Jeff Snyder -> Lee Lofaso wrote:
 JS> On 04/13/09, Jeff Snyder quoted Lee Lofaso: The King James fallacy.

 LL>> All translations have certain biases.  The KJV is no different. Some
 LL>> translations of the bible are good.  Other translations are
 JS> horrible.  The
 LL>> same thing is true of other religious texts, such as the Qur'an.  There
 LL>> simply is no such thing as a "one text fits all" when
it comes to
 JS> religion.

 JS> ..nevertheless, even I am willing to admit that the KJV Bible is not a
 JS> perfect work. Is it God-inspired? Yes, I do believe that it is; but because
 JS> the actual physical work was done by man, and because man is not
 JS> perfect, then
 JS> obviously, human flaws will have crept into the Bible.

 JS> But here's the thing -- and again, I explain this in my articles -- what
 JS> non-believers cannot apparently understand, is that inspite of the
 JS> manipulation of the Bible by both political and religious forces over the
 JS> centuries, if we truly believe that God is who He says He is, then we must
 JS> also believe that He has been able to preserve the most important
 JS> essence of
 JS> His Word; the central message, of course, being Salvation through Jesus
 JS> Christ.

...and you still don't understand that is the central word of *your* New
Testament that you and those like you have "Faith" in.  The word
Faith is defined as:

*religion: a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control
human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality";
*complete confidence in a person or plan etc; "he cherished the faith
of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on
trust";
*religion: an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was
raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith
contradicted him";
*loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; "keep the faith";
"they broke faith with their investors".

So Faith is one's loyalty to a belief or loyalty to an opinion. There is
nothing factual about it.  It is a belief. One may choose to believe what
you believe or one may choose not to. Since there is no tangible physical
evidence of your beliefs, you must rely on faith alone.

Others have a loyalty to a different belief system. They are of different Faiths.

Why do you continue with your bible babble? It's a faith based opinion.

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