"The King James Bible was written well before the Catholic Church came into existence"
*Ahem*... (emphasis added):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorized_King_James_Version
'The Authorized King James Version is an English translation of the Christian Holy Bible begun in 1604 and completed in 1611 by the Church of England.'
http://christianity.about.com/od/denominations/a/catholichistory.htm
'The Roman Empire legally recognized Pauline Christianity as a valid religion in 313 AD. Later in that century, in 380 AD, Roman Catholicism became the official religion of the Roman Empire. During the following 1000 years, Catholics were the only people recognized as Christians.'
I love the smell of destroyed arguments in the morning. Smells like... victory.
@Canadiest
"They've made that claim (at the top) many times and the KJV is their most holy book. The southern Baptist preachers push this lie and many followers consider the KJV that old as well.
Just more proof that the lie of their religion and it's history isn't enough, it's also about lying about the other religions and sects (and science)"
'If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.'
-Joseph Goebbels
Oh, and ifcgurl68 hasn't done her research, neither:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_relationships_of_James_I_of_England
'The personal relationships of James I of England included relationships with his male courtiers'
'James adopted a severe stance towards sodomy using English law. His book on kingship, Basilikón Doron, (Greek for "Royal Gift") lists sodomy among those “horrible crimes which ye are bound in conscience never to forgive”. He also singled out sodomy in a letter to Lord Burleigh giving directives that Judges were to interpret the law broadly and were not to issue any pardons, saying that "no more colour may be left to judges to work upon their wits in that point."
However, nearly two centuries later, Jeremy Bentham, in an unpublished manuscript, denounced James as a hypocrite after his crackdown: "[James I], if he be the author of that first article of the works which bear his name, and which indeed were owned by him, reckons this practise among the few offences which no Sovereign ever ought to pardon. This must needs seem rather extraordinary to those who have a notion that a pardon in this case is what he himself, had he been a subject, might have stood in need of."'
Yep, you worship a homo God, based on a homo Bible, authorised by someone who liked to indulge in bum fun. Enjoy your paradox. Also your hypocrisy.
Two Words: Ted Faggard.
Just sayin'.
-EDIT-
Checking the quote's link, I notice it's been deleted. I wonder why...?
