Aug 27
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.”
August 27th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Insanity! I suspect that the major reason there is such a view as KJV only is that it functions so well to prop up the walls of the sectarian communities who hold to it.
August 27th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
one wonders if god came up with this collected edition at his publisher’s behest.
i’m sure it meant extra royalties in god’s pocket.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:02 am
see article
Dangers of “KJV Onlyism” or KJV Perfectionism
at http://www.bethelwimbledon.com/