Now here is from the Dean Burgon site which is very clear...


http://www.deanburgonsociety.org/Versions/gnosticism.htm

H. HEAVEN AND HELL.
We believe in the everlasting bliss of the saved in the place called Heaven, and in the everlasting suffering of the lost in the place called Hell-fire.

Well lets take a look at some comparisons in the difference between the Minority Text based on the Alexandrian manuscripts and the Majority Text.

Rev 22:16 (KJV) I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star

We see Jesus is the "Morning star"

Isa 14:12 (KJV) How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

KJV has Satan is Son of the Morning.

But look at the same verse in the NIV, Satan is given the name of Jesus.

Isaiah 14:12
New International Version (NIV)
12 How you have fallen from heaven,
morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!

Interesting, to say the least. Now here is one Adventist know very well..

I agree, it can be taught, but which is better, one that has been tested and preserved with comparitively the same text or one which is filled with changes, deletions or omissions.

Some look to us gravely and say, 'Don't you think there might have been some mistake in the copyist or in the translators?' This is all probably, and the mind that is so narrow that it will hesitate and stumble over this possibility of probability would be just as ready to stumble over the mysteries of the Inspired word,. . . All the mistakes will not cause trouble to one soul, or cause any feet to stumble, that would not manufacture difficulties from the plainest revealed truth.

The Bible is snot given to us in grand superhuman language. Jesus, in order to reach man where he is, took humanity. the Bible must be given in the language of men. Everything that is human is imperfect. Different meanings are expressed by the same word; there is not one work for each distinct idea. the Bible was given for practical purposes.

The Bible is written by inspired men, but it is not God's mode of thought and expression. It is that of humanity. . . . It Is not the words of the Bible that are inspired, but the men that were inspired. Inspiration acts not on the man's words or his expressions but on the man himself, who under the influence of the Holy Ghost, is imbued with thoughts.

O.K. You have partial agreement. Good! You ask, Which is better? I will suggest that there are a couple of good answers:

1) You seek to use the translation that is based upon the most authorative text. You might believe that to be the KJV and I might believe that to be the NIV. In either case, so be it. We are both doing what we believe to be best.

2) If we are working with a person who believes that the Bible is authority and has a favorite translation, we should use that favorite translation.

In doing so, we should not attack it as being corrupted and full of errors. To do so is, in my opinion, doing the work of the Father of Lies.

3) Part of the problem that I have with this discussion is that there is no perfect text/translation in which some error cannot be shown to be. The KJV is not perfect in its basic text. So also for others.

Personally, I believe that EGW had some important things to say in 1SM 15-23\. I would like to quote many passages here but will not do so. However, I will cite the following:
Page 16

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page 20

and

page 21

, "The New World Bible translation committee had no known translators with recognized degrees in Greek or Hebrew exegesis or translation... None of these men had any university education except Franz, who left school after two years, never completing even an undergraduate degree. In fact, Frederick W. Franz, then representing the translation committee and later serving as the Watchtower Society's fourth president, admitted under oath that he could not translate Genesis 2:4 from the Hebrew." The latter admission came after Franz had stated under oath that he was familiar with not only Hebrew, but with Greek, Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and French for the purpose of Biblical translation.

I will remind you that the JWs used both the revered TR as well as the MSS used by the modern translations.

The problem was not with the MSS that they used, it was with what they did with those MSS.



Frankly, the more you know about how that translation was done, the worse it gets.

In the Word of God there are rich mines of truth that we may spend our whole lifetime in exploring, and yet we shall find that we have only begun to view their precious stores.... There are unsearchable riches for us. It will take us all eternity to comprehend the riches of the glory of God and of Jesus Christ.... {TMK 7.2}
Christ has said: “If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink” (John 7:37). Have you exhausted the fountain? No, for it is inexhaustible. Just as soon as you feel your need, you may drink, and drink again. The fountain is always full. And when you have once drunk of that fountain you will not be seeking to quench your thirst from the broken cisterns of this world; you will not be studying how you can find the most pleasure, amusement, fun, and frolic. No, because you have been drinking from the stream which makes glad the city of God. Then your joy will be full, for Christ will be in you.1 {TMK 7.3}