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QUESTION: Aren't all King James Bible believers "name callers?" ANSWER: No

QUESTION: Aren't people who believe in the King James Bible "church splitters?" ANSWER: No. The only church that a believer in the perfect Bible could possibly splitwould have to be one that didn't believe that the Bible was perfect.

QUESTION: Someone said, "The KIng James Bible is the word of God because I got saved through it!" Is that statement correct? ANSWER: No.

QUESTION: If King James didn't authorize the Bible for use in the churches, who was it translated for? ANSWER: The common man.

QUESTION: Did King James authorize his translation to be used in the churches in England? ANSWER: No. He authorized it's translation, but not it's usage.

QUESTION: Aren't today's scholars better equipped to translate the Bible than the King James translators were? ANSWER: No.

QUESTION: Did the translators of the Authorized Version claim to be inspired by God? ANSWER: No. But Biblically that does not mean that they could not have been inspired.

QUESTION: Where was the Bible before 1611? ANSWER: In the available Antiochan manuscripts.

QUESTION: Aren't there some great men who use other versions? Answer: Yes, but they are all in subjection to the perfect Bible.

QUESTION: I've heard that the italicized words in the King James Bible should be removed because they were added by the translators. Should they be removed? ANSWER: If we remove ANY of the italicized words we must either remove them ALL or accept them ALL as Scripture.

QUESTION: What does this statement mean? "The King James Bible was good enough for the Apostle Paul, so it's good enough for me." ANSWER: This statement is usually made in asarcastic manner in order to embarass Bible believers in their belief. The FACT is, the King James Bible WAS good enough for Paul (See Question 11.) But for now I'd like you to see that it was the only Bible that LUKE would use.

QUESTION: What is the LXX? ANSWER: A figment of someone's imagination.

QUESTION: If there is a perfect Bible in English, doesn't there have to be a perfect Bible in French, and German, and Japanese, etc? ANSWER: NO. God has always given His word to ONE people in ONE language to do ONE job; convert the world. The supposition that there must be a perfect translation in every language is erroneous and inconsistent with God's proven practice.

QUESTION: Don't the best manuscripts support the new versions? Answer: No. The best manuscripts support the Bible, the Authorized Version.

QUESTION: Haven't there been several revisions of the King James Bible since 1611? ANSWER: No. There have been several editions but no revisions.

QUESTION: Aren't there archaic words in the Bible, and don't we need a modern translation to eliminate them? ANSWER: Yes and No. Yes there are archaic words in the Bible but No, we do not need a modern translation to eliminate them.

QUESTION: I have been told that King James was a homosexual. Is this true? ANSWER: No.