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The Case of the Missing Verses

Data Over Dogma

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The Influence of King James on Homosexuality

King James didn't want any of that anti-monarchical sentiment in the text. He seems to have had some influence on the removal of the word tyrant from a handful of passages. But I don't see any indication whatsoever that he had any influence at all on how the passages that are thought to be relevant to homosexuality in the Bible were translated. There is evidence that a lot of people didn't do their job.

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