I’m sorry this post is late but here goes. Ryan said that more votes were cast in the AI final than for any President, not any Presidential election. I had to watch the Tivo to clear that up myself. About 60 million votes were cast in AI, over 150 million people voted in the 2004 Presidential election. Being in the heart of “Soul Patrol” country, I heard one lady on the radio who claimed that she voted for Taylor 1200 time by text message (and yes, I think that’s pretty weird)

Blessings,

Ed

Sportscenter
O’Reilly Factor
Hannity and Colmes

The other one scares me witless. Super Nanny, where have you been? Couples need to be required to see this show before starting a family. Do families she helps REALLY exist? Tell me it’s all staged! The counseling industry will never need to worry about going out of business with adults who have no clue how to establish a schedule around the house and interact with their kids. Pure entertainment and downright scary.

I am watching season 1 of X FILES, which is really really cool. The Truth is Out There. Yeah.

1. Home Makeover–I think I cry in ever episode
2. Grey’s Anatomy–soap opera+vital organs
3. House–you love to hate him
4. Pretty much anything on Food Network!

122 million individuals voted in the 2004 presidential election (well, there’s always Florida — who knows how many votes an individual is able to cast there )

Also, I think the host of AI said more votes were cast than any *one* president had received, which may be true.

Aside from that Lost is without a doubt the best show on TV. Medium and West Wing are good, too.

Jason, it seems to me that the biblical preservation doctrine, as you describe it, assumes that preserving God’s “Word” is identical to preserving “scripture.” NOW… I do believe that God’s Word can be found in scripture… and that scripture is inspired, however, God’s Word is much more that just scripture. It is at least also the person of Christ (as John refers to him). But scripture itself is refered to in the greek as “graphe” (if I’ve spelled that correctly). Any time scripture refers to “scripture,” I believe “graphe” is the original word… that MEANS the written word. When scripture refers to the “Word” of God in the new testament, the greek word is “logos” from which we get the English word “logic.” This is a word that specifically does NOT refer to the written word… “graphe” is used for that.

So… could God preserve his “Word” even during a time when his “scripture” was in flux or lacking in total completeness? Maybe so. At any rate, I think that most people who cling that much to KJV, are really clinging to something that is very near and dear to them because of their own personal experiences with it. THAT is a perfectly valid reason to use the KJV.

Unfortunately, the doctrine of biblical preservation sounds to me like the old “better safe than sorry” arguments that have been so prolific in many traditions (my own included). That kind of reasoning seems to grow out of fear. Paul says that perfect love drives out fear.

In my opinion, perfect love takes Jesus’ promise seriously that those who truly seek will find.