Examples:
"He is sovereign and almighty and holy...We are not."
"Prayer is energy deliberated from your heart. Good spirits get attracted to that energy, and bad spirits get away from it."
"We serve Him, and seek to do His will...unconditionally...whether we understand it or not. When we ask, according to His will, He will grant it."
"If you are hearnestly and sincerely seeking God, then you will find HIM."
God seems even less relevant when the language used to describe him comes from the days when they burned witches and the highest form of medical treatment involved leaches.
To what do you attribute the reversions to King James' English?
2007-03-26 11:01:06 · 22 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Haha, that's funny....because it's true...
I had a 6year old tell me that "the lord works in mysterious ways." I didn't ask her to define "mysterious" let alone "God."
2007-03-26 11:03:21 · answer #1 · answered by Eleventy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You never hear "earnest" and "sincere" used in any other context than biblical? Not to imply insult, but do you keep company with any educated people?
Seriously, most likely it's because, like anything else, things are easier to repeat from memory than to rephrase in our own words. If you grow up hearing the King James version of the bible or being taught by a pastor or priest with very formal language, that's probably how you remember what you've been taught. God doesn't just speak Old English; it's not that I don't see your point. I guess I would just hope you'd keep an open enough mind to not judge people's "earnest, sincere" convictions harshly because of the formality of their language.
2007-03-26 11:12:43 · answer #2 · answered by hoff_mom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A little bit nit-picky are we??? If the Christians who answer the questions using this type of English are doing so, it is very likely because they spend a great deal of time reading the King James Version or New King James Version of the Bible, which contains this type of English and they are merely quoting scripture verses as they remember them from the Bible. There is nothing wrong with that. That you find something wrong with that is like finding fault with someone for using slang when they talk or using expressions that come from one's particular culture or peer group. Christians are going to reference Bible verses according to whatever version of the Bible they are reading. Get over it already!
2007-03-26 11:08:17 · answer #3 · answered by Chimichanga to go please!! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok...first of all, not all Christian religions use the King James version. Second of all, even all those things were not 15th century. They make decent points. Sorry you're so confused and I hope that this helped at least a little.
2007-03-26 11:10:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're most likely quoting from the Bible - a King James Version or variant thereof. There are lots of newer translations available if you find the KJV objectionable or difficult.
2007-03-26 11:14:54 · answer #5 · answered by NickofTyme 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When people don't trust themselves and their own experiences, they revert to quoting or sounding like a quote from either someone they heard or something they read.
Most highly religious people are afraid of their own mind and think that they are not worthy of God or the intellegence of individual thought.
There is a difference between sounding wise and ancient and sounding outdated and mindlessly repetitious....the religiously fundamental of any organization can't distinguish which is which.
It all sounds outdated and mindlessly repetitious to me.
2007-03-26 15:40:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many Christians today still use the King James version of the Bible. it was first printed in 1611. The language is Elizabethan. Yes, it sounds like Shakespeare.
2007-03-26 11:07:36 · answer #7 · answered by Desperado 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
And hast thou not read the great works of Shakespeare, my son? Understandest thou not that some feel more holy when they speake in the ancient ways?
Dost it concern thee? I would not worry myself overly much about it. There does seem to be much else to occupy thine hours, if thou wouldst just take a moment and look about thyself.
Perhaps thou might find joy persuing a more worthwhile cause...like helping to find peace among the brotherhood of mankind?
2007-03-26 11:10:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
it's the translation they quote from 1610 king James version,old English.
2007-03-26 11:06:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
When Christians quote from the Bible they quote it verbatim, therefore it SOUNDS elizabethan because the King James Bible is the only bible available that isn't based upon the inferior alexandrian texts.
So any Christian that "knows his stuff" gets used to the olde Englishe vocabulary.
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2007-03-26 11:05:47 · answer #10 · answered by s2scrm 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I understand what you are saying. You are not talking about quoting scripture, right, but just in their general answers? I think they believe it makes their answers sound more spiritual. I also think many of them don't really comprehend what they are actually saying. Perhaps they are plagiarizing their pastors or teachers.
2007-03-26 11:20:01 · answer #11 · answered by in a handbasket 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋