Oh this is gonna waste my morning.

<bob> “In Luke 10:18, Jesus said he watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. This may have been the catastrophe that killed the dinosaurs.”
<Freyja> hehehe
<Freyja> man, I really envy the crazies
<Freyja> science is so much easier when there’s only one textbook
<bob> gah, here’s one for you, mark
<bob> [If God gave us the KJV as an inspired translation, why would God not repeat the process again in modern language in each language?]
<bob> The question assumes that the A.V. was written in common or Elizabethan English. It was not. The English of the A.V. was specifically designed to receive the words of God in a language that could be understood by English readers. It is a pure language, untainted by secular meanings.
* zompist boggles
<zompist> not that it matters, but i wonder how they decide this stuff
<raven> I think it’s a bit much to suggest there’s actual decision-making.
<zompist> i mean, they just pull it out of their ass, but doesn’t anyone say “er, but why is that?”
<bob> heh rave
<bob> yeah, you kinda have to figure whatever voice tells them this stuff, they don’t ask back about the details