I think this is more like the shit hitting the fan here.
Shades of Moses Pray in Paper Moon.
You folks are missing the most interesting part,
This bible has been designed so that it delivers an easy reading experience in the trusted King James Version translation.
But count yourselves luck that you aren’t that aware of the massive schism in Christianity over whether the KJV is the only God approved Bible or the Bible of the Antichrist.
Can you take the oath in a courtroom on your own supplied bible? Special limited editions, coming soon.
Because I got scruples. You know what that is?
No, I don’t, but if you got 'em, it’s a sure bet they belong to someone else!
Why it’s almost as if he doesn’t actually care about the messages or the words in the book he’s hawking? Is it… Is it possible that he’s only interested in… MONEY!? faints
And I posted this in a different thread but I’ll post it here too. I fully expect these Bibles to randomly burst into flames at some point.
Important question: Can the purchasers of these Bibles even understand the King James version? All those “thees” and “thous” and “haths,” and all the “begats.” The Revised Standard Version is tough enough but still understandable today, and easier versions in more modern English are available, so why is Trump hawking the King James?
I love the King James version myself, but I’ve studied it, and not just in Sunday school Bible classes when I was a child. You don’t just pick it up and read it like it was a Stephen King or Danielle Steele novel. You have to get used to the language. It’s more Shakespearean English than it is the English that we speak today. If you hated Shakespeare in high school English Lit, you would hate the King James.
I suppose the question is moot, as the Trump Bible purchasers will likely never read the Bible part of the book. They’d be more interested in the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Pledge of Allegiance, and the lyrics to “God Bless the USA.” (See Note.)
After all, as I mentioned upthread, if all they want is a Bible, the Gideons will give them one for free. Any version they want.
NOTE: Wonder what the Trumpists, those who buy this Bible and those who don’t, would make of Lee Greenwood, doing pretty much the same song, only calling it “God Bless You Canada”:
Interested in? Yeah, right. So many of them have already shown they understand exactly zero of the constitution, especially the Bill of Rights. As for the Pledge of Allegiance, they just use that as a weapon.
Oh, no, they understand the Constitution just fine. Elections are legit if Trump wins according to US Const. Art. II; they are compromised or illegitimate if Trump does not win.
And they understand the Bill of Rights just fine too. The Second Amendment is sacrosanct; nothing can alter it. But that First Amendment—well, that may be going a little too far, if it involves painting “Black Lives Matter” on a city street. Plus, it might get in the way if it prevents teaching Jesus at school. And that 14th? We need to take a close look—too many Central American illegal immigrants are dropping babies here, who are automatically American citizens. Anchor babies, you know. And the 8th? Well, give us a good definition of “cruel and unusual punishment.” The 4th? Well, sure, we can execute search warrants on suspected drug dealers and classified document hoarders.
Wait, what? Classified document hoarders? Surely we can bend the rules for that …
(Even though I’m a Canadian lawyer, I’ve had to study the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, so I can explain to my clients that they cannot, for example, “plead the Fifth” in a Canadian courtroom. They have the same rights as the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution; but it must be cited differently to our Charter (Charter s. 11(c)), and if a client tries to plead the Fifth, I’m likely to get a look from the judge, with the admonishment, “You really didn’t prepare your client, did you, Mr. Spoons?”)
Probably got a huge discount for the very reason that you stated, namely, that people like a modern language version better. These were probably stacked up in a warehouse someplace because they weren’t selling. Or maybe they were stacked up in a warehouse because there are are errata in the printing. You know he got them for a song to resell.
For all we know all of the text is lorem ipsum. People won’t know that until the books arrive, but it doesn’t matter because they’ll never open them.
There are quite a few evangelical denominations that insist that the KJV was the best translation and all modern versions are adulterated to include satanic/liberal ideas. This overlaps strongly with the people Trump wants to pander to.
And the fact that it is hard to read doesn’t matter, because these are just artifacts to be possessed, not actually read.
That last part is not too far off, historically.
The Church was concerned at the idea of mass printing. Why, just anybody could then have a copy in their local language and might be tempted to actually read it!
There’s always been a definite whiff of woke/liberal/PC/Reformative/whatever thought at the idea of actually making the Bible more accessible to its intended audience.
Absolutely; that’s also a big part of why American slaves weren’t taught to read. They were given a Christian education, but only the bits about loyalty and subservience and punishment. Can’t have them learning that their religion, which they supposedly share with their owners, also teaches love and kindness and compassion.
But he said it’s his favorite book! If you can’t trust Donald Trump saying the Bible is his favorite book, who can you trust?
Is this just the Bible version of The Princess Bride? Bible: The Good Parts Edition?
There are a number of people who think that the KJV is the only official version. Maybe they like all the thees and thous, I don’t know. Seems that if you want to reach the real far out radical right Christians then the KJV is your best bet.
I am atheist, but I think the KJV is my favourite. At school, we had the insipid 'Good News" version. I like the smiting and destruction the KJV espouses. Well written literature is better than the Cliffs Notes version, even though it is all bullshit.
The Gideons only hand out the New Testament, they seem to ignore all the smiting and destruction in the Old Testament. Maybe they are a little prudish, the Song of Solomon is basically soft porn.
In his defense, I’m sure there is no other book he likes more (or could name) other than the Art of the Deal.
I’d only give a 50/50 chance that he could even name that anymore. It’s not like he wrote it.
This particular edition would suit him much better: Wicked Bible - Wikipedia
You did that on purpose, right?