[BibChr]

I'm very surprised to hear you say that, and most emphatically disagree. The KJV isn't a translation into our language at all, let alone a good one! No living people anywhere speak the language found in the KJV. And it isn't at all the most faithful translation available. In numerous passages, for instance, due perhaps to the state of understanding Greek at that time, the KJV obscures passages with affirm the deity of Christ.

As the NT and the OT were written in the language and dialect of the day, I think it's beyond rational doubt that we need genuine translation in our language. The only issue is which translations are more truthful and helpul.

Perhaps if you read the essay linked in my previous posting?

Dan

[RaceBannon]

I have read just the oposite about affirming the deity of Christ!! It was always the KJV that has upheld this when referring to the NIV, the RSV, the watchtower version, the Douey...

Where in the world did you read that the KJV denies anywhere the deity of Christ??

[RobbyS]

Nostalgia for the KJV is like Catholic nostalgia for the Latin mass, for the use of Hebrew in Jewish services,or Arabic by Muslims: we find comfort in a "sacred" language, especially those we learned while young.

[skraeling]

>The only issue is which translations are more truthful and helpul.

Exactly Right! There are many different King James Versions, each one correcting the mostly TECHNICAL errors in the original, which was full of them. Have to ask the zealots the question "WHICH KJV are you talking about?"

(The KJV21Century edition is excellent, IMHO. True to the original intent, but more readible.)