Chinese Government Is Rewriting the Bible with Communist Principles, Watchdog Group Warns: A spokesperson for the Christian persecution watchdog group The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) warned that the Chinese government is currently attempting to rewrite the Word of God in accordance with communist values. He noted that the reimagined Scriptures would include a variety of principles, including Confucianism and Buddhism. One example of the changes was revealed in a high school textbook released in September 2020. In the textbook, the CCP changed several verses in John 8, VOM said in a social media post. As the biblical story goes, Jesus forgives an adulterous woman despite the Pharisees' calls to stone her to death under Mosaic law. The CCP's translation, however, alters the story where Christ ends up stoning the woman, as He admitted, "'I am also a sinner.'" He went on to note that the purpose of the revisions is to demonstrate the CCP's attempt to lessen Christianity's influence on some of its citizens. "The issue for the Chinese Communist Party is control. It is always about control," Nettleton explained. "And they see the … Christian message as something that would take control away from the communist party." The VOM spokesperson added that the Chinese government's goal is for the people to wake up every day and ask, "How can I serve the party today? How can I be a good communist today?" "That's one of the reasons why Voice of the Martyrs and other groups are so committed to delivering Bibles into China – even smuggling Bibles into China – because it's not available," he said. 
"This new translation … would really support the Communist Party," Nettleton added. In a recent post on Facebook, VOM pointed out that the CPP's revisions of the Bible will include "'core socialist values" and the removal of passages that "do not reflect communist beliefs."
