Arminius said:
Yes this forum is full of proclaimed "Bible believers" who say they believe that various translations that contradict each other in thousands of places are "God's Word", whatever that means. It all comes down to WHICH ONE is God's Word? If you say "all of them" I have to question your sincerity or ability to think rationally because those who profess something that is contradictory and IMPOSSIBLE need to be viewed as such.
The folks who do not support the KJVO myth
ARE Bible believers, Arminius. Just because you believe the KJVO myth doesn't give you the right to say or imply that those who do not follow the KJVO myth do not believe the Bible. I could conversely say you are not a Bible believer because you do not believe the NASB or the NKJV is the inerrant word of God, but I am not saying such a thing. However, I would be just as right and have just as much authority to make such a statement or implication as you have to say or imply this about those who do not follow the KJVO myth. You are placing yourself in the position of judge and jury, when you have no authority, biblical or otherwise, to do so.
Judge not, that you be not judged. Matthew 7:1 NKJV
Arminius said:
Mexdeaf sayd KJO is of the Devil. HEY! I think that is forbidden talk here is it not? If I say the new versions are PERVERSIONS BASED ON WESTCOTT AND HORT'S CORRUPT VATICANUS AND SINAITICUS, is that not allowed? So how can some attack and LIE ABOUT those who believe the KJV best reflects the preservation of God's Word in the English language? The Devil questions what God said, sows confusion about what God actually said, and comes to STEAL THE WORD. Gee, I wonder which group reflects those characteristcs--the pioneers of Modern Criticism, or TR-KJV people
Since the KJVO myth is based in falsehood and confusion, then it is absolutely correct and proper to say it cannot possibly come from God. The KJVO myth was formulated and is spread by people who become confused over God's ability to preserve His word in various English Bible translations, and who place their own false and humanistic opinions over the authority of God's word. BTW, calling Bible versions "perversions" is also forbidden here at BB. But then there is always a double standard applied by supporters of the KJVO myth. If Mexdead is not to say that the KJVO myth is from Satan, then no one is to call the Bible versions God has graciously given us "perversions." Pretty simple, really. If supporters of the KJVO myth are not bound by the BB rules, then no one else should be bound by the BB rules.
No one here is seeking to steal the word. However, those who support the KJVO myth misinterpret Scripture (often intentionally, often naively) and bring into question the very word of God. Taking verses out of context in order to "support" a false theory like the KJVO myth
IS questioning the word of God and sowing confusion. It is the "TR-KJV people" who more closely reflect these characteristics - and by a very large, no, a
HUGE margin!
For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. 1 Corinthians 14:33 NKJV
The lies actually come from the originators of the KJVO myth, Arminius, not from those who stand in truth against the KJVO myth.
In the following verse Jesus, talking to the Pharisees, made a very good point about Satan.
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. John 8:44 NASB
Arminius said:
Somone said any "valid version" in English is God's Word. Really? And WHO PRAY TELL, determines what is "valid". And what is meant by "valid"? How subjective.
And yet you have determined, based on your own authority, that only one English Bible version is actually the word of God while all the MVs are not really God's word. Quite subjective, Arminius, quite subjective! And if you had bothered to read further you would have seen that when I refer to valid English Bible versions I place that validity against Bible verisons that were "translated" in order to give errant groups (Mormons, Seventh Day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses in particular) versions that finally agree with some of their errant beliefs. But then you didn't want to read further and find out what was
really meant, did you? Of course not - that gave you just enough ammunition for you to hurl more false accusations and stick your foot deeper into your own mouth than it already was.
Of course there can never be a Bible version that supports the KJVO myth because that vrsion would also have to be mistranslated. The belief in any form of onlyism is not biblical - there is nothing in any existing English Bible translation that supports the KJVO myth. Supporting a Bible version that supports onlyism would mean that you would have to support another Bible version other than the KJV, and that will never happen with KJVO supporters, will it?
Arminius said:
It matters not whether the defenders of the KJV position are correct on EVERYTHING they have ever said. If you write as prolifically as Riplinger and Rcukman have---sooner of later they will make mistakes, misinterpret their opponents, go too far, etc.
It is true that writers may sometimes err in their zeal to support something in which they believe. But when they start with nothing
but error they damage their own positions as they continue on in their error. Riplinger and Ruckman are fine examples of writers who start out with nothing but error and then dig themselves in further and further as they go.
Arminius said:
These things do not necessarily undermine their overall position, nor the MANY FACTS they do provide, facts which are never found in the Critical Text crowd.
Your definition of "facts" is in error, Arminius. Riplinger and Ruckman present everything
but facts and truth. Their entire theory is based strictly in error and untruth.
Arminius said:
And the reason is obvious--when all the truth is known, it argues decisively against the Westcott and Hort text and the reasons for abandoning the KJV. And when it is further found that the Critical text scholars have not been honest in presenting what is known, and that many of the beliefs of Modern Textual Criticism came directly from Apostate Germans and Englishmen, and from Rome, that sure does put things in its true light. It is right to be suspicious of Westcott and Hort, their theories and text, and those backing it because the pioneers of these things were not Christians, but enemies of God's Word and Christianty. All one has to do is study the lives and beliefs of all the major players who develpoed Modern Textual Criticism to see these were wolves within the Protestant communites and universities. And they have done the damage they sought to do.
And what are your sources for these fantastic and outlandish claims, Arminius? If you cite Riplinger and Ruckman as your sources, then you actually destroy your own credibility because nothing these writers have presented so far has had one thing to do with facts.
Arminius said:
I do believe that appeal to Greek and hebrew can help amplify things and bring out facts about a word and its use in history that is interesting, but what I have seen and read in 24 years is mostly someone NOT LIKING what the AV says, so they CHANGE it by appelaing to the Greek and Hebrew in a most ignorant, unscholarly way. They have an ax to grind, but want to LOOK LEGIT when they do it. That IS sin my friends. To the few who DON'T do that, blessings upon them.
Obviously your definition of sin is in error, Arminius. We opponents of the KJVO myth have no ax to grind - we merely spread truth in the wake of the errors and falsehoods that are spread by supporters of the KJVO myth. The sin is in blaspheming of God's word in all the MVs, making false accusations like your "ax to grind" falsehood, standing on error after you have been shown truth, spreading the falsehoods that make up the KJVO myth, and believing God does not have the power to preserve His word in the various English Bible translations He has so graciously provided for us. We should be on our knees thanking Him that he has chosen to provide His word for us in various English Bible translations that are understandable for every generation, not demeaning the very Bible versions He has given us. You should get some Ruckman points for your post, Arminius. You mimick him very well with the false accusations - he would be proud of you!