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To: MrB
Actually, I think that passage actually reads:

Ὦ Τιμοπθεε, τὴν παραθήκην φύλαξον ἐκτρεπόμενος τὰς βεβήλους κενοφωνίας καὶ ἀντιθέσεις τῆς ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως,

Which means what, literally? Or will you have to rely on one of those dreaded "earthly authorities" to tell you what it means?

Speaking of which, the word "science" didn't even exist in English (much less Greek) until the 19th century. The Greek word is gnoseos, which means (approximately) "personal or firsthand knowledge." Which makes that verse very different than the way you are trying to use it...

106 posted on 10/26/2011 1:45:59 PM PDT by Charles H. (The_r0nin) (Hwaet! Lar bith maest hord, sothlice!)
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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)

Other translations read “what is falsely called knowledge”,
but it means the same thing - do not listen to vain ramblings masquerading as something that is known for sure.

BTW, Marx was big on being “scientific”. His theories, by his definition, were “scientific”, and everyone that disagreed with him, he deemed “unscientific”, or “anti-science” in today’s parlance.


111 posted on 10/26/2011 1:53:32 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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