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According to YOU and those that think like YOU.
I, on the other hand, place my faith in GOD and not what MEN have to offer. And my trust in God is that He was MORE than capable of guiding the men that translated the KJV of the Bible. I don't have NEAR the faith in myself or YOU to try and 're-translate' the Bible.
I have already offered that YOUR line of reasoning leads to a vicious circle of never ending DOUBT. For YOU cannot PROVE any more than I can that the documents used to translate ANY version are accurate. Since there are NO original copies, only copies of copies of copies of copies, at one point, we are stuck with either ignoring the Bible as the inspiration of God, or we accept that God has been capable of preserving His Word.
I KNOW this: I know where the Bible has led ME and what inspiration it has offered ME. I know the changes that have taken place in my life through the understanding offered in the Bible. The KJV. If the same is true for you, then I can offer nothing but sincere appreciation that God is able to work in so MANY different ways. But I can't help but have my doubts. Not doubts in God, but in MEN.
Yes, men wrote the KJV of the Bible. But the men that wrote it were ALL professors and scholars that worked for SEVEN years to accomplish their mission. 47. 47 scholars that spent SEVEN years doing their BEST to translate the Greek manuscripts into English. And that was over FOUR HUNDRED YEARS ago. As far as I'm concerned, that was FOUR HUNDRED YEARS of LESS corruption than present. I wouldn't trust ANY amount of men spending ANY amount of time translating the Bible TODAY half as much as I would trust the 47 that spent seven years over FOUR HUNDRED years ago. For it is MY 'firm belief' that man has FALLEN AWAY quite a bit in the last FOUR hundred years. Fallen away from the TRUTH. Fallen away to the point that most aren't even capable of accepting the truth when it is offered.
So, you can SAY that the KJV has more mistakes in it than any other version, but you and I both KNOW that this is simply NOT true. It is nothing other than a GUISE that many USE to discredit the KJV for the sake of their OWN doctrines and understanding. You cannot PERSONALLY PROVE that there is a SINGLE mistake in the KJV that hasn't been corrected. You offerings are nothing other than GUESSES at BEST and intentional deception at worse. For YOU are NOT more capable of determining the TRUTH than I am. And so far, I would offer that so far as the Bible is concerned, you don't really have any DESIRE for the TRUTH except as it agrees with YOUR theology. The likes of which I have NEVER encountered except through YOUR words. In my 54 years, I have YET to encounter another that has tried to explain things in the manner that YOU have.
While I have YET to meet ANYONE that agrees with EVERYTHING I offer, I have found that EVERYTHING I offer is agreeable to SOME. Yet your interpretation of Satan and demons is only shared by UR in MY experience. Yet you claim that you are NOT UR. So that means that you don't even fit in with THAT crowd.
If I wanted to WASTE even more of my time, I would go and seek out the wording in EACH of the versions you have listed to SHOW that EACH offers information concerning Satan and demons. For there are NO 'translations' that I have EVER encountered that COMPLETELY re-write the Bible. Wording is often different that is capable of leading to SOME different concepts, but the revelation of Satan and demons is UNIVERSAL. It is COMMON with EVERY version of the Bible I have EVER read in, (but for the past twenty odd years, except for RESEARCHING the DIFFERENCES, the ONLY version that I have read and STUDIED is the KJV).
So what you hope to accomplish is a mystery to me. You CANNOT alter what I understand. And so far, those that have responded to your posts has basically offered that they are NOT in agreement with your offerings either. You would need to find someone completely IGNORANT of the Bible or even the concepts of 'good and evil' to have any sort of influence through your words. When I read them all I see are denial and confusion. Your attempts to dismiss Satan and demons is a wasted effort to those that KNOW better. And as far as I'm concerned, are nothing but utter DENIAL of God's Word as offered in the Bible. ALL Bibles that I am aware of. I know of NO translation that offers what YOU offer. And don't believe that there IS one or will be unless you or someone LIKE you decides to produce one of YOUR OWN.
So, if you KNOW of a SINGLE version of the Bible that DOES NOT speak of Satan or demons, let us know and I'll 'check it out', but so far, I've never HEARD of one.
Blessings,
MEC
I, on the other hand, place my faith in GOD and not what MEN have to offer. And my trust in God is that He was MORE than capable of guiding the men that translated the KJV of the Bible. I don't have NEAR the faith in myself or YOU to try and 're-translate' the Bible.
I have already offered that YOUR line of reasoning leads to a vicious circle of never ending DOUBT. For YOU cannot PROVE any more than I can that the documents used to translate ANY version are accurate. Since there are NO original copies, only copies of copies of copies of copies, at one point, we are stuck with either ignoring the Bible as the inspiration of God, or we accept that God has been capable of preserving His Word.
I KNOW this: I know where the Bible has led ME and what inspiration it has offered ME. I know the changes that have taken place in my life through the understanding offered in the Bible. The KJV. If the same is true for you, then I can offer nothing but sincere appreciation that God is able to work in so MANY different ways. But I can't help but have my doubts. Not doubts in God, but in MEN.
Yes, men wrote the KJV of the Bible. But the men that wrote it were ALL professors and scholars that worked for SEVEN years to accomplish their mission. 47. 47 scholars that spent SEVEN years doing their BEST to translate the Greek manuscripts into English. And that was over FOUR HUNDRED YEARS ago. As far as I'm concerned, that was FOUR HUNDRED YEARS of LESS corruption than present. I wouldn't trust ANY amount of men spending ANY amount of time translating the Bible TODAY half as much as I would trust the 47 that spent seven years over FOUR HUNDRED years ago. For it is MY 'firm belief' that man has FALLEN AWAY quite a bit in the last FOUR hundred years. Fallen away from the TRUTH. Fallen away to the point that most aren't even capable of accepting the truth when it is offered.
So, you can SAY that the KJV has more mistakes in it than any other version, but you and I both KNOW that this is simply NOT true. It is nothing other than a GUISE that many USE to discredit the KJV for the sake of their OWN doctrines and understanding. You cannot PERSONALLY PROVE that there is a SINGLE mistake in the KJV that hasn't been corrected. You offerings are nothing other than GUESSES at BEST and intentional deception at worse. For YOU are NOT more capable of determining the TRUTH than I am. And so far, I would offer that so far as the Bible is concerned, you don't really have any DESIRE for the TRUTH except as it agrees with YOUR theology. The likes of which I have NEVER encountered except through YOUR words. In my 54 years, I have YET to encounter another that has tried to explain things in the manner that YOU have.
While I have YET to meet ANYONE that agrees with EVERYTHING I offer, I have found that EVERYTHING I offer is agreeable to SOME. Yet your interpretation of Satan and demons is only shared by UR in MY experience. Yet you claim that you are NOT UR. So that means that you don't even fit in with THAT crowd.
If I wanted to WASTE even more of my time, I would go and seek out the wording in EACH of the versions you have listed to SHOW that EACH offers information concerning Satan and demons. For there are NO 'translations' that I have EVER encountered that COMPLETELY re-write the Bible. Wording is often different that is capable of leading to SOME different concepts, but the revelation of Satan and demons is UNIVERSAL. It is COMMON with EVERY version of the Bible I have EVER read in, (but for the past twenty odd years, except for RESEARCHING the DIFFERENCES, the ONLY version that I have read and STUDIED is the KJV).
So what you hope to accomplish is a mystery to me. You CANNOT alter what I understand. And so far, those that have responded to your posts has basically offered that they are NOT in agreement with your offerings either. You would need to find someone completely IGNORANT of the Bible or even the concepts of 'good and evil' to have any sort of influence through your words. When I read them all I see are denial and confusion. Your attempts to dismiss Satan and demons is a wasted effort to those that KNOW better. And as far as I'm concerned, are nothing but utter DENIAL of God's Word as offered in the Bible. ALL Bibles that I am aware of. I know of NO translation that offers what YOU offer. And don't believe that there IS one or will be unless you or someone LIKE you decides to produce one of YOUR OWN.
So, if you KNOW of a SINGLE version of the Bible that DOES NOT speak of Satan or demons, let us know and I'll 'check it out', but so far, I've never HEARD of one.
Blessings,
MEC
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