When the Revised Standard Version of the Bible was first published in 1952, a pastor in North Carolina was so disturbed by the new translation that he gathered up all the copies he could find and had a public Bible-burning.  What upset the pastor so much was that while the King James Version of John 14:2 says, “In my father’s house there are many mansions,” the RSV translates it “In my Father’s house are many rooms.” The North Carolina pastor was infuriated at the “cheapskates” who translated the RSV.  He said that he had been promised a mansion in the sky in the King James Version and nobody, but nobody, was going to cheat him out of it! 

I can appreciate his sentiment.  I sort of miss that old word “mansions” myself.  It took a while for me to get used to using the newer version in cond…