From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Mike  posted:   
   > On 2026-01-13 15:34, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   > > Mike  posted:   
   > >> On 2026-01-13 15:05, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   > >>> Mike  posted:   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Since God is everywhere, there is nowhere   
   > >>>> you need to go to meet Him. No church,   
   > >>>> temple, or pilgrimage can bring you   
   > >>>> closer, because God is already present in   
   > >>>> all places at all times. Meeting God is   
   > >>>> not about moving; it is about recognizing   
   > >>>> what has always been there.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Hmm, is that another CrapGPT thing? Because it's   
   > >>> not fully accurate. God lives in Heaven. Just   
   > >>> because He has the ability to be anywhere He   
   > >>> chooses, that doesn't mean He's not in Heaven,   
   > >>> as Heaven is His home.   
   > >>   
   > >> The kingdom of heaven is within me.   
   > >   
   > > How nice for you. It's also a place that is NOT of   
   > > this world. But really, Mike, if God's Kingdom is   
   > > within you, why do you feel the need to distort   
   > > what the Bible says?   
   >   
   > Is 'the kingdom of heaven is with me' a distortion?   
      
   I can't blame you for believing a bad translation of   
   the Bible verse Luke 17:21. Unfortunately, the King   
   James got this one wrong, too. In the original Greek,   
   the verse says the Kingdom of God is in your midst.   
   But the King James incorrectly translated it as the   
   Kingdom of God is within you.   
      
   Here's the unfortunate King James bad translation that   
   has caused a lot of misunderstanding among Christians   
   for too many years:   
      
   [quoting from the King James version] "Neither shall   
   they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the   
   kingdom of God is within you." [end quote] Luke 17:21   
      
   Here's a better translation, from the New American   
   Standard Bible (NASB): "Nor will they say, 'Look, here   
   it is!' or, 'There it is!' For behold, the kingdom   
   of God is in your midst." [end quote] Luke 17:21   
      
   There is a difference between "in your midst" and   
   "within you". In your midst is how the original   
   Greek is worded when translated properly.   
      
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