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<blockquote data-quote="Dove" data-source="post: 748963" data-attributes="member: 535">I have both of those. I have them so I can effectively debate Jehovah Witness...which I've become very sharp at...*ducking*&nbsp;I actually grew up with the KJV. Which I why I was never able to connect with scripture. I would actually advise a new reader to have the most simplified translation possible. Like the Recovery Bible. I'm not about translations that are focused on some life battle with devotions about sobriety or strong marriages or anything.....I actually hate devotionals. BUT the gospel is very easy to grasp. &nbsp;People get really guilty of trying to read themselves into scripture or take verses out of context as if its answering a life question. Eisegesis I think it's called. You gotta be Jesus centered in the Word.&nbsp; &nbsp;My pastor at the mission used to always say the Bible is a &quot;Hymn&quot; book spelled H.I.M. &nbsp;Every attempt to change the scriptures has fallen flat. We know the gnostics are false and a cult. We know the extra 2 Enochs are total crap. It just has not work. The RC has all sorts of bad bad problems.&nbsp; It's literally as if all who have tried ARE cursed.&nbsp; I just wouldnt ever agree that we COULD do it even if humans wanted to, God is gonna have His word preserved and nothing can stop that. &nbsp;We need to allow for translational issues and differences because we have this collection of books written thousands of years ago....over a span of thousands of years....in an ancient middle eastern culture. Hebrew is so wildly different from English.&nbsp; I actually think Hebrew is more sophisticated than modern English.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dove, post: 748963, member: 535"] I have both of those. I have them so I can effectively debate Jehovah Witness...which I've become very sharp at...*ducking* I actually grew up with the KJV. Which I why I was never able to connect with scripture. I would actually advise a new reader to have the most simplified translation possible. Like the Recovery Bible. I'm not about translations that are focused on some life battle with devotions about sobriety or strong marriages or anything.....I actually hate devotionals. BUT the gospel is very easy to grasp. People get really guilty of trying to read themselves into scripture or take verses out of context as if its answering a life question. Eisegesis I think it's called. You gotta be Jesus centered in the Word. My pastor at the mission used to always say the Bible is a "Hymn" book spelled H.I.M. Every attempt to change the scriptures has fallen flat. We know the gnostics are false and a cult. We know the extra 2 Enochs are total crap. It just has not work. The RC has all sorts of bad bad problems. It's literally as if all who have tried ARE cursed. I just wouldnt ever agree that we COULD do it even if humans wanted to, God is gonna have His word preserved and nothing can stop that. We need to allow for translational issues and differences because we have this collection of books written thousands of years ago....over a span of thousands of years....in an ancient middle eastern culture. Hebrew is so wildly different from English. I actually think Hebrew is more sophisticated than modern English. [/QUOTE]

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