Most of king James bible was actually taken from an earlier bible translated by Tinsdale, who was not masonic, was burned at the stake for translating it, and is my direct anscestor.
Right, but a lot of the King James Bible was translated in a way to fit a numerological order. That alone is messing with the bible, no matter what way you slice it. Watch this (it's not long): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPMsZkug09U
The original should always be read in Greek. You have to consider the linguistic differences between English and Hebrew. The Hebrew language doesn't translate well to English for many reasons. Hebrew is a much more inflected language than English. For example, Hebrew has more verb endings, nouns and pronouns vary in form according to the preposition that precedes them, and adjectives must agree in number and gender with the nouns they modify. (Hebrew has the masculine and feminine genders - as does Greek, Latin languages, and few others.)
Yes translation is a huge factor in understanding these old texts. Yet I don't speak Greek or Canaanite so I can't read the originals.
There is also definitely some room to question if the originals are indeed original as well. For instance the bible itself states that the book of the law was found under a floorboard in the temple shortly before the Assyrians carried away the northern tribes. In Jesus time the law was the Pentateuch aka the books of Moses. But apparently no one knew anything about them until some priest found them under a floor board a thousand years after the expulsion from Egypt.
I answered someone above that is relevant to your recent comment here: https://poal.co/s/AskPoal/369513/85d83d4b-8293-499f-8943-3a945687612e#cmnts
On another note, I remember reading a fascinating discussion on reddit once with a theological researcher who actually had access to the Vatican Library. He was answering a lot of questions from people. Someone had asked which version of Christianity is the closest to the original form (I.e the least bastardised) and he mentioned Greek Orthodox. Whatever, just thought I should throw that out there.
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