Why I Hate the KJV

A response to a question I'm frequently asked: Why do you hate the KJV? This video examines the value and uses of the KJV and also the weaknesses and places where one should not use it. It is based on

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[mwilson70201]

@webfulcrum Textual criticism is certainly the product of at the least disbelief and at worst unbelief. The lliad analogy is accurate, intellectual assent is not faith, and head knowledge is not heart felt salvation. I'll look into Jone's and Missler's books, thanks for the heads up. However I don't need a critch to support my faith in God's word and I suspect you don't either. Still, it's good to be able to give an answer to every man for the hope within you. Be easy on fws91, he needs help.

[webfulcrum]

@mwilson70201 The more I learn about the field of "textual criticism," the more I understand that it is completely without faith in the supernatural.

If I call myself a "Christian," yet treat the Word of God as though it were a reprint of Homer's "Iliad," I have proven by my works that I don't believe that God is real, and powerful, and... God.

I recommend: "Which Version is The Bible" by Floyd Nolen Jones

And

Chuck Missler's "Beyond" series

[webfulcrum]

@fws91 if the nkjv was actually translated from the Masoretic text and the Textus Receptus... then how does it render Isaiah 14:12? And how does it render Matthew 17:21? And how does it render I John 5:7?

These three should suffice for an example.

[webfulcrum]

@fws91 To claim inspiration without preservation is to call God a liar. Psalm 138:2b says "for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name."

This is indicative of the seriousness with which God almighty takes his word.

Ergo, if he inspired the original autographs, but 'neglected' to preserve them for *all* of mankind throughout history (despite the best efforts of that Roman cult)... then he would not be God, and we would be better served pursuing hedonism.

[mwilson70201]

@fws91 I always check out the channel of those who answer my post and what I found on your's is a perfect illustration of modern bible denying scholarship. Some pastor who's been taught out of his confidence in God's word spends the rest of his life teaching those he should be building up in the word to deny it. Young man, I suggest you get on your knees before God and seek the wisdom only he can give, it's found in his word the AV. It's sad your faith has been corrupted at such an early age.

[mwilson70201]

@fws91 Prove it. While the vast majority of translations are money making ventures inspired by greed there are those who have the hand of God on them. For instance in II Tim 2:15,16 Paul reminds Timothy that he had known the scriptures from his youth then says all scripture is inspired by God.Timothy learned from copies, not the original witings. If you deny the miraculous in preservation you prove your religion to be intellectual in nature and in so doing deny the faith you profess to have.

[fws91]

@mwilson70201 God did not inspire the translation process of the kjv or ANY version. They were men of God who did their best to translate the text. However they are fallible and some mistakes come into the translations. all translations have errors. Only the original autographs are inspired and inerrant. We have copies but have plenty of them so we can cross check for accuracy.

[fws91]

@webfulcrum you do its the new king james version. It is from the Masoretic text and new testament is from the textus receptus. its also good because they give you the variant readings of others texts as a footnote.

[gilbert4321]

@filoIII Use common sense and stop trying to be smart all I can say...

[filoIII]

@gilbert4321 The AV isn't "old English" as you suppose. Modern English is considerd from 1450 to the present. The AV is a 5th grade reading level. You can read @ a 5th grade level can't you? The translators didn't speak how the AV is written.