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It's processed cheese, full of stories made up by terrified peasants, handed down verbally across generations, written down hundreds of years later, edited and revised in the 3rd century, rewritten and rewritten, exorcised by Kings who didn't like certain parts of it, translated from one language to another to another to another, and then finally passed out in hotel room bureaus where hookers and politicians hang out. How charming

Ouch! But so true. And to this damning list I'd add the dozen or so modern English "interpretations" aka, translations, out there today to suit the needs, prejudces, and intellectual capabilities of different groups of the "faithful". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_English_Bible.... Here's a list sorted by best selling order:

Rank	Name                           Abbreviation     Published 
1	New International Version               NIV	1978
2	English Standard Version                ESV	2001
3	New Living Translation                  NLT	1996
4	King James Version                      KJV	1611
5	Christian Standard Bible                CSB	2017
6	New King James Version                  NKJV	1982
7	Reina-Valera                            RVR	1602
8	New International Reader's Version	NIrV	1996
9	New American Standard Bible             NASB	1971
10	The Message                             MSG	2002

One would think The word Of God" should be able to stand on its own two feet.

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