"Braaaak. Merkivah! Braaaaaak!"
Posted on 09/20/2009 5:00:41 PM PDT by Jedediah
"There may be a place for this version in the education of children, but we conclude that it is not suitable for use by adults in the Church. The version carries over too much of the unsound paraphrasing of the Living Bible. The attempt to provide a blanket justification for this paraphrasing by calling it "dynamic equivalence" is a mere fig leaf, as Poythress aptly calls it. It was a mistake to have used such a problematic version as the basis of the NLT to begin with. The "reviewers" would have done much better, no doubt, if they had produced a fresh translation. In addition, there obviously has been a good deal of editorial meddling for non-scholarly reasons, in connection with the "inclusive language" and other things. Moreover, even if we were to grant that dynamic equivalence is the best method to use in translating the Bible (which we do not), we find that other versions have made a much more successful application of its principles at every point where we have compared them with the NLT.
Finally, we note that Craig L. Blomberg of Denver Seminary, who was a reviewer for the NLT's Gospel according to Matthew, has explicitly stated that this version is not suitable as a regular Bible for adults. Responding to criticism of the NLT, Blomberg explained that the version is for "kids or very poor adult readers," and he suggested that readers of the NLT should move on to a more accurate version when they are able"
Whaddya think? Kid or very poor adult reader?
I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than have to have a frontal lobotomy. Whaddya think? Before or after?
Back off, man.
This prophet IS a more accurate version.
***this overflowing cup of blasphemy from Jedediah should tide me over nicely.***
Where is ol J-d these days? His spewings have diminished.
Yes, I see. I wonder if he has to wear shades when he looks in the mirror.
Possibly a combination.
Sometimes the city rounds those guys up and they'll jail a few, send some to the Methadone clinic, stuff like that.
No internet access.
Yes.
But you can put up with it for 36 more hours
:-D
No internet access.
Pity. I thought that Der Democrats declared broadband a universal human right.
I wonder about the level of understanding, though.
Yes, but with typical shortsightedness the wireless computers were not included.
They confiscate the bums.. er, prophets belongings during intake at the jails.
Broadband flowing all around the drunk tank and no one to use it.
It's sad really.
Pride (and self aggrandizement) goeth before a fall.
"Braaaak. Merkivah! Braaaaaak!"
Yes, but with typical shortsightedness the wireless computers were not included.
I'm sure there are several hundred billion dollars left from the TARP funds that could go into giving every crazy man a computer to go along with the wireless broadband access.
They confiscate the bums.. er, prophets belongings during intake at the jails.
Wouldn't they just burn them along with the lice?
Broadband flowing all around the drunk tank and no one to use it.
I'm surprised with the prophetic perception and powers that ol' J-d can't tap into the galloping freeflying interwebs with the power of his mind, or soul, or pancreas, or gall bladder or whatever passes for his hippocampus.
I'm sorry, my friend, only the red X of death shows up.
If a lunatic profit falls in the forest, does anyone care?
You remind me of that time me and Glen Frey from the Eagles had lunch in Manhattan. He had the ox-tail soup and I had a grilled reuben. I was glued to every word.
Thanks for the reminder, because I’m forgetful, see.
That depends: is he a lunatic profit of gawd?
That depends: is he a lunatic profit of gaud?
There. Fixed it.
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