Posted on 06/24/2004 2:48:41 AM PDT by Robert Drobot
Comment, sir?
Um...is it just me or does this seem like the real news services got spoofed by a satire again? That part where the new version refers to John the Baptist as "The Dipper", for instance. Not even liberal theologians pull that crap.
As Baldie pointed out in 16, the manuscripts we have are numerous and in agreement. IIRC, there were 25,000 New Testament manuscripts in the early 70s when Josh McDowell wrote "More than a Carpenter." If the manuscripts that the NT are drawn from are not reliable, neither is any of ancient history. There are only five manuscripts of Julius Caesar's autobiography, for instance (again, IIRC).
If they wanted to be more hip, they could have just switched to the NIV:
"Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry. But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband."
As my pastor says, "We may wonder what the world is coming to, but we actually do know. Jesus is returning."
From whence comes the derivative word, INheriticance...
Which is --- receiving from one or both of your parents a little muscle between your cheek and eye that just won't stop jumping....the dreaded INheritic
:>)
None to make, I'm not an Anglican. Perhaps this shows part of the reason why. :)
Regards, Ivan
Yes, and the best is yet to be!
I had a little bright light yesterday! Did you read it?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1159782/posts
I agree with you. This REALLY sounds like a bad joke here. If it's from World Net Daily, I'd approach it very suspiciously.
Whatever their many Flaws, both Martin Luther and John Calvin were hyper-traditionalists on the matter of Scripture.
No "Papal-approved Latin Vulgate" Translation for them; the Original Prots advocated a return to the Original Greek for all translations of Scripture.
This latest Abomination turns the Old Protestant appreciation of the Textus Receptus on its head.
The Original Protestants followed a very simple Rule when it came to Scripture:
Greek is the sacred tongue, and Greek is the Baptist's tongue; we may be beaten in our own version, sometimes — but in Greek, never! ~~ Rev. Charles Spurgeon, Reformed Baptist, "The Prince of Preachers"
Well put, OP. I particularly appreciated the Spurgeon quote.
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