Is this the equivalent of a retrovirus?

[al_fruitbat]

Y'all have heard about Conservapedia, right? After all, the founder has been on the Today programme on Radio 4.

Anyway, they've got a great new wheeze going - they want a re-translation of the Bible that "enables a thought-for-thought translation without corruption by liberal bias".
The earliest, most authentic manuscripts lack this verse set

Comments

[bateleur]

They should try converting to Islam. The Koran is the literal word of God, so presumably doesn't contain any liberal bias at all!

[mrlloyd]

Well it's handed down to Mohammed by that notorious liberal the Angel Gabriel. Who knows what alterations it made.

[a_llusive]

OMG
'identify pro-liberal terms used in existing Bible translations, such as "government", and suggest more accurate substitutes '

[secondhand_rick]

Guideline 7. Express Free Market Parables; explaining the numerous economic parables with their full free-market meaning

Right. Yes. Well.

[bateleur]

"...and Thatcher drove the moneylenders back into the temple..."

(© Spitting Image)

[undyingking]

Who knew that James I was such a liberal?

I guess that one about rich men, heaven, camels and needles is for the chop.

[condign]

Silly as this is, there are a great many Bible "translations" that have been done on similar terms.