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| | ==Supporters of the Movement== | | ==Supporters of the Movement== |
| − | Prominent supporters include:
| + | The KJV-only stance is supported by a few institutions of higher education including [[Pensacola Christian College]] (PCC), Hyles–Anderson College, and West Coast Baptist College, and a few organizations such as Trinitarian Bible Society, Andersonville Theological Seminary, Dial-the-Truth Ministries, and ''[[The Sword of the Lord|Sword of the Lord Publications]]''. |
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| − | *Chick Publications founder [[Jack Chick]], and his successor [[David Daniels]] | + | Prominent supporters, many of whom are known to have a Pharisee-like nature, include: |
| − | *''[[The Sword of the Lord|Sword of the Lord Publications]]''
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| | + | *Chick Publications founder [[Jack Chick]] (falsely claims that the Roman Catholic Church is behind Islam, even though Islam predates the Great Schism of 1054), and his successor [[David Daniels]] |
| | *Sam Gipp | | *Sam Gipp |
| − | *[[Pensacola Christian College]] (PCC)
| + | *[[Peter Ruckman]] and his Pensacola Bible Institute (not to be confused with PCC) (He was largely responsible for the "King James Only" dispute that split fundamentalism in the 1980s. Despite claiming to be a fundamentalist, he held to a pro-choice view on abortion, namely the false claim that a baby is not a person until birth. He was well-known for his caustic attitude and verbiage used toward his critics; even his alma mater Bob Jones University was not spared his criticism and was often the brunt of it. He was married three times; his first two marriages ended in divorce.) |
| − | *[[Peter Ruckman]] and his Pensacola Bible Institute (not to be confused with PCC) | + | *[[Gail Riplinger]], who was not honest about her past |
| − | *[[Gail Riplinger]] | + | *[[Kent Hovind]], who was guilty of domestic abuse and is currently married to his fourth wife |
| − | *[[Kent Hovind]] | |
| | *D.A. Waite | | *D.A. Waite |
| | *Edward Hills | | *Edward Hills |
| | *[[David Cloud]] | | *[[David Cloud]] |
| − | *[[Steven Anderson]] | + | *[[Steven Anderson]], who began New Independent Fundamental Baptist Movement after establishing Faithful Word Baptist Church, is a Holocaust denier who does not believe that repentant LGBT can be saved, and has been barred from travelling to a small number of countries |
| | + | *Ralph Gordon "Brother" Stair, known to have a criminal record of sexual assaults |
| | + | *Jimmy Swaggert, known for prostitution scandals in 1988 and 1991 |
| | + | *[[Westboro Baptist Church]], whose founder [[Fred Phelps]] was a friend of [[Al Gore]], is known for their homophobia and protesting at funerals |
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| | + | The cults that adopted the KJV-only stance are The Shepherd's Chapel, which adheres to Christian Identity, and Alamo Christian Foundation, a self-created cult started by Tony Alamo, and neither can be counted as true Christianity |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |