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Wow. Just answer the following YES/NO.

Have additions been made to the Bible?

Have sections (books) been deleted from the Bible?

Does the KJV contain passages that are NOT in previous versions?

Please do not rant. Answer Yes/No.

The Bible has not changed. People have changed the Bible.

Obviously, when there are competing, contradictory versions of the Bible, they cannot all be accurately preserving the original scriptures.

First, I believe the original writing of scripture was inspired. Second, I believe God has adequately preserved the scripture so that those who seek the truth will be able to find it.

I regard the KJV to be a very good translation of the Received Text, which I believe is without error. (However, my faith is not founded upon the Received Text. If it could be demonstrated that there were sources closer to the originals generationally, I might be willing to concede even this point.) Even the KJV translators themselves did not regard their translating abilities to be infallible or the only best possible meaning of the text they relied upon. Anyone can read this in the KJV translator notes.

And please do not waste time exploring how many revisions were made to the KJV. These were primarily to correct spelling and word usage issues which were not standardized at the release of the first version.

I will reply to each of your posts separately, but I would appreciate it if you would try to limit the conversation to each of us taking one turn at a time. This will help both of us avoid confusion. You are probably, like me, carrying on multiple conversations. Thanks.