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[quote="BroMatt"]snip...From 1769, the text of the Authorized Version has remained unchanged[/quote]

Well then, if the edition you use has fewer than the 80 books listed in the 1611 edition, then technically it cannot be UNCHANGED!

Look, I have no problem with the KJV bible as I have several of them in my library. However, to say that is the best english translation...

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[quote="BroMatt"]I went to a car show and saw a 1951 Crosley in mint condition. Through the life of this car it has had some revisions done. It has had a new paint job, the interior has had some work done, the engine oil has been replaced quite a few times, the exhaust pipes were changed to nice looking chrome, and many other revisions were done to the car. And yet it was still being advertised as a 1951 car. SHOCK!!!!

How come nobody complained that it is false advertising for the car?...

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I do not know what you mean by "Here we go again," but thank you for informing me about these historians. I've made a point of following them up. I've always considered myself a Christian first and foremost and a Baptist by conviction.

But the fact remains that the main point of my posting was to not fall in the trap of self-righteousness. It just seems to me that Mr Carroll's book lined up with several comments made by Catholic Theologians under whom I studied in my youth to become...

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"We have met the enemy... and he is us"

2 Tim. 3:1
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

Perilous times are not only coming, they are here. This is where the rubber meets the road so to speak. This is where the separation of men and boys come in.

"True" Christians will have to make up their minds. You can either consider yourself a part of this world, adhere to it's wicked immoral ways and worry about temporal fame and fortune, or separate...

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Here we go again...

I am continually amazed that any educated person can hold to this "Baptist Successionism" theory. Throwing aside irrefutable history, how can you link yourself to heretical groups (even those that denied the divinity of Christ, the Trinity, etc.) in order to "trace" the Baptist lineage back to the apostles, and still claim to be Christian? From an intellectually honest standpoint (whether secular or non-secular) this is an impossible position. Even most Baptists...

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