Caution: Your Bible May Be A Perversion
Good Morning America!
Today we bring you a special letter from Rev. Tim Curtis-Dryden—a letter that gently and lovingly suggests that, well…"your Bible may be a perversion." You didn’t know that your Bible might be perverted, did you? Well, now you know. And Curtis-Dryden would like to make sure you don’t forget it. Here are some excerpts from his letter, which was printed in the Lapeer County Press, a Michigan newspaper:
"Do you belong to a church that does not use the King James Bible, published in 1611, and instead uses one of those modern versions of the Bible like the NIV, NASB, NKJV, NRSV, RSV, etc.?"
Do I see a show of hands, anybody?
"If so, then you belong to a liberal church. A liberal church that is vile in the eyes of God."
Now, hold it, brother--put down that shotgun! Your anger is misplaced.
"Don’t get mad at me," says the Reverend, "take it up with God! While you’re doing that be sure to tell God that He is a liar. God claims His Word is divinely inspired and divinely preserved. "Forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven." (Psalm 119:89) …How arrogant can one be to believe that they can improve upon the eternal Word of God?"
How arrogant indeed.
"The modern Bible versions are as vile as they can be! If God’s words are pure, then why does the NIV contain 64,098 less words than the authorized King James Bible?"
Good question. One might also ask why the King James Bible has significantly more words than the original Greek and Hebrew manuscripts, but that would be nitpicking, don’t you think? Oh, but wait, Rev. Curtis-Dryden isn’t finished:
"God was right when He warned us in his Word, "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and the doctrines of devils." (1 Timothy 4:1) My friends…if you are using any Bible other than the authorized King James 1611, then what you hold in your hands is the doctrine of devils. I encourage you to throw these modern perversions in the flames and run from your liberal church!"
Amen--preach it, brother.
Good Morning America!
Today we bring you a special letter from Rev. Tim Curtis-Dryden—a letter that gently and lovingly suggests that, well…"your Bible may be a perversion." You didn’t know that your Bible might be perverted, did you? Well, now you know. And Curtis-Dryden would like to make sure you don’t forget it. Here are some excerpts from his letter, which was printed in the Lapeer County Press, a Michigan newspaper:
"Do you belong to a church that does not use the King James Bible, published in 1611, and instead uses one of those modern versions of the Bible like the NIV, NASB, NKJV, NRSV, RSV, etc.?"
Do I see a show of hands, anybody?
"If so, then you belong to a liberal church. A liberal church that is vile in the eyes of God."
Now, hold it, brother--put down that shotgun! Your anger is misplaced.
"Don’t get mad at me," says the Reverend, "take it up with God! While you’re doing that be sure to tell God that He is a liar. God claims His Word is divinely inspired and divinely preserved. "Forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven." (Psalm 119:89) …How arrogant can one be to believe that they can improve upon the eternal Word of God?"
How arrogant indeed.
"The modern Bible versions are as vile as they can be! If God’s words are pure, then why does the NIV contain 64,098 less words than the authorized King James Bible?"
Good question. One might also ask why the King James Bible has significantly more words than the original Greek and Hebrew manuscripts, but that would be nitpicking, don’t you think? Oh, but wait, Rev. Curtis-Dryden isn’t finished:
"God was right when He warned us in his Word, "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and the doctrines of devils." (1 Timothy 4:1) My friends…if you are using any Bible other than the authorized King James 1611, then what you hold in your hands is the doctrine of devils. I encourage you to throw these modern perversions in the flames and run from your liberal church!"
Amen--preach it, brother.
1 Comments:
When you translate into another language you are bound to gain or loose words. To validate the bible you have to look at what is being said and how that compares with the original text, not how many words or letters it contains.
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