The Ten Percent Revolution
THE TEN PERCENT REVOLUTION BY DAVID ARTHUR WALTERS The 'Holy Bible' is a best-selling book today. It was not always so popular but was virtually the private property of a tiny priestly minority. It was written in classical language, and few people were literate. The cost to produce a single copy exceeded the cost of building a substantial house. In some parts of the world, the local spiritual leader had but a single copy in his possession, and we know of cases where people were charged with plagiary for secretly copying the text. With the advent of the Reformation, the invention of printing presses, the advances in literacy, and translations of scripture into vernacular languages, anyone may easily obtain and read a cheap copy of the Book - propagandists hand out the New Testament free of charge. Although the translations and interpretations of the ancient texts regularly distort the Word, which was and still is not fully understood in its original forms, many readers insist th