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The Life Foundations
Nexus
YOU CANNOT ESCAPE DIVINE ENDORSEMENT
AKA “THE ARGUMENTS ANTI KJV PEOPLE HAVE NEVER
BEEN ABLE TO REFUTE”
Whether you believe the King James Bible
is perfect (flawless) or just the best English translation of the Bible or just
a good translation of the Bible or the worst translation of the Bible:
You
cannot escape divine endorsement.
In other words, at some point, you must
believe that God “put his stamp of approval” on some Bible. This being the case, this “approved Bible”
would have to be either perfect or imperfect.
If you say this Bible is perfect, you cannot reject the perfection of
the King James Bible on the grounds that “no Bible is perfect.” If you say God’s approved Bible is
imperfect, you are, then, indirectly admitting that the King James Bible cannot
be rejected because (according to you) it is imperfect. You would, then, have to prove that the King
James Bible, though imperfect (according to you), is not the best
English translation of the Bible. This
would begin a different debate, which we know we would win. But let us stick to the present debate. Continuing where we left off, if you are
saying that God’s approved Bible is perfect, then, you are contradicting
the principles that you are using to oppose the King James Bible. In this case, all of your opposition to the
King James Bible is invalidated and the King James Bible stands unopposed.
Furthermore, if you believe the King
James Bible is imperfect and you are right, then, you would have
a huge problem to solve. The problem would
be this (if you were right):
All
translations of the Bible have been demonstrated to contain errors.
Since you reject the King James Bible,
this would mean that you have no Bible.
Now you will possibly declare, “Ah, we have the original languages Bible
to turn to.” No, we’re sorry, you
don’t. Using the same PRINCIPLES
that lead you to reject the King James Bible, the following would
have to be true:
All
original language texts of the Bible have been demonstrated to contain errors.
Now, the only way you could know the
message of God would be through “direct revelation from the Lord.” Well, the Lord might do that for you but
you would have no ground to stand on for either supporting or opposing as
authoritative any original language text of the Bible and no ground to
stand on for either supporting or opposing as authoritative any English
translation of the Bible or any translation of the Bible in any
language. Therefore, you would have to
leave the debate, never to return.
In conclusion, the fundamental problem of
the anti KJV position is that it requires the rejection, USUALLY UNCONSCIOUS,
of:
DIVINE
ENDORSEMENT
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO PRO KJV PEOPLE
If you are debating with people who do
not believe in divine endorsement – the doctrine that God has put his stamp of
approval on some Bible – you are WASTING YOUR TIME! You are playing a game of “biblical tic tac
toe,” a game in which both sides are expert players and, therefore, a game in
which neither side can ever win. If you
engage in such debates knowing that the opposition does not believe in divine
endorsement, because you are wasting time, you are SINNING AGAINST THE LORD!