Posted on 11/26/2001 4:11:30 AM PST by Alas
Our churches attempt is not to rewrite the King James Bible, nor make it into a New King James Version. But instead to make the original 1611 KJV just a bit easier to read. What we are doing is taking the KJV word by word, verse by verse, chapter by chapter and through the use of paragraphs and colors making it easier to understand, or at least that is our hope, our intention, and our prayer.
We have now finished the first twenty verses of the book of Genesis and would love to hear comments from Freepers and Lurkers who are familiar with the word of God.
For and explanation of the colors, the italics, or to be placed on the list having each unit complected e-mailed to you, etc, please visit Definition page
For the bible itself, please visit: ACP/KJV
Thank you and may the Lord bless you.
Alas
Alas
My guess is that you will find yourself agreeing with his reasoning.
Alas
The statement, while sincere, is still a bit...um...a bit "disconcerting", shall we say?
Why? What is wrong with praying before studying God's word?
All you need is the one Pastor is doing, and an original KJV, preferable one printed in large type before 1890, and one other person. One reads the edition in colowr and the other checks every workd agaisnt what is written in the original KJV, then when a you get to anything like colored words, you verify that it is what is written in the original as you do with anything in italics.
Alas
Alas
For example, I am interested in reading it, and while I hold the KJV to be the most accurate of Bible translations in English and will not go for changes to it ... I am interested in a project like this that through paragraph breaks and text color attempts to make the reading easier.
Hope this helps, realizing that it is just my opinion.
I disagree. Many Freepers read that book on a daily basis, and it is an important part of their lives. This discussion is at least as relevant as the "Prom Mom," "Things Guys Wish Girls Knew," and other cheese threads we see here on a daily basis.
Perhaps you should approach JR to become a moderator if you feel this strongly about the subject.
I chalk it up (and have donen so now for several years) as a part of the nature of FR. One has to put up with such frustrations in order to have the opportunity to enoy adn learn from the atmosphere that FR represents IMHO.
Jim and John have done an amazing job over the years of improving this circumstance. If it helps any in this regard ... it used to be even more frustrating.
Just the same, it has always been worth putting up with it to be presented with the amazing array of articles, news (I like the stuff from our own FReepers who are on scene scooping the major media and giving it to us straight), opinions, philosophy and editorial that make the FR experience such an enriching one ... usually (there are clearly some articles that are not enriching at all ... those which make one feel that way are best just simply avoided IMHO).
Regards.
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