King James Onlyism

I was listening this this segment from Issues Etc about King James onlyism and I have to say is "YES! YES! YES!". Let me start off by saying I like the King James especially for the Psalms, but it is not the easiest translation to understand. It can be quit the barrier for the average reader. I have a feeling that even Christians don't read their Bibles enough and the King James does not always make that easier. As good as a translation as the King James is, it is not the inerrant inspired translation of God into the English. There are other translation out ther that are also very faithful to the original languages.

I know this will be a sour point to many, but the translation that got me reading the Bible regularly and as a child is The Way Bible. For all its weaknesses as a paraphrase, it was the one I could understand as a kid. The KJV and RSV left me in the cold and if left to those, I would not have started to read scripture regularly into my adulthood. Did I stay there? No. Was it the best translation I could have read? No. Did it get me reading scripture? Most definately. And for that I am grateful.