Bible Speak

Sometimes saying words like "Speaketh" just sounds right in a religious context. Jesus didn't speak in the King James (a man who batted for my lavender team) lingo, but it packs a power of authority like nobody's business. It's also great if you want to cast out snooty demons or start a King James ministry. Some Christians take it to a new level by believing the King James version is the only correct version of the Bible (see here) like it was given by automatic writing to the Apostles (Matthew didn't wake up from a Holy Spirit-induced sleep when he wrote his book and say; "What did I just write?!"). There are thousands of Bible manuscripts that have been discovered since King James that have flushed out the meaning of the Word more richly and accurately. The Bible isn't changed because of the manuscripts, they just authenticate it. The story of the "The Good Samaritan" (Jesus used a Samaritan as the example because the Jews and the Samaritans hated each other. They were the Hatfields and McCoys of their day) doesn't change because the story of the "Good Samaritan" is the same no matter what manuscript it's found in. There is no account of the Samaritan kicking the man on the side of the road back to the curb in a manuscript. You'll never find a manuscript that'll change the Bible stories in the Gospels unless it's the Gnostic ones that sound like they were written as a practical joke or by someone on a datura trip.

I also love words and terms spoken by church folk between themselves that can pack in them a whole belief system ("Interpretation of Tongues") or scenario ("Great Tribulation"). Not all of us have the same "religious speak" and I give away my Pentecostal leanings by using terms like, "Shekhinah Glory" like "Blessed Mother" which will give away a Catholic. I use Bible Speak in the proper setting and I don't do it as a rule because it's not how normal people speak and an unbeliever won't get it. So don't expect me to speak like this.... unless you throw down first.