DAVEH: Thanx for your perspective on this, Terry. Does that make
you a KJV Only adherent?
Terry Clifton wrote:
Dave Hansen wrote:
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wrote:DAVEH: I've been criticized for my belief in the Bible as far
as it
is translated correctly. Yet it seems there is a vast difference
between some translations. Why some folks would be bothered by my
comment seems strange when one looks at some of the differences between
the various translations.
Just a few days ago, somebody who didn't know me other than I am
LDS suggested I read the last few paragraphs of the Bible, trying to
get me to realize that one should not add to or subtract from the Word
of God. (In fact, I think Izzy has made similar remarks in the past
here on TT.) I wonder if folks who think like that are bothered when
some versions remove entire passages.
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When whole passages are
omitted from a translation, it cannot help but bother. It creates a
problem similar in nature to your believing that the Bible is truth as
far as it is translated correctly.
If the different versions have missing or added parts, which parts do
you believe? If it is only true as far as it is translated correctly,
who decides what was correct and what wasn't? Even those who
understand Greek and Hebrew differ on how to apply meanings to the
words.
Those things bother me, but they are beyond my control. There is
nothing I can do about it. It is in God's hands, but even He has
allowed Satan to be the prince of this world. Since Satan will always
oppose God, one of his priorities must be to stop us from being in one
accord and start to question one another, to stop God's children from
agreeing and to have them start doubting. If this is true, and Satan
is continually interjecting or removing portions of the Holy word, then
it stands to reason to me that the newer versions would be the ones he
has been most sucessful in changing for the simple reason that he has
had an extra four huindred years to scheme. Therefore, my solution,
the one I am least uncomfortable with, is to take the oldest of the
versions we commonly use and consider it the most truthful. I have to
assume that there are no errors or I might start to pick and choose
what I want to believe. If I believe all of the KJV and am in error,
then I trust in God to realize that I have done my best with what I had
to work with.
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