What do you mean by “Hmmmm”? What nefarious thing are you seeing in this?
The “Hmmmm” posts are a recurring theme since the Great Purge of Roman Catholic versus Protestant debate threads. As we cannot read minds, we can only guess, but my guess is that the intent is to “warn Catholics” of a potential Protestant spin on an open thread. The “Hmmmm” tactic appears to be designed to poke the bear “safely,” by innuendo, but really is just transparent silliness, and unnecessarily inflammatory, IMHO.
However, where the questions raised by the “Hmmmm” can be answered, why not try to give them a useful answer? Most of the time it is easy enough, as here with the Bibles. The Gospel of God’s grace can be found in any of these translations. God will use His word as He sees fit. So be it.
Peace,
SR
That was exactly my thought too.
Implying that there is something nefarious going on and trying to cast doubt about the source, in this case, the American Bible Society.
Well nobody says that they are obligated to provide Catholic version Bibles and they are not suspect of ANYTHING if they don’t.
This technique smacks of being truly desperate in that the best one can do is cast suspicion on others because they can’t support their own position on its own merit.
Hinting at groundless suspicions and accusations backfires. People see through it and it does not damage the reputation of the American Bible Society in this case, as much as it does the person doing the *Hmmm*ing.
Especially when it’s been a regular occurrence on these threads.
So......
Salvation. If you have any issues with unscrupulous behavior or motivations of the person whom you are apparently suspect of, why don’t you just have the guts to come right out and say what you’re suggesting?