The Dumbest “Church” Ever
…fortunately, only 14 people go to the Amazing Grace Baptist Church. Unfortunately, they are not the only ignorant people running around making fools of themselves supposedly in the name of God. It is also unfortunate that this is getting noticed because people tend to lump all things named Christian in the same pot. Check out what the Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton has planned for this Halloween.
According to their website, they are burning all English bible translations other than the KJV. They call these “Satan’s bibles.” Be warned, if you go to their website you will be inundated with ignorant spew set to hillbilly music. They are also burning Satan’s music, and Satan’s popular books.
Where to start. I could talk about all the mishandling, poor translations, and outright mistakes in the King James Version. Or I could address the way language changes over time and how a lot of the texts not only are hard to read, but don’t mean the same thing in contemporary vernacular. Maybe, it would be good to discuss the process of how the Bible came together in the first place and how if we honestly evaluate the cannon over the years, preservation doctrines become indefensible (especially in regard to the KJV). It might be important to evaluate some of their arguments and show how many of the KJV only claims are distortions at best (like when it is said that modern translations remove the word God).
But, I think there are bigger issues afoot. Namely issues of arrogance and ignorance. Unfortunately, these often go hand in hand.
There is also a touch of irony in the church’s name (although it is only irony if you know nothing about churches). All the talk of saving souls and amazing grace, but there doesn’t seem to be a shred of love in that place. Their actions are the exact type of hyper-religious absurdity Jesus fought to destroy.
Sadly, well-intentioned, good-hearted, followers of Jesus will be lumped in with this nonsense. Not only do these people make Christians look foolish and insecure, but they make the Jesus distasteful to people who desperately need him.
Wow. That’s all I’m saying.
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@Paul, thanks for checking out epicdialogue. in regard to a prefered translation, i typically use a few (since they all have their pros and cons). the esv and nasb are my go to translations, but i don’t use with exclusively.