I agree as usual with you chaplainles! I will just add that there is a lot of bickering going on between fellow KJVO's. a lot of division as well. We have the KJVO, we have the pure KJVO, we have the TR only and of course we have the pristine KJV edition issue..... When I first came to this site I wasn't thinking at all of all these divisions. I thought we were all KJVO's. We are already in the minority, (that's ok, because the narrow way is always in the minority). I just would like to see us work together respectfully. I think we should be able to disagree respectfully with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. If we don't turn this around, we will push more people away from the KJB, those that are truly seeking the best Bible.

When I first started studying this issue, I was at the time reading the ESV. I'm sure in my ignorance I was asking questions and pointing out things that I thought to know to be true while I was seeking answers that would have been considered offensive to a pure KJVO. I had in particular two brothers in Christ that were very patient with me and all of my questions and I can say with all honesty that they never dealt with me in a condescending way, no matter how dumb my correspondence was. and I was quite leery of the KJVO stand at the time. I thought I had already figured this out and had gone from the NIV, to the NASB to the ESV. I finally went off on my own to study the issue. Well, everything they had tried to teach me was true. I had bought my first KJB and I was sure to let them know that they had won me over with their balance of truth and love. These same two brothers also won me out of my Calvinism delusion in the same way. I will always be grateful to them in the way they were vessels for God to help me out.

I think we judge too quickly re: the troublemakers. If we think someone is personally attacking even if a newbie, let's turn the other cheek and address their disagreement politely. If that person continues to be rude then deal with them. I believe if we are the bigger person there is a great chance the other poster will turn it around and they may even begin to understand our point of view??? It happens, believe me, it happened to me personally.

If someone has been rude in the past, lets leave that in the past and address them politely, especially when we can see that they have turned it around. If it appears someone is truly seeking the truth lets just address with facts and not in a way that puts them down. Let's always assume good intentions until it is evident otherwise.

RE: moderating, I believe it would be a good idea to bring in a moderator that is fair and balanced and can keep their cool and not take things personally. It's always good to have a few moderators even three that can look at things from different perspectives. Overall they must be like-minded, that is true. Not that they will agree on every issue, but you know what I mean. They need to deal with insulting behavior without returning like kind behavior. This is hard to do, but I have seen it done. When I first came to this site, I figured Jerry must be an un-named moderator. I thought he did a great job moderating and keeping his cool most of the time. He is also very knowledgable. Of course I now realize that he was not a moderator. This is just for an example, but if he were willing to come back that would be great.

I understand a forum must be going for quite awhile in order to determine the right moderators for the job. It takes a long term history to see if the person can meet the high standards that one sets. It's not an easy task, but makes for a well run forum where many can have fellowship and edification. We should all be patient while the bugs are worked out.