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- Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:27 pm
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: I'm an atheist
- Replies: 64
- Views: 13421
Re: I'm an atheist
@atheist2010 So why should I believe in the christian god, or in any god? An excellent question. Here's a short summary (not intended to be a formal proof, because by definition you can't prove the supernatural). 1. Atheism is illogical. You can't say no god exists unless you possess all knowledge,...
- Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:05 am
- Forum: The Bible and Scripture
- Topic: Why do some versions of the New Testament omit or add words?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6556
Re: Why do some versions of the New Testament omit or add wo
@Canuckster1127 What do you positively argue for in tems of the best textual foundation to translate from. Is there a particular overall method you advocate or is it on a case by case basis? Well, I'm mainly in the Majority camp. The "pure" Textus Receptus has some issues regarding using ...
- Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:59 am
- Forum: The Bible and Scripture
- Topic: Why do some versions of the New Testament omit or add words?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6556
Re: Why do some versions of the New Testament omit or add wo
@Christian2 Hi dyeager. I just read the article you cited. I would like to add something Bart Ehrman said in his book, "Misquoting Jesus." "The King James Version is filled with places in which the translators rendered a Greek text derived ultimately from Erasmus's edition..." I...
- Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:47 pm
- Forum: The Bible and Scripture
- Topic: Why do some versions of the New Testament omit or add words?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6556
Re: Why do some versions of the New Testament omit or add wo
@Canuckster1127 That the KJV does is attempt to complete the thought, which may be an appropriate translation, but nevertheless is not a literal rendering of the actual words in the greek text. That's a tension that always exists between transliteration to give exact word context, verses translatio...
- Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:48 pm
- Forum: The Bible and Scripture
- Topic: Why do some versions of the New Testament omit or add words?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6556
Re: Why do some versions of the New Testament omit or add wo
In short, two textual bases exist: 1. Textus Receptus 2. Westcott & Hort / UBS / Nestle-Aland, etc (The Alexandrian line) The Alexandrian line has some omissions and edits compared to Textus Receptus. For an overview of this, my article compares the two textual bases http://www.dyeager.org/post/...