TRUTH is, the whole KJVO idea, and the myth it created, are all MAN-MADE. There's NOTHING FROM GOD supporting that idea. The whole thingie is entirely man-made.
Quite right, and I agree.
None of it is explicitly found in God's word.
Not. One. Word.
It's basically nothing more than occasional men pointing to something and saying, "hey, that's different" and asking "why?".
Some of those men ( and women ) may even be concerned that the difference is in man's words versus God's words, and whether or not there's a "bait and switch" going on.
But it seems that speaking of this subject (
especially here ) is dangerous for one that loves the AV and sees problems when comparing it to others.
Yes, I suppose that means that I view it as the foundation to which all other English translations
should compare ( because I've been using it since I was called in 1978 ), but I see nothing really wrong with that.
For me, it's personal, and not a matter of breaking fellowship over.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not advocating that God's children be
forced to read from a 400 year old English translation if they don't like to...
I just want people to know that I think there's
more to the modern translations than simply men trying to arrive at the best one.
However, what I see as very odd, is that
so many people have little trouble with picking up translations that, in some places, word things
entirely different than the AV... and don't seem to see a problem with it.
In the end, there's nothing I can do about that except to let it go.
From my perspective, it really is strange being "KJVO" ( Well, "KJV Preferred" and "TRO" ) and believing in election.
I've seen the comments, for example, about Will Kinney and how some here see him.
He really doesn't stand a chance, does he?
So...
From here on out, I will steer a wide course to avoid threads like these on this forum, and on any forum for that matter.
I may post on others, but to me, there's far too much hatred brewing here about this one issue than on anything else I've yet to see.
May God bless you all.