Jason, on the one hand, you say the Lord is not leading you to fight people on this issue. On the other hand, you have come back into this thread to argue for the kind of arguments in Riplinger's book, you make comments about what a "true man of God" should be able to observe in comparisons of Bible versions, and that a true man of God would see that modern translations are changing God's word, while the KJV is the real deal (and the only truly really deal in English). When you start making assertions about what true men (or women, for that matter) of God should and should not be able to do, I think, and I say this with all honesty and gentleness, you have swung a blow, no matter how well-meaning and non-combative your expression is.
If your position was merely "I think the KJV is the best translation of God's word, I don't like the other ones, I generally only read KJV", I don't have a problem with that. It's not going to make or break you whether you read the KJV or ESV. You are entitled to your own tastes.
It's when people make the same argument on the basis that modern translations are corrupted, and/or the texts they are based upon are corrupted, and that people are being deliberately misleading about those supposed 'facts' that I have an issue. Riplinger's book went beyond that, by openly, repeatedly, and maliciously attacking modern translations on the basis that they, the translators, the publishers, etc, are deliberately setting out to create a paganised New Age Christianity in order to bring about a one world religion, through misrepresentation and wild speculation. Those are incredibly inflammatory positions to base your book around.
Let's be clear, Jason, you haven't made those arguments yourself (to your immense credit
), but frankly, you'd be better off not defending the book at all, because most of Riplinger's most critical comparisons are tainted and driven by her ideology more than the texts. Very few, if any, of the comparisons she makes are at all reasonable if you actually look at your Bible instead of her charts. If you want, or if anyone else cares enough to explore the issue, I'm more than happy to illustrate with specific reference to comparisons she makes.