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by dyeager
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,...
by dyeager
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 ...
by dyeager
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...
by dyeager
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...
by dyeager
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/...