Interesting thoughts. I had not heard of the Farrar Fenton. My preference
will be to be able to fluently read the Bible in Greek. I am not there yet,
but there is still hope! I don't think it is particularly necessary, but I
do think it will provide some additional angles. I think you and I would
agree much more than disagree on matters of translations.
Though I have not been into any groups of late, my previous experiences were
not very satisfying. I found mostly very immature people both spiritually
and in general. Young people defending sinful behavior etc. Perhaps I should
poke around in a few and see what I find. Please let me know if you find
anything of substance in a newsgroup. Till then, there are sure plenty of
good websites to dig through, and of course the best place to be is in His
word (and His Word) ;-)
"Al Patrick" wrote in message
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Pilotbutteradio wrote:
The archaic language in the translation was not the point. The reference
was to the manuscripts and the meaning of the Greek words. Not the
changed meaning of words used to translate the manuscripts.
I think if you really study it out you'll find that the Textus Receptus /
Received Text is not all it is made out to be. Didn't someone say if one
could control history they could control the future. Part of "history" was
controlled in that manuscript.
I have an NASB here that I use as a secondary source.
That is the one I read the most. However, I also use the KJV, and others.
I'm not against the KJV, just against the idea that it is the ONLY version
that is God's Word. I also use the Amplified for its different shades of
meanings; i.e. synonyms. I read the Septuagint because that is probably
the most accurate of all the older versions and is the one that Christ and
the disciples quoted from when they quoted the old testament - though some
would have us believe it didn't come along until 200 or 300 years after
Christ. The Farrar Fenton Bible has some very interesting aspects to it -
including calling the land of Shinar (I think this is what the KJV calls
it) the Bush country, and capitalizes Bush. He also seems to know that
the "Jews" in the current nation of "Israel" do not constitute the whole
of the 12 (? 13 with Joseph's two sons) tribes of Israel.
Well I am certainly a capitalist. But I do have trouble with all of the
Christian stores around today, and you do have a point about selling
other related books. It would be hard for me to know where to draw the
line there. The commercialization of the Christian faith is sickening to
me. More because I know so many of the people involved to be pretending,
and not changed.
Hollywood, and the movies, is full of "actors" who were first called
hypocrites. . . . Interesting!
You must be subscribed to some Christian oriented newsgroups. Can you
recommend some?
Nope. I participated some with the group that pulled out from Stair's
group. They appeared to be more interested in pulling Stair down than
lifting Christ up. If one even proposed that he preached a lot of truth,
along with all the other stuff, they were considered a "traitor" to the
group and assumed to be a spy for Stair. :-(
I did a search of the newsgroups that I have access to and came up with 65
groups that have the word "Christian" in it. I don't know of any of them
that I can recommend. They're probably mostly all taken over by the
enemies of the truth and Truth! ;-)
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