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Originally Posted by tlewis3348
My replies are numbered according to your comments.
1. I understand that God inspired each word of the Bible. I believe this with all my heart. My point is that when the KJV translators translated the Bible from the original languages into English they had to make a decision as to what was meant by certain Greek or Hebrew words since many have multiple meanings. In order to accurately translate they had to have a great understanding of the Greek and Hebrew languages as well as the different cultures and contexts of the Bible. Therefore they had to know the "intended thought" of the specific inspired words that were in the original languages.
2. What specific "assessment/judgment" are you referring to?
3. I do not know how to explain this any better than I did in the second paragraph.
My main point has yet to be answered:
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" I understand that God inspired each word of the Bible. I believe this with all my heart." -tlewis3348
My comment:
1. Sir,
I did not ask you if "God inspired each word of the Bible.” I pointed out that you (repeatedly) said you
“used” the KJV. I asked you:
What do
you believe? Do you
believe that the KJV is the word of God? Yes or no?
(the reasons explained in a follow up article).
And you refused to answer a simple question. So, Do you believe that the KJV is the word of God? Yes or no? As a continuation,
2. You refer to “
the Bible” in your “God inspired each word of the Bible” statement, i.e., “the Bible” as being inspired. What is this “the Bible?” Please
name it-identify it. Do you have it in your possession? Is it the KJV? I thought you said the KJV is not inspired?
If it is the word of God, it is inspired, correct? So, if you believe “God inspired each word of the Bible”, and you have “the Bible” in your possession, and therefore it is inspired(by your own definition), it is thus perfect, correct? Name it.
Again, address the issue/question above, as per below:
"….that we can say that the KJV is
as close(my emphasis) as we can get to
God's inspired Word(my emphasis) in the English language…" -tlewis3348
Is this "kinda like" "close to being pregnant", "close to being dead", "close to being alive", "close to being saved","close to being a Christian", close to being true", "close to being false", "close to being white", "close to being black"……...…….?
"Almost inspired"? "Closed to being inspired?" I thought you said:
" I understand that
God inspired each word of the Bible. I believe this with all my heart." -tlewis3348
These 2 statements of yours together implies that you contend God's "intial"/"original"' inspired word is no longer inspired, does it not? God just could not preserve His inspired word? What was the purpose of the statement " I understand that
God inspired each word of the Bible.? Is inspiration past tense?
2. What specific "assessment/judgment" are you referring to? -tlewis3348
My comment: You said:
"….that we can say that the KJV is as close(my emphasis) as we can get to God's inspired Word(my emphasis) in the English language.”
My point is simple: You cannot assess whether the KJV is “as close as we can get to God’s inspired Word”,
unless you have the originals to which you can compare the KJV. Do you have “the originals”? No, you don’t, so you cannot make the assessment/judgment. Therefore the "….that we can say that the KJV is as close(my emphasis) as we can get to God's inspired Word(my emphasis) in the English language.” statement of yours is an assertion w/o a foundation(faulty premise-you/we/no one has today “the originals”/no one alive today has seen “the originals”).
Please at least answer, before we can move forward:
1. What do you believe? Do you believe that the KJV is the word of God? Yes or no? Again, I am not interested in what you “use”,”prefer”, “like”…………….Per scripture, which tells you to believe the word(and I cited the passages), Do you believe that the KJV is the word of God? Yes or no?
2. What is this mysterious. “the Bible” in your “God inspired each word of the Bible” statement? We need to “be on the same page”, i.e., this is going to be a non-sensical discussion if we do not know what you are referring to as “the Bible.”
These are simple, 5th grade questions. Please answer, or none of your other questions/points matter.
In and with Christ,
John M. Whalen