[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
“If one accepts the importance of the King James Bible, there
are some interesting points to think about. One is that it is
‘only’ a translation. The fundamental story of the Bible had
existed for a thousand years by the time James and his crew took a
crack at it. The information it contains is pretty much the same as
all other bibles, but how that information is presented is as
important. The second fact of its composition is that a committee
of 50 did it. It is a monumental work of literature (in addition to
its religious importance) … and what other work of similar import
was written by such a large group rather than a single brilliant
author? Finally, it was open (written in compelling and accessible
language available to the average person of the time) and wasn’t
copywrited.“Sounds like Linux…”