The answer is because there were homosexuals (what the Bible terms "Sodomites" after the city of Sodom which God destroyed because of it's woeful wickedness) on the NIV translating committee. One such sodomite was Virginia Mollenkott. Another sodomite was the Chairman of the NIV Old Testament Committee! The name of the sodomite? Dr. Marten H. Woudstra (he's dead now). The following quote was ascribed to Dr. Woudstra, Chairman of the NIV Old Testament Committee:
"There
is nothing in the Old Testament that corresponds to homosexuality as we
understand it today"
Is it any wonder why the word "sodomite" is not in the NIV? It doesn't require too much thinking. Look below and see what they replaced the word "sodomite" with:
THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION
Deuteronomy
23:17- There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite
of the sons of Israel.
THE NIV
Deuteronomy
23:17- No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.
THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION
1
Kings 14:24- And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did
according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before
the children of Israel.
THE NIV
1
Kings 14:24- There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land; the
people engaged in all the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had
driven out before the Israelites.
THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION
1
Kings 15:12- And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed
all the idols that his fathers had made.
THE NIV
1
Kings 15:12- He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and
got rid of all the idols his fathers had made.
THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION
1
Kings 22:46- And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the
days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
THE NIV
1
Kings 22:46- He rid the land of the rest of the male shrine prostitutes
who remained there even after the reign of his father Asa.
THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION
2
Kings 23:7- And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by
the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
THE NIV
2
Kings 23:7- He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes,
which were in the temple of the LORD and where women did weaving for Asherah.
Why is this important? A couple of reasons.
- Ever heard of "Sodomy
Laws"? It was illegal in the U.S. to be a sodomite (now people call
'em homosexuals); hence SODOMY laws. In a generation or two, people,
including Christians who read the NIV, won't know where the word sodomite
came from.
- This change from sodomite to "shrine prostitute" tells us that homosexuality isn't bad, there are just some homosexuals doing bad things. This sentiment has been expressed by a number of pro-sodomite individuals who claim Christ. They are deceiving themselves for the scripture says the effeminate and abusers of themselves with mankind won't inherit the kingdom of heaven
- Sodomite/lesbian/homosexual
Virginia Mollenkott & Sodomite Marten Woudstra
Chairman of the NIV Old Testament Committe - More on NIV sodomite/lesbian/homosexual
Virginia Mollenkott
- Even more
on NIV sodomite/lesbian/homosexual Virginia Mollenkott
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