If I can take the stance that abortion is wrong from two scriptures then I am logically obligated to so much more take to heart something God spoke about THAT much. What it comes down to is whether or not, as a Christian, you want to have the heart of God or the heart of man. The heart of man allows you to focus on yourself and your own self interest as if you were the center of the universe. The heart of God – as revealed to us through the Holy Scriptures – is that we take care of others as if they were ourselves. Faith without works is dead and the bible repeatedly tells us what those works are to be.

The 1611 King James Version is full of political leanings itself. Jesus did NOT use the KJV.

I mean, gee, which book of the New Testament do you think Jesus taught out of the most?

Really? Try the Old Testament – which is FULL of commands to take care of those less fortunate than you.

Oh, and I’m saying all of that from the perspective of someone who – in the 4 years I’ve been allowed to vote – have voted Republican more than Democrat. Neither party meets my standards and if there was a morally conservative/fiscally liberal party I’d most likely be a member of it.

Did you hear about how the people responsible for the NIV are thinking of revising it to remove all gender references. In other words, all the pronouns will be gender neutral. That should be interesting.

It would be different if they just changed the word itself, especially if pride really does have a different modern usage (although even the positive modern usage has the effect of making us feel we are “better than”). Certainly, as our conversation would indicate, the phrase “unwarranted pride” is very controversial and many different meanings can be read into it, thus adding unnecessary ambiguity to an otherwise clear passage of scripture.

For example, the word pride can also be translated as “haughtiness”. “Arrogance” might also be a suitable synonym. And that doesn't change the original or add words to the text. Why not use that word instead of pride? Had they done that, then this whole conversation would not be happening, would you agree?

And no, you can't remove liberal bias without adding your own. If this were a liberal group trying to create a liberal Bible in the same way, I highly doubt that you would say they are free of bias.

With that being said I agree with your assessment of their handling of “forgive then, for they know not what they do”

The motives mentioned on the site is to remove liberal bias, not to add their own. I look at the list and do not find issue with it.

Really, I have learned that following Jesus is not an ideology. And THAT is what I want to do. So here on out I am keeping my independence, and giving no party, politics or clique my loyalty.

What is my judgment based on? Is it based on my left-leaning tendencies? Actually, it is based on my faith as a Christian and my understanding of the Gospels, which, by the way, were not introduced to me by Left-leaning people, but by staunch Conservatives. That is why I have a real concern over the phrase “unwarranted pride.” It does not line up with the Gospel message, and you have failed to show me how it does or why it shouldn't be of concern to Christians. Even more concerning is whether or not the original Greek justifies such an addition. It's very serious to be adding words to Scripture without a justification in the original text, would you agree?

And as JustTryinMyBest argues below, when the group itself admits to a Conservative agenda, it is fair to assume the translation they ascribe to comes out of that agenda. They in fact own up to it themselves in their own website! So how can Ernesto be accused of ascribing motive to these translators when they themselves admit to having the exact motive he “accuses” them of?

Have you followed the links?

To play devil's advocate about pride in one's children (which I admit I find no problem in, but I also don't think this type of pride justifies adding “unwarranted” to the text–unless it is further qualified with some sort of statement clarifying exactly what constitutes warranted pride. Without any qualification, it just opens the door for people to justify their pride):

Although that form of pride seems fine–perhaps it isn't the correct response, or the correct word for the feeling. The reality is every gift is from God, so perhaps the more accurate response is thankfulness and praising of God for the child's accomplishments. This response subtracts pride from the equation and acknowledges that all good things come from Him, and that nothing we do warrants true pride because nothing we have comes from us.