...point being that there is [b:715ae832af]no[/b:715ae832af] biblical image of a lion and a lamb laying together. This is a popular poster/art print, but the literal image is not found in scripture. As soon as Galahad mentioned it, I could mentally visualize [i:715ae832af]exactly[/i:715ae832af] what he was talking about, but the image in my mind was not from the pages of scripture. I can splice a few verses together and construct a justification for this picture, but it is simply a fabrication.
One of the worst examples of popular art distorting the literal Word is the much displayed picture of Jesus, standing and knocking on the door with no handle. Everyone remembers that one, don't you. This image has been fodder for countless Arminian sermons about how [i:715ae832af]"the Savior stands and knocks at the door of our hearts, but it's up to us to let Him in. The handle is on your side. Can't you hear Him knocking, as we sing another verse of "Just as I Am". Oh, won't you let Him come in."[/i:715ae832af] Now, read Revelation 3 in context, and see if you see any allusion to a begging Savior pleading for men's attention, let alone a one-handled door.
Sorry to come uncorked, but I have read every line of every thread concerning this movie. I can offer no more that Phillip, Fred, and others already have. I appreciate their commitment to the integrity of the Word. My mind tends to run toward the simple, so excuse me if I miss the mark here.
Let's suppose you are ready to sign a legally binding contract on a house or a tract of land; something really big. The agent slides the contract to you and asks you to sign on the bottom line, but discloses that this contract is about 99% correct, give or take. There is a slight error in there somewhere, but go ahead and sign anyway. Anybody with any sense at all would immediately throw up a red flag, refuse to sign, and not be satisfied until all known error was removed. After all, there is a lot at stake here.
Also, suppose you have been seated in a really nice restaurant, and you are hungry. You have heard great things about their soup. As the waiter brings you a bowl of your own, he says that the soup is exceptionally good tonight, and out of the whole 5 gallon pot, they only found one piece of rat feces in it. [i:715ae832af]Mmmm. [/i:715ae832af]
Why are we so discerning when it comes to physical things and yet so willing to accept contamination in God's Word? Why would we knowingly praise something that has error, even if we see it as a small error. I have personally stood on my door-step and watch a Jehovah's Witness try to corrupt the entire content of God's Word with a [b:715ae832af]single letter[/b:715ae832af]. I say [i:715ae832af]"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God"[/i:715ae832af] and the JW answers [i:715ae832af]"no,no,no...the Word was [b:715ae832af]a[/b:715ae832af] god". [/i:715ae832af] That is how I see that all of orthodoxy can stand or fall on the inclusion or a single erroneous letter. [u:715ae832af]One single letter.[/u:715ae832af] Brothers, the Word of God is a precious gift we've been given; we must guard it with all that is in us. Sure, our quest for truth will render different translations, hopefully becoming more accurate as we progress. But let us refrain from adding error, even if it is a small one.