Aug 27 2007
A mind-boggling argument for the KJV
Indeed, my mind has been well and truly boggled by this argument for the infallibility of the KJV.
God, apparently, in a unique twist on the scandal of particularity, only chooses one language at a time for his word. For the Old Testament he chose Hebrew. For the New Testament he chose Greek. And then:
It is obvious that God now needed to get both His Old Testament and His New Testament welded together in a language that was common to the world. Only English can be considered such a language.
The English language had been developing for many centuries until the late sixteenth century. About that time it finally reached a state of excellence that no language on earth has ever attained. It would seem that God did the rest. He chose this perfect language for the consummation of His perfect Book.
“Hmm”, said God, “you know its been 1500 years since I wrote my last book (though it only seems like a day and a half ago). It’d be really nice to have a collected edition. But I really need a better language this time. Of course, the language of Shakespeare. An inspired choice, if I do say so myself.”