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Originally Posted by xint  What I want to know is how people claim to be 1611AV only when what they actually have is from 1769.. including the lack of apochrypha.. |
I use the 1873 Scrivener Cambridge Paragraph KJV. Besides, who claims to be 1611AV-only when most claim to be KJV-only.
(My logic teacher in college would be so proud of me for that statement!)
A real KJV user isn't of the Gail Ripplinger or Peter Ruckman type. They use too many logical fallacies. The people who advocated the NIV when it first came out used the same logical fallacies when they promoted the NIV too in the way they put down the KJV. In reference to the Dead Sea Scrolls in the OP, they actually give validity to the KJV, By showing that the text hadn't changed from the 1st century. The Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus are full of errors and missing alot of stuff, so they are not very reliable. To promote a translation based on them, as did the NIV, shows that there are problems. I'm no scholar in the trained, I've studied 20 years of Hebrew and Greek, lived in Ancient Rome sense, but if a layman like me can do research on my own and find this out, why couldn't they? Jerusalem Blade's links are good, but this link provided by Galatians 220 is perhaps my favorite -
http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/kjvdefen.htm It is deeply philosophical. It shows the philosophical development of modern times and the philosophy's behind the translations. To me that say's it all.
For me, the preciseness of the KJV is one of the biggest reasons I use it. I can use it and talk/debate with college trained libs and use it to show what the texts really say. They always ask me "what does the original mean?" I tell them I'm no scholar, what does it say in the original and they always end up saying what the KJV says. I think that's profound. Hence I'm a real KJV user. Thats the real title we should use. KJV-only has been corrupted by the Ruckman/Ripplinger types.
I'm sorry I didn't get back after work like I said. Jerusalem and Galatians links give a real reason to use KJV. But like a Moth to a flame, I couldn't stay away once I saw it pop up again. Long Live the King! - Grymir