Where I call a Bible Thumper a Moron
-By Warner Todd Huston
I believe that Christianity is the single best influence on mankind. It is responsible for Western civilization’s flourishing, it is responsible for the heights of freedom and liberty that untold billions of humans have enjoyed and will enjoy in the future. Certainly the bedrock of that success is the Christian Bible.
So, don’t go calling me a religion hater or a Christian basher. There. That is said.
Now, the story is that a “pastor” in North Carolina is having a book burning event for his fool followers and one of the books he is burning is any copy of the Bible that isn’t the King James version. Why burn any version of the Bible that isn’t a King James version? Why, donthca know it’s because the King James version is the only real Bible, the only one that God ordained… at least according to this ill-educated hick it is, anyway.
All the other editions of the Bible are heretical as far as Marc Grizzard is concerned. All the other editions are “satanic” and are “perversions” of God’s word, says this towering ignoramus.
I believe the King James version is God’s preserved, inspired, inerrant, infallible word of God… for English-speaking people.
Does this nitwit have any clue when the King James version was created? It was begun in 1604 in post-Elizabethian England as the reign of James the First began.
Let’s review… Jesus died somewhere around 33 AD. He was crucified by a Roman official named Pontius Pilate, the Prefect of Judea. Yes, that death occurred in the Middle East. And yes the Roman Empire was still around.
The King James Bible was created in 1604 (hundreds and hundreds of years later, by the way) in a country called England which hadn’t even been dreamed of when Christ died. The Roman Empire was basically long gone by that time.
So, HOW in God’s name can the King James Bible be the sole word of God if it was written by a people that didn’t speak Jesus’ language, were separated by hundreds and hundreds of years, and in a country that didn’t even exist during Jesus’ time?
Now, there is no possible way that one can say that the King James Bible could possibly be the direct word of God. No way at all. I certainly have nothing against this version of the Bible, it was the version I grew up with, of course. But it is just plain stupid to say this Bible and only this Bible is the “word of God” when the original writers of the various parts of the Bible didn’t speak an English language that didn’t exist in their day. It is an idiotic premise to imagine that the KJ Bible is the direct word of God.
Any half trained scholar of the Bible era can see numerous errors in translation in the King James version. The technical problems with the KJ Bible aren’t monstrous, nor entirely discounting, but they are there nonetheless. There are errors. And errors means it isn’t the “inerrant” word of God.
In fact, the Bible has been rewritten so many times that there is no “official” version anymore — if there ever was one. There is no existing version of the Bible that is the original word of God. Christians cannot hold the Bible as the actual word of God and can only assume it to be the inspired works containing “inerrant” sentiment, prescient parables, and God’s guiding philosophy. But it is not the actual word of God.
Read the King James exclusively if you like. But only a halfwit would say that the King James is the actual word of God when the words Jesus spoke were so far removed in time, place, history and language that the King James Bible was conceived in.
Are all versions of the Bible equal, are they all the same? Clearly not. I am not arguing that the KJ version is no good, nor am I arguing that any others are superior. I am merely saying that the KJ Bible simply cannot be the actual works of God. Related, yes. Inspired, certainly. Important, surely. Historically significant, undeniably. But the actual word of God? No way.
This North Carolina “pastor” is an uneducated charlatan. I feel sorry for the people he is misleading.
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Posted by Warner Todd Huston on October 23, 2009 12:57 pm
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i’m a christian and i really hate that this moron is getting press coverage for doing a stupid stunt like this. Like that crazy Westboro church in kansas with their anti-gay protests – the loony tunes on the fringe are used by the msm to give *all* christians a bad name, when the truth is athiests are probably closer to real christianity than they are.
Oh gawd….he must be related to the moron that is torturing me….another hillbilly white trash pastor with a mullet and no brain syndrome moment….
“i’m a christian and i really hate that this moron is getting press coverage for doing a stupid stunt like this. ”
Ahem … THIS IS WHY HE IS GETTING PRESS COVERAGE. This is all about finding stupid things to point to in order to push a ‘Christian = bigot’ narrative.
What other pastors do gets … ignored…
http://sfmo.org/blog/pastor-mikes-book/
If it was “Pastor leads congregation to help community
Travis…don’t you think this is why it is important for Christians to monitor these people themselves? To take an active role in saying “Hey, that’s not what Christianity is about….”
Just the other day I was flipped off by the nutty pastor across the street….my my my…what WOULD Jesus do?
I think he would bitch slap the guy, but maybe that’s just me.
Travis might have hit the nail on the head, any story to show Christians as crazy, over the top lunatics will make it on the air. It fits with the leftist agenda.
Warner Todd Huston; It does not surprise me in the least that you and your (Flock)You know the one who use such nice {Christian} words like…Dim Wit…Moron…Anti Gay protesters…(who God also protests)…Charlatan…Flipped off…{B—- Slap… seem to delight in finding a few small errors in the KJ Bible; and so all that there is left to do is (NOT) point anyone towards the (Truth)but simply make a mountain out of a mole hill…Look for (Errors) and you will find (Errors)…Look for (Truth) and you will find the (Truth)…This is why Jesus told us to remove the 2X4 from our own (EYE) before we try and remove the {SPLINTER} from someone else’s eye…You make some very rude and disgusting statments concerning the KJ Bible…Such as (does this nit wit) have any clue when the KJ Bible was created? Well young man it is (Obvious) that you have no clue where it started: let me take you on a very small {journey} about the Bible…500+ yrs. before the (Romans) invented the (Cruifiction)the Psalmist wrote these words…Ps.22 starts with these words… My Gog My God why hast thou forsaken me…{Now} lets go forward 500 or so yrs and see what is recorded in the {Book of Mark} Mark 15v 34 says in part… My God My God why hast thou forsaken me…You have never heard of the {Dead Sea Scrolls}hidden by a Beddiwin sheppard, the KJ Bible is an exact interpetation of them so who do you think {Preserved} his word ? You should also know that the 200 + new versions all have (Copy rights) on them; in other words you have to get permission to use anything from them ECT! ECT! But that the KJ Bible has no {copyrights} except for some of the pictures used in some…In other words you or anyone needs permission to copy any or all of it as you see fit,you can change it burn it, spit on it, or {Blasphime} it and it is O.K., until you cross over, then there will be {Hell} to pay…also note that most of these newer versions are copys of the KJ Bible; but simply have their writters own interprtation, as you seem to have…There were over 100 phropheys fullfilled on the day Christ was “Crucified”…The KJ Bible never quotes from your new versions, because it is the real word of God…And just because God heard a mans {Prayer} while being burned at the stake; Please God open the {King Eyes}…his crime was putting Gods word into “English”, which the Pope had forbidden…i am sure you just over looked what God told Jonah to tell Ninevah, that they would perish in 40 days…They repented, in sack cloth & ashes…God changed his mind and didn’t destroy Ninevah… You see Gog is God, and can do as he want, with or witout your permission…p.s. All…Huston…Red923…Christmasghost…Travis Monitor… that wrote the above comments, you may not feel the heat now but if you don’t (Repent) and change your awful language and disgusting name calling you wil…with love in Jesus…
Warner Todd Huston; am sorry i made an error on my comment…i said gog is God; and i meant to say GOG is God…in Jesus… Toodgie
I will try once more… God Is God…In Jesus …Toodgie