NIV vs. KJV

drummer4Him said:

I read online that a Bible scholar(Dr.Don Wilkins), who was asked to defend the New Age Bible versions on the John Ankerberg TV show against King James Version advocate (Dr.Joseph Chambers),lost his voice during the debate against the King James Bible.
If this is true,could it be an example of Luke 1:20,"And behold,thou shalt be dumb,and not able to speak,until the day these things shall be performed,because thou believest not my words,which shall be fulfilled in their season."
There is also news about other "scholars" who also helped in the making of modernized versions that mysteriously lost their voices.Read more about it on www.av1611.org/voice 1 .html

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This was a concieved untruth by KJV Only Advocates. KJV Only advocates attack many scholars that do not agree with them. Gail Riplinger's Book New Age Versions is a good example of shoddy scholarship. When I was a seminary Student and checked out many of her references to Westcott and Hort. When I went to the original docements it no where resembled what Gail Riplinger claims they said. In many of MS Riplinger's footnotes when you go to the original documents there was nothing in those documents to back up what she said various persons said.

God Bless
Greeker

drummer4Him said:

Nothing and absolutely nothing justifies the subtraction of any verse in the Bible.

Luke 8:11-12 "Now the parable is this:The seed is the word of God.
Those by the way side are they that hear;then cometh the devil,and taketh away the word out of their hearts,lest they should believe and be saved."

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they were taken out because these verses were not in the original manuscripts but were added some time later!

I don't know why anyone would want to be a [you pick a translation] only. (BTW, not edited.) Whether it's KJV, NIV, or JayJay77V, we can't say "dude, it's the only one that's right. All the others are wrong.

What do you think they do when they translate the Bible to other languages? Yeah, some translate a version to another language, but most compare the original manuscripts to that particalar language. Why do you think it takes so long to translate them?

So, now, is the KJV, NIV, etc, better than the Philipines Version? or the Chinese Version? C'mon. You gotta speak the language of the people. Different language, same message.