evidence: The claim: HarperCollins removed 64,000 words from the Bible [...] "VERY CRITICAL ALERT!!!" reads the start of the post. "Check it out for yourself – this happened a few years back. NIV (New International Version) was published by Zondervan but is now OWNED by Harper Collins, who also publishes the Satanic Bible and The Joy of Gay Sex. The NIV and ESV (English Standard Version) has now removed 64,575 words from the Bible including Jehovah, Cavalry, Holy Ghost and omnipotent to name but a few. The NIV and ESV has also now removed 45 complete verses (sic)." [...] An expert described the claim as "ludicrous." While some words and verses of the Bible were removed in the updated versions of the Bible due to the discovery of older and more reliable manuscripts, the verses and the reason for their removal are still included in footnotes. There is no evidence backing the 64,575 figure, which has circulated online for nearly a decade.