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Re: New Stories from the New Testament
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 13 Feb 2002 22:09:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Hietbrink writes:
> > Obviously the only valid Bible is in the original KJV. :)
> > Okay, I know, only Christians got that joke.
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> Depends. I get the joke, but I'm not sure it's the joke you were
> intending. :) (I presume you're making fun of the highly suspect
> circumstances of the KJV's translation?)
There are those Christians who think that the KJV is the only valid
translation, and that all more recent translations (NIV, NASB, RSV, etc) are
suspect. Some of them elevate the KJV so much that it seems they even find
the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek suspect. That's what I was joking
about.
Me, I love the KJV for the beauty of language, especially some well-known
passages like the Christmas narrative, but I study out of the NIV for
clearer understanding.
Bruce
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| (...) Ah. Okay. Well, I found it funny for a related reason--mostly that James had the translation slanted in a way to extol monarchy and, some suggest, Catholicism (James having been a closet Catholic as he was). That's ironic for a lot of the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Depends. I get the joke, but I'm not sure it's the joke you were intending. :) (I presume you're making fun of the highly suspect circumstances of the KJV's translation?) (...) And the strength of Christianity and Christians should be in the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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