Recently while reading the volumes 1&2 of "Unholy Hands on the Bible",I came across the theme the neutrality of "Textual Criticism ". I also thought that it might be possible to find such a thing. After much thought and research I found that it could not be true. What I did find just might wake you up. For one thing,there is no such thing as neutrality and scholarly objectivity in the academic community. So how can any one believe that such a thing is real? It is nothing more than an illusion. Those in the academic world will know that it is "liberally sprinkled with bias,party lines,fads,vendettas,personal ambitions,spite and just plain meanness, quite  apart from satanic hatred for the truth." I can not see how there could ever be, "neutrality and objectivity", found or assumed whenever you are working with the truth of God. This is a place where neither God or Satan will allow neutrality. Second Corinthians 4.4 clearly says,"...in whom the god of this age has blinded the thoughts of the faithless ones,so that the illumination of the Gospel of the glory of Christ Jesus, who is the image of God, should not shine on them." In Matthew 12.30 Jesus himself said," The one who is not with Me is against Me,and the one who does not gather with Me scatters." Even Christ does not claim any Neutrality. You are for Him or against Him. You are not let with but two options,"for or against". Another way to say it is " you accept Christ or you reject Him". There can not be any middle ground. No NEUTRALITY! So,we come to the real truth that Neutrality is a Myth! Or an out an out lie. Must tell it like it really is.  And once more I quote Wilbur N. Pickering Th.M Ph.D.,"The Bible claims to be God's Word. Again our options are but two. It follows that when dealing with the text of Scripture neutrality is impossible! The Bible is clear about satanic interference in the minds of human beings,and most especially when they are considering God's Truth.2 Corinthians states plainly that the god of this age /world blinds the minds of unbelievers when are confronted with the Gospel. The Lord Jesus said the same thing when He explained the parable of the sower,"when they heard, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts." (Mk.4.15/Lk.8.12) Furthermore,there is a pervasive satanic infleunece upon all human culture. 1John 5.19 states that "the whole world lies in with the evil one." The picture is clearly one of massive infleuence,if not control-NASB,RSV,NEB and Jerusalem render "in the power of,"TEV has "under the sway of." All the human culture is under pervasive satanic infleuence,including the culture of the academic community. Ephesian 2.2 is even more precise ;...in which you formerly walked according to the course of the world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air,the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience,...".Satan actively works in the mind of anyone who rejects God's authority over him. For someone who claims to believe God's Word to accept an edition of the Bible that was prepared by unbelievers is to ignore the teaching of that Word." To find a copy of God's Word by a true believer I recommend KJ3 Literal Translation at www.jesuslovesyouchristianbooks.com    

This will be my ending review of the excellent book "UNHOLY HANDS ON THE BIBLE " vol. 2.  But I'd like to hear from what you think on this subject. This volume covers so much information and details on different Modern Bible translations. So I'll let you buy a copy for yourself and make your own decision. What I will do is turn it over to Mr.Wilbur Pickering,Th.M Ph.D , "What difference does it make?" "It has been argued for at least 200 years (John Bengal,d.1752,was the first), that no matter what Greek text one may use it will not effect doctrine. In my own experience,for over thirty years, when I have raised the question  of what is the correct Greek text of the New Testament, regardless of the audience, the usual response has been; "What difference does it make?" Mr. Pickering continues,"The eclectic Greek text presently in vogue,UBS3 (third edition of the Greek New Testament produced by the United Bible Societies),represents the type of text upon which most modern versions are based.( The KJV,the NKJV,the MKJV and the Literal Translation follow a rather different type of text, a close cousin of the Majority Text,edited by Hodges and Forstad and published by Thomas Nelson Publishers).  The discrepancy between UBS3 and the Majority Text is around 8% (involving 8% of the words.) In a Greek text 600 pages that represent 48 solid pages worth of discrepancies. About a fifth of that reflects omissions in the eclectic text , so it is some ten pages shorter than the Majority Text. Although perhaps half of the differences between the Majority and eclectic texts might be termed "inconsequential",I suppose, that leaves some 25 pages worth of differences that are significant ( in varying degrees). In spite of these differences it is usually assumed that no cardinal Christian doctrine is at risk ( though some ,such as eternal judgement,the ascension and the deity of Jesus , are weakened). However, the most basic of all,the divine inspiration of the text,is indeed under attack.   The eclectic text incorporates plain errors of fact and contradictions such as that any claim that the New Testament is divinely inspired becomes relative, and the doctrine of inerrancy becomes untenable. If the authority of the New Testament is undermined, all its teachings are likewise affected. During the whole century the credibility of the New Testament text has been eroded, and this credibilty crisis has been forced upon the attention of the laity by the modern versions that encloses parts of the text in brackets and have numerous footnotes that raise doubts about the integrity of the text. The consequences of all this are serious and far- reaching for the future of the Church."  If you would like to read more on this subject visit www.jesuslovesyouchristianbooks.com and purchase a copy of volume 2 of "UNHOLY HANDS ON THE BIBLE.