Who Was King James?

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	WHO WAS KING JAMES?

Even though good modern translations of the Bible are available today, many
fundamentalists refuse to read any translation but the Authorised Version,
otherwise known as the King (or Saint) James Bible.

The James to whom they refer is King James VI of Scotland, who became King
James I of England when Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603. He did not like the
Geneva Bible because it was too Protestant, so he had a committee of
scholars make a new translation suitable for the Church of England.

The King James, or Authorised, Version was completed in 1611. It sounded
old-fashioned even in its own day, but it is one of the great works of the
English language. Even though it is not based on ancient accurate texts,
many people believe it is infallible.

Although King James was head of both the Church of England and the Church
of Scotland, he was not personally religious. But neither did he permit
freedom of religion. If you lived in Scotland you had to be a Presbyterian;
if you lived in England you had to be an Anglican.

King James loved to go hunting, and enjoyed trampling in the warm blood and
guts of animals he had killed. And although he was the father of several
children, he preferred to go to bed with young men.

Today, almost four hundred years later, King James has become Saint James,
the patron saint of fundamentalists.


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Feb. 27, 1998

I found this unsent in my Out Box. So here you are.

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