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To: blue-duncan

The original manuscripts, perhaps.

In any case, an agency translating the currently available texts must be employed since they are not clear, neither are they simple. You may choose: a translator of men, or a translator commissioned by Jesus.

Unless your indwelling Holy Spirit provides you with a Urim and Thummim in order to understand what you dig up.


2,748 posted on 08/18/2007 4:50:51 PM PDT by MarkBsnr (V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae. R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.)
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To: MarkBsnr; kosta50; D-fendr; Dr. Eckleburg; suzyjaruki; P-Marlowe; Alamo-Girl; xzins

“You may choose: a translator of men, or a translator commissioned by Jesus.”

So then it is the “correct” translation of the original manuscripts that is the Word of God, not the original manuscripts. Why cannot one skilled in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic translate the original manuscripts just as accurately as a professional religious?

“Unless your indwelling Holy Spirit provides you with a Urim and Thummim in order to understand what you dig up.”

This urim and thummim is an accessory provided with the laying on of hands?


2,755 posted on 08/18/2007 5:02:42 PM PDT by blue-duncan
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To: MarkBsnr; blue-duncan; suzyjaruki; P-Marlowe; xzins; Forest Keeper; wmfights; Alamo-Girl
You may choose: a translator of men, or a translator commissioned by Jesus.

Why wasn't Luther a "translator commissioned by Jesus?" I say he was. You say he wasn't. So the truth inevitably comes down, like Protestants believe, to the evidence of the argument itself, and not to the man articulating that evidence.

The joke of the RCC is that it believes a bunch of old men in funny hats dressed up like sorcerers has a better understanding of the Bible than the God-given conscience of a man who earnestly seeks to read and understand the Scriptures.

2,767 posted on 08/18/2007 5:31:11 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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