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>"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
>> Sure there are people like this, but I for one haven't ever
>> met any.  You just hear about these people, just like you
>> just hear about Buchananites.  (At least, *I* haven't met
>> any like this)
>
>Hmm, I haven't actually spoken to any, but I have seen people with
>bumper stickers that say something to the effect that the KJV is the
>only correct version.  No, wait, I have spoken with one of those people,
>online.
>
I have personally known some of these people in my time.  Yes, they really
exist.  One of them tried to introduce a finer nuance into the belief by
saying that the KJV "expresses God's will for the English-speaking peoples."
So God has something different to say to people who speak other languages,
eg Greek??? But, in other respects, they're just plain folks--they don't
have gills or fangs or antennas growing out of their heads.  And I don't
think its any weirder than many people's unexamined beliefs in noble savages
or blank slate babies or lysenkoism; to say nothing of astrology,
reincarnation, or karma.  ~alypius