[dayglored]

> I do not believe that a modern American can consider themselves literate unless they have read the KJV, regardless of their religion or lack thereof.

Okay, one modification to that statement:

At a bare minimum, they have to have read the Pentateuch, Psalms, the Gospels, and Revelations. Hundreds of common phrases and words are found there, and without at least that much background, I don't think a person can call themselves literate.

Yeah, they can skim the "begats". :)

[Cronos]

Hundreds of common phrases and words are found there

Actually, they are found in other translations as well