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07-12-2021, 03:47 PM
The "Unchanging Word of God," My Ass.
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07-12-2021, 04:18 PM
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That's intriguing as the ESV is often regarded as a very literal and accurate translation. So much for self-examination.
Mountain-high though the difficulties appear, terrible and gloomy though all things seem, they are but Mâyâ.
Fear not — it is banished. Crush it, and it vanishes. Stamp upon it, and it dies.
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07-12-2021, 04:38 PM
The "Unchanging Word of God," My Ass.
Obviously just a marketing ploy, Danu.
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07-13-2021, 01:53 AM
The "Unchanging Word of God," My Ass.
I heard they came out with a bible edition for militant right wingers that doesn't include that pacifist pansy Jesus.
(It's called the OT)
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07-13-2021, 02:01 AM
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Didn't Conservapedia get massive blowback for suggesting editing the bible to suit a conservative narrative? Apparently now the wingnuts are ready for clerical blasphemy on top of civil blasphemy...
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07-13-2021, 02:04 AM
The "Unchanging Word of God," My Ass.
When there's more than one way to interpret something, its meaning is clearly not fixed.
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07-13-2021, 02:06 AM
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(07-13-2021, 02:04 AM)Phaedrus Wrote: When there's more than one way to interpret something, its meaning is clearly not fixed.
Yeah but you want to be working from an accurate translation.
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07-13-2021, 02:56 AM
The "Unchanging Word of God," My Ass.
Accurate translations are exceedingly difficult when the sources are unreliable.
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07-13-2021, 11:17 AM
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Reminds me of my time in Catholic grammar school when I had to read a bowdlerized edition of The St. Jerome's Bible.
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07-13-2021, 04:13 PM
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(07-13-2021, 01:53 AM)jerry mcmasters Wrote: I heard they came out with a bible edition for militant right wingers that doesn't include that pacifist pansy Jesus.
(It's called the OT)
He's called "Hippy Jesus", and I kid you not, we used to have a poster here who used that phrase.
He got bann-ed.
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07-13-2021, 04:19 PM
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Right.
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