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From: root@trwatf.UUCP (Lord Frith)
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Subject: Re: Bible Translations
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Date: Wed, 10-Apr-85 16:33:49 EST
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> Well, I usually read (surprise!) the KJV.

Surprise?  Not really.

> But what I would like to ask is:  what version do you use with
> your children?  My daughter (age 8) reads the Living.  It's easy
> to understand, but do any of you have opinions on other versions
> that are helpful for teaching children?

When I was REAL young I read the "Bible in Pictures."  Ahhhh the innocence
of youth.  Might I suggest that "Daddy" is the best interpreter of difficult
biblical text as opposed to buying a "simplified and painless" translation.

> Science is Dead.

Those are musty old books you smell.