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These doctrines were called the "Fundamentals" back in 1915, and a set of 12 books were printed up and sent free all over the country. And that is how we got the name "Fundamentalists." But maybe you knew that. :Coffee Sounds great. Go for it!

I just did an interesting search of "John R. Rice sisters" using Google AI. The AI engine was not able to differentiate between JRR's actual sisters and his six daughters. (I remember Aunt Gertrude in particular because her dog bit me! And this is what some want to use for Bible translation...

If you believe the book is good enough, look for a literary agent. It is very difficult to get published by an actual publisher by simply sending in your manuscript. They get 100s of these in a year. Therefore, if you want to go that route, get a literary agent. If you wish to self-publish...

As you my remember, not too long ago a person came roaring onto the BB, called himself a scholar, posted various erroneous (even heretical) views, and then was kicked off. I challenged him on being a self-proclaimed "scholar" and was rebuked by a certain BB member for "credentialism." The...

I'm going to translate a verse for the readers of this thread. I've chosen Daniel 1:21. I've never translated this verse before, or even looked at it, so it should serve as a good example of what AI cannot do. (I have been translating in Daniel, but not this passage.) I'll not go into the...

Good question, and I'm sure this is what pro-AI translation people would say. First of all, translation ability is a spiritual gift. It is in the list of spiritual gifts as "the interpretation of languages" (1 Cor. 12:10). God gave me this gift, and I dare not use it for any secular purpose...

Just for the record, the Bible translator who lectured on the dangers of AI Bible translation is one of the top two Bible translators I've ever known. He was the lead translator for the Mongolian Bible, and currently is a consultant on up to ten missionary Bible translation projects. He learned...

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Perhaps, but not in Bible translation, because that is obedience to Matthew's Great Commission, and AI cannot obey God. Google translate can use AI to produce a Bible document, but it does this by analyzing the syntax, the semantics, and places on the Internet where the passage has previously...

Ward is a good man. No offense, but what does this have to do with AI translation?

This is an excellent post with lots of relevant information. I have nothing to add. Thank you!

I hadn't thought about doing that, but you are right. So to put it in different words, AI cannot be impartial because the creator of a given AI platform has biases.

Excellent post. Thank you! Headed for a wedding now; maybe I can interact later. Thanks for the post anyways! Confused It's a gimmick. The editor with a PhD is a unitarian, and the other guy has an "engineering background," so I suppose he has no theology training. Neither man shows evidence...

Exactly. One other thing that was pointed out in yesterday's lecture is that AI engines do not know the proper terms in a given language for biblical concepts unless there are already translations in that language out on the Internet. Also, they cannot follow the non-Internet research being...

I may not get back to this for a while, since I'm headed for a niece's wedding, then a family time at the Ark. But I thought I'd get this going. I'm sure there will be plenty of opinions. Was greatly blessed by the speakers in the missionary Bible translation conference I just attended. The...

Please back up and help me on something. You're behind. I've posted several posts you haven't answered, but the most important one to me is, what is your position: universalism, annihilationism, or what? Also, I would like you to answer Post #75. Then I will answer this post.

I agree completely. That's the whole purpose of His sacrifice on the cross.

Back to the OP. I am currently attending a conference on missionary Bible translation, and it's been wonderful! One lecture was on Tyndale as a Bible translator. This man went through incredible hardship to give us our very first English Bible translation, fleeing until he was finally caught...

Not to continue this rabbit trail ;), but a slight correction: gehenna occurs 12 times, yes, but the 12th is not Jesus but James 3:6. So Jesus used the term 11 times, and James once.

We'll agree to disagree, but you have made an interesting point. But if you really want to dig deep in this difficult subject, Alva J. McClain's Greatness of the Kingdom (1968) is the dispensational classic--though to be fair, I don't know if he would agree with all I've written here. ;)...