It seems to be a waning a bit, but still, in hundreds of thousands of churches around the USA (I'm not positive about Europe, though I'd doubt it; they seem to have more sense) people pray, sing hymns and even sometimes address each other or "rebuke Satan" in Elizabethan English.
It's sometimes almost as if they believe God would prefer to be addressed in that manner. I've heard "tradition" as an answer, but it'd seem to me that modern Christians wouldn't want to hearken back to the days when members of their faith committed some of the worst atrocities in world history.
I've also heard it said that somehow it shows respect and reverence to God by recognizing the weight of years between then and now and the great impact the King James Bible had on the world; indeed, the oldest known book in print still intact is a King James Bible. It also separates matters of Scripture from secular matters, which could also be construed as a show of respect.
But isn't it a wee bit silly?
2006-11-16
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