Wait, so help this NIV reader understand, why exactly is the NIV version "inferior" to the KJV? I've read KJV before and I've never been so lost but the NIV Study Bible that I have lays everything out in front of me and is very easy to read.

im just curious, do you know how the bible is translated?
because more recent bibles are actually more accurate than old bible versions like the king james

Agreed, I don't know how people can accept it to be God's word when there are many versions, obviously something is lost/changed/removed when you compile a new version.

but seriously, its not like they translate a new english version of the bible from an older english version. they use the same manuscripts in every version translated. this is why new versions are more accurate than old ones. typically speaking, there are more manuscripts from which to translate as time progress because more have been found over the decades. nothing is "lost" or even edited. its either reworded to reflect modern lingo, or updated to reflect a more accurate meaning of the word.
and if you study the bible long enough(as in, for decades), rewording a sentence wont change the meaning behind it.

why does the version of the bible matter -_.

That may be true but I believe that the changes have already been made long ago so everything now is just edits on top of old edits. My belief lies on the basis that the Qur'an and Muhammad were sent to bring the people of the book back to righteousness and the straight path so the Qur'an is the last and most accurate holy book, in my opinion of course. This may make me biased in this discussion but just giving my view. If you're content with your Bible and the message is good and proper then by all means follow it, I'm not saying you shouldn't, anything that tells someone to do good and keep good morals is fine by my book.



Because there isn't just a Bible, there's multiple versions, unlike the Qur'an, there's only one Qur'an. I feel it makes the message more valid.

This post was edited by Minime1113 on Jul 1 2010 05:47pm