Original sentence: Traditional Christians believe this contradicts the translation of John 1:1 given in the King James Bible and other popular English translations; Hebrews 1:3; Colossians 1:15-16; Revelation 1:8, 1:11, and 22:13, Philippians 2:5-11; as well as contradicting the historical teaching of Christianity
Edited sentence: "  "Erroneous" and "pernicious" "reprehensible"  "If the Jehovah's Witnesses take this translation seriously, they are polytheists."  Although it must be noted that out of the 5000 Greek manuscripts that are remaining of the New Testament, no Greek scholar (evangelical or non Christian) has agreed with the Jehovah's Witnesses translation of the greek." [Barclay and Bruce are generally regarded as Great Britain's leading Greek scholars." speaking of John 1.'  Such an omission is common with nouns in a predicative construction...'a god' would be totally indefensible.Both have New Testament translations in print.Bruce M.Bruce of the University of Manchester, England: "Much is made by Arian amateur grammarians of the omission of the definite article with 'God' in the phrase 'And the Word was God.Charles L.Feinberg of La Mirada, California: "I can assure you that the rendering which the Jehovah's Witnesses give John 1:1 is not held by any reputable Greek scholar.John 1:1 is translated: '...the Word was a god,' a translation which is grammatically impossible...It is abundantly clear that a sect which can translate the New Testament like that is intellectually dishonest.Metzger of Princeton (Professor of New Testament Language and Literature):  "A frightful mistranslation.Traditional Christians believe this contradicts the translation of John 1:1 given in the King James Bible and other popular English translations; Hebrews 1:3; Colossians 1:15-16; Revelation 1:8, 1:11 & chapter 5 (where Jesus is worshipped in Heaven by the angels and the saints as one who is equal with the Father), and 22:13, Philippians 2:5-11; as well as contradicting the historical teaching of Christianity.William Barclay of the University of Glasgow, Scotland: "The deliberate distortion of truth by this sect is seen in their New testament translations