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To: restornu
Noteworthy in this article is the higher regard that this Mormon apologist has for liberal, nonbelieving Biblical scholars of the type you might find at Harvard Divinity School or in the Jesus Seminar than in evangelical Biblical scholars such as Kenneth Barker, the general editor of the NIV translation, or Daniel Wallace, Greek scholar at Dallas Theological Seminary. He claims the liberal scholars are unbiased. Such a notion flies in the face of the actual statements of liberal scholars. For example, the late Robert Funk, the founder of the Jesus Seminar, stated, "We should give Jesus a demotion. It is no longer credible to think of Jesus as divine. Jesus' divinity goes together with the old theistic way of thinking about God." Funk had an agenda based on his worldview and metaphysics as much as does any evangelical or fundamentalist Christian.

The author of this article does no service to the Mormon religion or apologetics.

25 posted on 04/28/2006 6:47:52 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Wallace T.

Funny I was looking for you to ping you but I could not remember you FR Name glad you are here!


26 posted on 04/28/2006 7:21:42 AM PDT by restornu (Earnestly it is impossible for man to walk with God, and also maintain the humor of a reprobate!)
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To: Wallace T.
Kenneth Barker, the general editor of the NIV translation

I think you are mistaken. I believe Edwin Palmer was the general editor of the original NIV.

108 posted on 04/29/2006 11:12:00 PM PDT by connectthedots
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