If you were to shove the KJV bible in front of your average American, tell them to read a passage and ask them to tell you what it says, in their own words, they simply could not; and this is assuming you are able to hold more than 7 seconds of their attention. They are educated on simplistic and basic English and take little effort to improve their comprehension past a 6th grade level. Aged texts, books and even quotes are widely outside of their understanding. This creates an environment where the average american needs English dumbed down for them so that they are able to understand what they are reading.
In these "translations" many things may be left out. It allows them to literally rewrite history, scrubbing out anything they dont want you to know. For example, John 2-13:22 KJV names the money changers and merchants corrupting the temple as twice jews, yet the new translation leaves this out.
__This is a major issue that is never talked about.__
If you were to shove the KJV bible in front of your average American, tell them to read a passage and ask them to tell you what it says, in their own words, they simply could not; and this is assuming you are able to hold more than 7 seconds of their attention. They are educated on simplistic and basic English and take little effort to improve their comprehension past a 6th grade level. Aged texts, books and even quotes are widely outside of their understanding. This creates an environment where the average american needs English dumbed down for them so that they are able to understand what they are reading.
In these "translations" many things may be left out. It allows them to literally rewrite history, scrubbing out anything they dont want you to know. For example, John 2-13:22 KJV names the money changers and merchants corrupting the temple as twice jews, yet the new translation leaves this out.
__This is a major issue that is never talked about.__
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