Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Bible readers prefer King James version


Now how about this ...



Bible readers prefer King James version

By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY 4/21/2011

If thou hast a Bible in the house right now and readeth it at least once a month, chances are strong it’s the majestic King James Version of the Bible in Elizabethan English, a new survey out today finds.

Of the 89% of U.S. adults who own at least one Bible, 67% own a King James, which marks its 400th anniversary this year, according to LifeWay Research, a Nashville-based Christian research agency.

Although there are two dozen English-language Bibles in many contemporary translations, the King James Version reigns even more supreme among those who actually read their Bibles: 82% of those who read the Good Book at least once a month rely on the translation that first brought the Scripture to the English-speaking masses worldwide.

This version’s now-archaic phrasing and vocabulary don’t seem to be a problem of casting “ye your pearls before swine,” as it says in Matthew 7:6.

When LifeWay asked about readers’ experience with the language dating back to 1611, many called it “beautiful” (31%) or “easy to remember” (23%). It is, after all, the book that gave English countless idioms such as “salt of the earth,” “an eye for an eye,” “at our wit’s end” and “oh ye of little faith.”

About two in 10 of those under age 35 reported trouble understanding it, compared with about three in 10 of their elders.

“It is hard to overstate the influence of the KJV,” said Scott McConnell, director of LifeWay Research.




Thursday, August 18, 2011

Topography of Religion State by State


This is interesting ...

Topography of Religion State by State


As you move your cursor from state to state the statistics automatically change!

Compare different states and their religions.

Click on the following map and see the percentages of different religions by state.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/graphics/pew-religion-08/flash.

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

From RCMP Cadet to RCMP Constable

This weekend we travel from PG to Regina to our son, graduation from the RCMP Depot. David enter in as a cadet and will be a COP on Monday.

A cadet is just that, a CADET. They are in the process of becoming officers, and are in the learning stages of things.

A constable is a fully trained and sworn peace officer, with full powers of arrest, can carry a weapon, issue citations, the whole nine yards.






Way to go Dave, Mom and I love you.


In picture Grandson Colton and Daddy Dave.

Will be posting along our travels,