Showing posts with label King James. Show all posts
Showing posts with label King James. Show all posts

1/24/09

What if King James was Gay?

In the last couple of decades, D. M. Bergeron has attempted to argue that "King James", the impetus for the "King James Bible" translation had homosexual tendencies. He has published two books on this subject: Royal Family, Royal Lovers: King James of England and Scotland (1991) and : King James & Letters of Homoerotic Desire (1999).

This raises a number of questions for me, two being: 1) "If King James really was gay, how might this challenge the fundamentalist, King-James-Onlyists view of their Bible?" and 2) "How might this force those same people to think about homosexuality?"

Furthermore, do you think they would be more willing (acting as if the premise were true) to give up a KJV-Only view first or their views towards homosexuality? Or, would it not make a difference at all if this were true?

(By the way, D. Capps has written an article that seems to aptly refute the accuastions about King James! ("The Homosexual Tendencies of King James:
Should this Matter to Bible Readers Today?" in Pastoral Psychology)

11/29/07

Heard A Good KJV Only Sermon Lately? Here's One...

Honestly, I didn't know that these types of preachers still existed but here's the proof (interestingly, from a metropolitan congregation based out of Lexington, KY), click the following link to listen: Ed Laurena. For the good stuff go to the 18 minute marker and listen from there (but only for a few minutes, any more than that will drive you to do something very mean). Anyways, listen to the crowd in the background too, if this doesn't make your stomach turn, I don't know what will!