Turker’s Gospel
Paul K. Graham recently completed a Mechanical Turk experiment: he paid people to rewrite King James Bible verses in their own words. The results are interesting. For example, John 3:16-17 becomes:
God loved the people of the world so much that he gave to them his only son, and whoever believes in the son will not die. Instead, they will live forever. God didn’t send His Son Jesus to condemn people, but rather He sent Jesus so that people could be saved through Jesus.
Compare the ESV:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
