Re: Most unabridged version of the bible
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If our country was founded on Christian principles, those principles came from the KJV of the Bible. Why do you look further? Where do you get that idea? Actually the Geneva Bible was the choice of many of the first settlers. Quotes. By the time the American Revolution came around, the KJV of the Bible was the most cited bible in the land.
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Re: Most unabridged version of the bible
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Hey, if the King James Version was good enough for the Apostle Paul, it's good enough for me. I hope this is a joke!
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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Re: Most unabridged version of the bible
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If our country was founded on Christian principles, those principles came from the KJV of the Bible. Why do you look further? Where do you get that idea? Actually the Geneva Bible was the choice of many of the first settlers. This country was founded on Enlightenment principles. The politicians of the day just used some Christian language to describe them.
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Re: Most unabridged version of the bible
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If you're trying to say that the enlightenment was anti Christian or wholly secular then I think that some reading on your part is in order. I’m not. Just trying to make sure we don’t become too syncretic. America isn’t the Promised Land, and American right-wing politics are not the same thing as Christianity. From my perspective, there seems to be confusion about these things sometimes.
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Re: Most unabridged version of the bible
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If you're trying to say that the enlightenment was anti Christian or wholly secular then I think that some reading on your part is in order. I’m not. Just trying to make sure we don’t become too syncretic. America isn’t the Promised Land, and American right-wing politics are not the same thing as Christianity. From my perspective, there seems to be confusion about these things sometimes. I've often thought the American experiment was God's way of showing us just how incorrigible mankind really is. We were handed something good and squandered it.
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Re: Most unabridged version of the bible
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If you're trying to say that the enlightenment was anti Christian or wholly secular then I think that some reading on your part is in order. I’m not. Just trying to make sure we don’t become too syncretic. America isn’t the Promised Land, and American right-wing politics are not the same thing as Christianity. From my perspective, there seems to be confusion about these things sometimes. It would be a huge mistake and disservice to both church and state to say the we are a Christian nation but we are strongly influenced by the judeo-christian ethic. In essence Mr Adams was correct in that our form of governance is suitable only for a moral people. Without morality rules and constitutions are meaningless.
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Re: Most unabridged version of the bible
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Most of the founders would be considered conservative Christians today.
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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Re: Most unabridged version of the bible
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Interesting discussion. The most unabridged version of the bible? There are different translations and much debate about the meaning of certain scriptures. I believe the bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly. And I believe plain and precious things have been left out? Why do I believe this? Because I have a strong testimony of Another Testament Of Jesus Christ. This Witness of Jesus Christ and the gospel is The Book of Mormon. Reading this scripture will bring light and truth and clarity of the gospel of Jesus Christ that many struggle to find in their study of the bible alone. It is certainly not a replacement of the bible but a companion to it. If you read it with sincerity asking God if it is true you will receive a witness that it is true. You will find plain and precious things that are left out of the bible or lost in translation and you will become closer to Jesus Christ. One page description of what you can learn from the Book of Mormon:
Sneak the pan under his paw!
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Re: Most unabridged version of the bible
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Only one small problem. The jesus of mormonism is not the Jesus of the bible. Actually, not even close.
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Re: Most unabridged version of the bible
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The problem with mormonism isn't just the book of mormon. I think you could still be a born again Christian and believe in the fanciful tales in the book of mormon. I've read the book of mormon and didn't notice any blatant blasphemous statements. However, it is quite a work of fiction that has been changed in many places over a fairly short period of time.
The problem with mormonism though is found in their other books upon which blasphemous doctrines are derived; The Pearl of Great Price, Book of Solomon, and Doctrines & Covenants.
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