The point you are making is that people should not jumpt to conclusions of interpretation without studying a word. I would ask you if that is not why you like to study Greek.
My point is that often, the correct definition of the English word is available, the word is correct, and it can be proven without going to a Greek text. And helping people understand that will also help them in their knowlege of their own language, which is not what the public schools do anymore.
I have been in the mountains of the Carolinas and W Virginia where people call each other “cousin,” thinking that they are probably related in some manner somewhere along the line (but wish they weren’t). They know full well that “cousin” doesn’t always mean son-of-my-mother’s-sister, etc.
Now I’m wondering why the moderator of this thread get’s on my case but doesn’t get on yours.
The English-speaking world is not made up of Carolinas and W. Virginia. The English-speaking world is vast and culturally heterogenius. The words used in common usage should be those that are unambiguously understood by all English-speaking people, not just some isolated areas.
Now Im wondering why the moderator of this thread gets on my case but doesnt get on yours
You have to play by the rules.