An honest christian does not need a seminary education, does not need to know any Hebrew, or Greek, does not need to know any church history, or manuscript evidence, or theology, in order to figure out which bible is the real bible, and which bibles are fake bibles. God gave you a fake church: a Roman Catholic church-state setup, modeled after Babel, Babylon, Pergamos, and Egypt, featuring an illegitimate priesthood, a cannibalistic "Mass", baptismal regeneration, and an infallible vicar of Christ, who is higher in authority than the written word of God.
Such a church is valuable to christians, because it has official "nihil obstat" bibles: English translations built from a Vatican text. All a christian has to do is lay a Roman Catholic bible on the table, alongside an AV from 1611, (any edition will do), and any modern version (any edition will do): NRSV, NASB, NIV, NKJV, etc. And check certain key verses that God carefully placed in there, so you wouldn't be in the dark (John 8:12):
1. The deity of Christ: 1 Tim 3:16/ Acts 20:28
2. The virgin birth: Luke 2:33,43/ Isaiah 7:14
3. The blood atonement: Col 1:14
4. Bible corruption: Rom 1:18, 25/ 2 Corinth 2:17
5. Motive for selling fake bibles: 1 Tim 6:5, 10
6. Identity of the idol shepherd: Zech 11:17
7. Study your bible: 2 Tim 2:15
There are more than a dozen other doctrinal reference points, obviously, but these will do just fine.
Now, if you know the Roman Catholic church, and her "pontiff", are corrupt, then you have a "fool-proof" method of judging "bibles": which bibles line up with Rome, and which bible attacks Rome and her heresies, the most? Put another way, which "MV"'s are approved of by popes and priests, and which bible do they fear and despise?
Any other discussions are just "side bars" (e.g. "KJV Onlyism"), designed to muddy the waters, so the rookie cannot see the problem. The problem is, your modern versions line up with the JW's NWT, and the Roman whore's NJB, and NAB. Vaticanus. The RSV, NRSV, NASB, NIV, NKJV, NWT, NAB, NLB, CEV, TEV... are the same bible: Vaticanus.
But don't believe me (Mark 12:38/ John 5:39/ Acts 17:11). Examine the facts. Weigh the evidence. Compare your MV's with the great whore's Vatican text, used to produce both Dark Ages, including the one you're lying in (2 Tim 3:7).
And we both know where the King James Onlyist's beloved text stands, when it comes to Rome, despite who God used to produce it; and we know where Rome stands when it comes to the lion. Ready to do your own thinking? Ready to get honest yet? What's the matter, afraid to search the scriptures?
Smile. God loves you!
