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Nothing fascinates me more than people who use the word "version" after Bible (a.k.a. the word of God) and do so unironically.

Benthoven 8 Apr 16
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I remember the "red letter editions" that supposedly had the words of Jesus printed in red. This is really a silly idea, but to Evangelicals it might fit because of "all that blood" that he shed. Jesus just would not stop bleeding and he shed his blood for us all. I think he bled to death.

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Hahaha what a lovely topic 😛
Well if you think about it, all versions are translations, and translation, especially from a highly sophisticated language like ancient Greek, always require interpretation... Thus, you have versions/editions of the word of God. God, how stupid when you put it down in words...

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I remember a very old episode of "The Atheist Experience" where they discussed a new translation that changed "stoned" to "stoned to death" because too many young people thought "stoned" only meant getting high.

Ashley Perrien quipped, "Now they get REALLY high."

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It reminds me of the elderly church lady who, when confronted by a modern language version of the Bible, stated: "If the King James version of the Bible was good enough for Jesus, it is good enough for me."

Yes, I have heard this before. Another lady in my church days said that people talked funny in bible times and she was referring to the King James version.

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And it's always so convenient that the "version" they are quoting just happens to agree with them.

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When I think about it there should be no interpretation of the Bible. It should stand alone and mean the same to everybody, as the true word of god

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Jesus Christ there are a lot of 'em.

Quarm Level 6 Apr 16, 2019
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The versions are hysterical (haven't read them), but I think they are changing those words they don't like to ones that they do. As this progresses, over time, it will mean the end for this religion.

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Yeah, god had to update it from time to time make more relevant with what's going on don't you know 😜

Who knew there would be Google Maps to map out their journey.

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