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Old 05-17-2008, 09:07 AM
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I have no idea what you mean by "lost." I haven't said any words or meanings are lost. The reason for updating is simply to have the Bible in the language of the people, which has been the aim of all the translators since the Bible was wrested from the Roman Church.
The KJV already is "the language of the people." Unless you mean conversational language -- that it is not, and never was. Even when it was first translated, the KJV retained "archaisms" because it is Biblical English, not conversational English.

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There is nothing "feeling-oriented" about anything I've said.
I haven't seen you provide a single shred of Biblical support for what you are driving for. Until you do, it is indeed "feeling" oriented.