The homo one, where they simply removed the bits they don't agree with, isn't one of them.
The King James Version bible is the only acceptable bible to use for Christians and non Christians. The other translations have been altered, many scriptures have been totally removed - others changed so radically you cannot even recognize it as the Word of God.