Glenn wrote: > Are you claiming the KJ Version is free? > No, you are not.
Yes, I am saying that the King James Version is free. You can download it on many web sites for free. You can get free Bible programs that include the KJV (for example, at www.e-sword.net). However, you cannot download the NIV, and you cannot get the NIV in the free Bible programs because the NIV publishers threaten legal action against anyone who tries to do it. Does that sound like Christian love to you? It sounds like the love of money to me. There are not too many people speaking out about this, just like there are not too many people speaking out about the sin of Viagra. Nevertheless, that doesn't mean that it gets a clean bill of health with me. I see the error just as plain as the nose on a person's face. Glenn wrote: > You have to pay for it. In fact, just as > much even without royalties. Sounds > like they are jacking up the price for > the KJ. What you pay for is an edition that a particular publisher might produce. You are paying for the paper, the binding, the organization work effort to produce it, perhaps maps and footnotes, etc. However, you are not paying for the version. The words themselves are free, but the media it is printed on is not. I support the right of publishers to do this, and the right for them to make a profit on doing it. I support this right for any version of the Bible, KJV and NIV. And I don't care if the price is higher for KJV or NIV. Let the market pay whatever it will bear. What I object to is the notion that a translation of God's Word cannot be copied and shared freely by those who desire to do that. This shows that they believe that they own God's Word. That is impossible. Nobody owns God's Word. God's Word belongs to everyone. Glenn wrote: > There is no doubt in my mind that the KJ would > charge royalties if they could. You are wrong on this. You seem to have no concept of public domain and public ownership. Should the government or some private corporation earn royalities for reproducing the Constitution of the United States in different languages? Would that be right? Think about it. Of course it would not be right. The people own that document, just like the people own the Word of God collectively, not some particular individual or corporation. Peace be with you. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
