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There was no "Bible" in the 1st century.
Via, please save the lenghty verbose replies for someone else.

I'm not interested in ten paragraphs of rebuttal.

I said the "books of the Bible".

That means that the 66 books that make up our AV1611 Bible were all authorized in the first century.

All others can take a hike.
 
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Now you know why I'm a KJVO, don't you?
 
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Just wondering what you think the word authorised means.
 
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Yes, that is my understanding of the process also. There was no single, definitive act of decision-making which produced a 'Bible' at its conclusion. Books were adopted in some localities, ignored in others, over centuries. I don't think there has ever been a time in the last few thousand years when mankind as a whole could ever boast "this is THE Bible".
 
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I said the "books of the Bible".

That means that the 66 books that make up our AV1611 Bible were all authorized in the first century.

The AV1611, not counting Greek Esther, and Greek Daniel including chapters 13 and 14, actually has 75 books: 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras, Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach (called Ecclesiasticus), Baruch (including the Epistle of Jeremiah), 1 Maccabees, and 2 Maccabees.



All others can take a hike.
So can the original KJV--the 1611--take a hike or not? Or will this result in an endless looping paradox for you?

-CryptoLutheran
 
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Children need to be able to do that. It's natural, formative and healthy for a young mind to question, challenge and establish what is false and what is true. If the Sixties taught us anything, with it's score of musical anthems : Little Boxes, What Did You Learn In School Today etc. -- it's that the system is rotten to the core!
 
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Non spiritual people are very lazy.

Christianity is easy to access

and based on historical facts.

Other religions have much less history to get a handle on.


How do you come to this conclusion?? Also can we see some references for this? Because I can tell you haven't done your research

Which point would you like to work on?
 
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No one knows why anyone is a KJVO.
The KJVO movement was started to combat the rise of "better translations."

I think a good way to put it is, the KJVO movement was started to combat Strong's Concordance; but historically, it was started to combat the English Revised Version.
 
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A bus stops and picks up 66 people.

As it's starting its journey, 14 people come running up and jump on.

In the course of the journey, it's clear that those 14 don't belong on the bus.

The bus stops and the 14 are kicked off.

Later, some people claim the 14 belonged on the bus in the first place.

They didn't.
 
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Well it has gotten much worse than when I was in school in the 70's and 80's. We are lucky to live in a pretty conservative, rural area. But I still find their programs to be concrete bound and anti conceptual in nature. It's all about the group think.
 
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It most certainly can be.

There's a place and a time for that.

Well my questions were mostly one on one with the minister so I don't see how that is disruptive.

You're right. There is a time and a place for rational questions and it isn't in a class on indoctrination into a religion based on faith.
 
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I have no knowledge of your situation. I can only speak of my own experiences of the Methodist Church and Baptist Church of our time -- as they differ considerably from place to place, I think you need to embrace the possibility that you might have had a bump in the road.
I've heard say that the Alpha Course has been helpful to many who have hard questions.
 
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Well my questions were mostly one on one with the minister so I don't see how that is disruptive.

You're right. There is a time and a place for rational questions and it isn't in a class on indoctrination into a religion based on faith.
I don't know how many times I've talked to someone who had questions and was told, in so many words, to "get lost" [no pun intended]; or had questions his pastor/priest couldn't answer.

(Right, Rocky? )
 
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Yes, you did.
You interpreted certain verses taken out of context and came to a conclusion that is not supported by other verses that you leave out.
Same with your antichrist. Do a Bible search on the term antichrist...you might be surprised.
I don't know how you got the EU...folks around my neck of the woods think it might be Obama...although if it is, he needs to get to it. He's sorta running out of time...
 
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Daniel 2.

Nebuchednezzar's dream. You think the feet of clay is the EU?
First, show me what this has to do with the antichrist.
Then, show me how it is the EU. There are folks here who think it is the US...and looking around me, I can see their point.
 
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