Living a hedonistic lifestyle in big liberal city for many years has caused me to stray from the path of God. The events that have unfolded in these last few months brought me here. I want to get my life in order and get back on track to what really matters.
I'm planning to get a bible and start going to church so I'm looking for some newbie advice on where to start? Which version can be trusted? Which type of Church hasn't been compromised? Any green flags or red flags to look out for?
Yeah I totally disagree. Literary translations are readable. They're not communist. They are written at a lower reading level which requires them to be less word-for-word. However, the occasional bad translation is more than made up for by the fact that this new Christian will actually read this version of the bible, compared to the ones that are more literal but unreadable.
They started by replacing gendered words decades ago. There should be a little blurb about that right in the beginning of the NLT.
You're thinking of the NIV 2011. that was the first big gender-neutral translation. While I disagree with it, it doesn't affect the meaning as much as you would think. Basically they try to replace "him" with "they" and "mankind" with "humanity" etc.