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To: Iscool
You guys need to come to grips with a rational, biblical definition of 'blessed'...

No, you need to come to grips with the fact the Bible is not defined by english.

920 posted on 05/06/2008 7:40:58 AM PDT by papertyger
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To: papertyger

I used to think the Bible was written by King James, in English, but then I found out it was actually written in German by Martin Luther.


922 posted on 05/06/2008 7:43:33 AM PDT by Petronski (When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth, voting for Hillary.)
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To: papertyger
No, you need to come to grips with the fact the Bible is not defined by english.

And why not??? The English is a translation of the Greek/Hebrew...

There are over two hundred bibles out there translated from the Greek/Hebrew...

What Greek translation could you possibly come up with that hasn't already been covered in one of these English translations???

Everybody studies Greek now days in hopes of coming up with some NEW nugget of information...There aren't any...

When the 'angel' said Mary was blessed 'among women', the translation is that Mary was 'highly favored'...

You can look for another translation of the word til the cows come home but you won't find one that improves on that translation, or elevates Mary to a higher position without distorting the Greek word used for the translation...

Good luck to ya...

927 posted on 05/06/2008 7:57:27 AM PDT by Iscool
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