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Recent content by Michaelrh1325

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    My friend feels threatened by me.

    Are you kidding me?! You're being a creep. I put myself in that man's shoes and the first instinct of my flesh is to punch you in the mouth. You think it's alright to become close to another man's wife and let his kids call you daddy? What's wrong with you? That's wrong on so many different...
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    Kings James Version why the best ?

    And when YOU, Oz, don't have a clue what you're talking about, you find out that the NLT was my first Bible and that my wife uses it as her Bible. I'm not going to get into a ridiculous argument over the NLT in a KJV thread. It's essentially a paraphrase and that's that.
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    "No Bible is my final authority. GOD is!"

    brandplucked, and/or anyone else that can answer this question, why is the 1900 Cambridge KJV, otherwise known as the Pure Cambridge Edition, regarded as the true, pure, and finished work of the KJV. Who decided that and why?
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    Kings James Version why the best ?

    Oz did Also the NLT is a paraphrase
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    Kings James Version why the best ?

    I didn't call the NIV a paraphrase.
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    Kings James Version why the best ?

    And that's just wrong, however I'm sure you're exaggerating a little. The KJV is a fine translation, but I wouldn't read it exclusively. I like a mixture of KJV, NASB, ESV, and NRSV. I wouldn't pick up an NIV or paraphrase over any of these.
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    Kings James Version why the best ?

    The NIV is an atrocity. The NLT is okay. My wife uses it because she has difficulty reading it, but I wouldn't use a paraphrase as my main Bible unless I had to. If someone said the ESV, NRSV, NASB, among some others, were better, no problem. It's entirely debateable and I like all of those...
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    Kings James Version why the best ?

    In what fantasy world is the NIV and NLT superior to the KJV?
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    The words lazy, Christian's + their Bibles.

    I tested at a college reading and writing level in the 8th grade.
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    The words lazy, Christian's + their Bibles.

    I'm saying a text you can understand is preferred. If need simplistic, fine. If you don't, fine. My one and only argument with you is that the ESV is not difficult to read, so stop putting words in my mouth.
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    The words lazy, Christian's + their Bibles.

    Your definition of difficult is vastly different than mine.
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    The words lazy, Christian's + their Bibles.

    I never once said that. I'm saying you are wrong to say that the ESV is difficult to read. It's not.
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    The words lazy, Christian's + their Bibles.

    It is easy to read. I know the English language fairly well. There is nothing difficult about ordinary English words in perfectly legible sentences.
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    The words lazy, Christian's + their Bibles.

    Why do I want to dumb something down that I already understand perfectly fine?
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    The words lazy, Christian's + their Bibles.

    I agree! I was recently arguing with a user that claimed the ESV and NRSV are difficult to read. No, they're not, not ever close. There may be an undiagnosed learning/reading disability going on there, or a lack of education, or, as you've said, laziness. If plain English is difficult to read...