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Having been caught up in Ruckmanism for many years, I look back and find it hard to understand my mindset. I will say that I grew up in Baptist churches where shouting and running the aisles were quite common but the idea that the only Bible available is one that was written in 400 year old English goes into the cult status. It's amazing The Old Scofield Bible is sold and promoted by Ruckmanites and other King James Onlyists since Scofield himself flat out admitted that he believed the minority texts are superior and references them throughout his study bible. It gets to the point of nonsensical. I look at the video of preacher boys waving their King James Bibles and running the aisles at Ruckman's church and remember how I once did the same thing.
Bad Attitude Baptist Blow Out
In his book, The King James Version Debate: A Plea For Realism, D.A. Carson states on pages 101-102: "The plain truth of the matter is that the version that is so cherished among senior saints who have more or less come to terms with Elizabethan English, is obscure, confusing, and sometimes even incomprehensible to many younger or poorly educated Christians. The words of Edwin H. Palmer (one of the chief NIV translators) are not too strong: 'Do not give them a loaf of bread, covered with an inedible, impenetrable crust, fossilized by three and a half centuries. Give them the Word of God as fresh and warm and clear as the Holy Spirit gave it to the authors of the Bible... For any preacher or theologian who loves God's Word to allow that Word to go on being misunderstood because of the veneration of an archaic, not-understood version of four centuries ago is inexcusable, and almost unconscionable'."
Bad Attitude Baptist Blow Out
In his book, The King James Version Debate: A Plea For Realism, D.A. Carson states on pages 101-102: "The plain truth of the matter is that the version that is so cherished among senior saints who have more or less come to terms with Elizabethan English, is obscure, confusing, and sometimes even incomprehensible to many younger or poorly educated Christians. The words of Edwin H. Palmer (one of the chief NIV translators) are not too strong: 'Do not give them a loaf of bread, covered with an inedible, impenetrable crust, fossilized by three and a half centuries. Give them the Word of God as fresh and warm and clear as the Holy Spirit gave it to the authors of the Bible... For any preacher or theologian who loves God's Word to allow that Word to go on being misunderstood because of the veneration of an archaic, not-understood version of four centuries ago is inexcusable, and almost unconscionable'."
