Is the NIV deliberately slanted to support extrabiblical Roman Catholic doctrines?
It seems that the NIV is intended to be the Bible for all people and all beliefs for it reflects practically any doctrine you may be searching for somewhere within its pages. It appears that in many places it has been deliberately changed to support Roman Catholic church traditions such as the perpetual virginity of Mary and the Roman Catholic priesthood whether the text calls for it or not. These subtle (Do you remember that word from Genesis 3:1?) changes totally disagree with the doctrines of the reformation faith and bring about conflicting statements within the NIV itself. A few of these are given below to illustrate the point. Romans 15:16 has been changed to make the proclaiming of the Gospel a priestly duty instead of keeping the responsibility among all ministers of Jesus Christ. New International Version Rom 15:16 (NIV) 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles with the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acc
