Comments on: Bible Version Charts

By: Chad Williams

Chad Williams — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:15:59 +0000

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Staci

Staci — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:45:54 +0000

You haven’t experienced the Bible until you’ve read it in the original English.

By: brandontmilan

brandontmilan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:37:10 +0000

I think its funny that the Vulgate is on the bad version bible tree, when it was actually one of the sources used by the King James translators…

By: mounty

mounty — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:38:11 +0000

That’s the oft-used fundy technique of future-proofing. Because I doubt whoever came up with this chart 50 years ago knew that the NIV 2011 would be coming out.

Future-proofing: great when you’re programming an application; not so much when arbitrarily crafting your theology to fit your grandparents’ preferences.

By: Becca

Becca — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:22:52 +0000

I love how “all other English translations” is arbitrarily placed in one of the little bubbles on the “bad tree.” That’s cute. Glad our bases are covered.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:08:14 +0000

My fundy seminary (not always the stripe depicted on this site) wrote a book in response to the KJV only debate and it is very much worth reading. Its title is “One Bible Only?” and is edited by Kevin Bauder and Roy Beacham both of whom serve on the faculty at Central Baptist Theological Seminary in MN. President Bauder also wrote gave an address worth reading called “A Fundamenatlism Worth Saving”. From their website (http://www.centralseminary.edu/) you can hear various audio lectures and follow them on twitter and facebook. I believe that Central Seminary and Dr Bauder especially gives an accurate view of what Fundamentalism really should be about. Maybe through it you can see (and probably already realize) that not of fundamentalism is exactly as depicted on this site. Thanks for your site! I love it and have laughed so hard at myself, our church and a good chunk of our movement! Keep it up and try to pass along some posts from behind the lines.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:51:41 +0000

I know that Al Cuppett is one of the foremost theologians of our time. If he says it, I believe it, that settles it.

By: Reader Mo

Reader Mo — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:35:36 +0000

If the King James was good enough for the Apostle Paul, It’s good enough for me!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:12:37 +0000

Mounty, it’s easy: just teach them English so they can read the KJV:

http://tominthebox.blogspot.com/2007/08/church-offers-esl-motivation-in.html

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:19:10 +0000

Fundy missionaries have the difficult task of teaching their flock King James English in order to understand the PURE WORD OF GOD.

KJV-Onlyism is the most self-centered, relativistic, subjective theology I have ever encountered. It’s putting God in a man-made box.