LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY jarandhel)

Came up with an interesting thought today:

Dominionists are all biblical literalists.
Biblical literalists believe the Bible is the inerrant word of god, transmitted literally down through the centuries unaltered. They believe in a process of divine inspiration which has allowed this amazing feat; in their words "God protects his Word."

Many of us have argued against this on the basis of the many books removed from the bible, the questionable nature of the translation, and similar concerns. Universally, we have been brushed off by the Dominionists.

What if we use some of their own beliefs against them, though?

Dominionists do not believe that all modern translations of the bible are created equal.

So here is a simple question for them: if God himself has protected the bible through inspiration enough for it to come down through the centuries intact as the unaltered and inerrant Word of God... what made him stop doing that since the invention of the printing press, if we have all these different translations around now?