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Originally posted by NemesioWhy, God's will of course! Hey, arguing this side is both fun and easy. You don't get lost when you only go 'round in circles. 😉
Um, what gives the Magesterium a corner on the market of Truth?
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesI think they took too many liberties in their translations. However, I should not have said to avoid it - only that there are better translations. The NIV is fine - but not one I'd use for a serious examination of doctrine.
What's wrong with this one? It's the one I'm most familiar with.
Originally posted by ColettiThe KJV is great if you are interested in decorative phrases and
I'm fond of the New American Standard, and the New King James. For a study bible, I like the New Geneva Study Bible (NKJ addition). The English Standard Version is good also. I'd stay away from the NIV, ASV, RSV and the paraphrased ver ...[text shortened]... good ol' King James is always good to have as a cross reference.
Originally posted by frogstompHeh. The Tao, of course, can't be messed up, because it's the infinite, both formless and untoucheable. But our minds can certainly be obscured in our attempt to grasp the infinite.
Doesn't reading all that mess up the Tao a bit for you?
Originally posted by NemesioYou're right about how Spong's "Why Christianity Must Change Or Die" is not his last book. It just sounds like a title of a last book, LOL.
Originally posted by Metamorphosis
Regarding critical Bible scholarship, the group often recognized as
I don't know
Fox's works. Do you have a recommended list?
Originally posted by NemesioWhat about the NJB?
The KJV is great if you are interested in decorative phrases and
poetry, but it is not useful for a careful study. First, the knowledge
(or even known existence) of ancient sources did not exist in 1611, so
many times, the translations are fundamentally flawed.
But, more importantly, the words themselves connote different
meanings today. The way ...[text shortened]... Greek (with transliteration
and concordance).
Nemesio
Edit: the NAS is pretty good, too.
Originally posted by NemesioI don't think so, but I could be wrong.
The NJB = NAB, I thought. I have the NJB at work and I seem to recall that it is the
same translation (although newer editions have newer corrections).
Nemesio