Featured KJV hate

I use the KJV. I am not KJVOnly.

 

Your judgement of me proves you don't practice what you preach doesn't it?
MB

 

Well, actually, newer versions DO condemn those things, as well as everything else condemned in the KJV.
I am one of the "most vocal" anti-KJVO-Mythers on this board, but I heve several KJV copies, including a repro 1611 AV, complete with all the extratextual material, & a Cambridge Edition, complete with Crown copyright.

What I hate is the KJVO MYTH, which is the false doctrine that the KJV is the ONLY valid English Bible translation. I, & several others, have posted the man-made origin of the current edition of that myth on this very board. Its cultic, dishonest origin proves it's an invention of Satan's that he uses to cause strife & dissent among & within congregations, some of which you've experienced for yourself. I, myself, have been called every name a pagan can be called in English, & even threatened with violence(til I picked up a ball bat) for using modern versions & speaking out against the KJVO myth. Unfortunately, the strife works both ways, but the majority comes from the KJVO side.

 

Several of us have pointed out some of the goofs & booboos in the KJV, such as the much-discussed "Easter" goof in Acts 12:4. Whether or not KJVOs will admit it, those goofs are real.

 

Don't know where you see that.

 

There are some threads that are very disrespectful to the KJV, IMHO....

The KJV...the "Model T Bible Version

KJV's Textual Error

KJV Wrongly Translates the Hebrew


There are MANY more threads like those. Way too many. Not sure if HATE is the proper word, but the KJV IS highly criticized.

 

Yes, the world is very much larger than this forum, but the BB can likely be considered a microcosm of it (at least the Baptist world of the West). As I noted in post # 14, hate is probably too strong a word in most cases. To refresh my memory, I looked up its definition. At Lexico I found:

I do not think that is too strong to describe some people's feelings about the KJV, whether here on the BB, I know not. I think it is likely unprofitable to try to discuss it, and would yield little light. Almost 100% (if not 100%) of the regular Baptist posters would claim they do not hate the KJV.

It may not rise to the level of hate, but there is a rudeness and disrespect sometimes exhibited on the BB toward the King James translation. If folks mean to disrespect the KJV-only position, they need to be clear about that. That is not always what they are doing, even if they think it is.

If nothing else, the KJV deserves the respect of a beloved grandparent whose best years have passed. You may wish grandpa or grandma did not drool on the chin, but when you mock them for it, you cross over the line. It is blatant disrespect. One may wish the KJV had made a different translation decision here or there, or think that they got it wrong at a certain place, or hope that some things could be updated -- but when those of us who cannot translate our way out of a paper sack mock those things, the line has been crossed.

 

I think KJV users that report discrimination are sometimes in a similar situation as people of color that report discrimination. Secondary wounding can be worse than the original wounding and silences victims.

I am going to say nothing of my most uncomfortable incidents. It is more comfortable for me to publicly profess that nothing ever happened.

 

All of those are in response to "Onlyism". Context, contex, context

 

There absoloutly nothing wrong with that opinion. I hold to it myself. But as I said at the beginning, it is the "Onlyism", or telling lies about other translations, using false hood, false witness for starters.

 

KJV only implies unity among the congregations. I do not see them worshiping the KJV. In fact I do not believe any one worships the Bible. The worship is just an false accusation.
MB.

 

Apparently you do not know what KJVOnlyism is. It is not believing the KJV is the best version, or a person only using that version. That is not KJVOnlyism.

 

Those threads demean the KJV. Period.

 

I think you have no real experiences with KJVOnlyism. I don't believe you actually know what it is. That is good. Stay innocent. Do not tell the lies of the "onlyist".

 

...and the criticisms are TRUE in most cases.

 

You haven't read some articles by "Pastor" Stephen Anderson in which he DOES claim to worship the KJV.

 

Nothing, long as such believers don't claim it's the ONLY valid English Bible translation, or that someone using other translations is using the wrong versions or corrupt versions.