This poetgirl on Instagram says some off the wall shit.

Some of these old bitches have totally lost their mind and just spread misinformation.

This is more than mildly infuriating for me but I wasn’t quite sure where else to post this lol.

  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 days ago

    It’s always the King James Bible.

    • It’s dirt cheap.
    • The Gideans would likely donate them anyway.
    • Ain’t like anyone is going to read them and even if they do, it’s old school English and it will mean whatever conservatives want it to mean.
    • squaresinger@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I really don’t get why English speakers are so glued to the King James Bible. Most other languages keep re-translating the bible, aiming for more accuracy and more understandable language for modern audiences.

      Pretty much every time I’ve seen anyone actually deal with the King James Bible, they have a set of explanations what this or that thing actually means. It’s the worst possible bible to use for anything.

      And that’s on top of the concept that a 2000+ year old text is supposed to contain all the wisdom ever needed.

      • EldritchFemininity@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        3 days ago

        The King James version was also written to specifically reword the Bible to include as many references to a monarchy as possible in the hopes of propagandizing the population during a time when kings were losing their heads at an alarming rate in Europe.