Centrist
Active Member
In all, no it does not matter. People read too far INTO the text, while ignoring the message.
Like this- "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Of course! We all know it's John 3:16.
What if it said "Fer Gawd zho lovt zhe vourld, zhat zhi gaive hees uwnly zhegotin Zon, zhhat whoevher thinkith inn'ehm zhhuld nah pearishe, bhut haze zheveirlaushzing lihfe.", instead? Gross misspelling, of course, but, does the spelling change the message?
Does the Earth's age change the message? John 3:16 is still John 3:16 no matter how it's misspelled (or is it?).
Looking back, this has caused me a significant amount of grief when I was searching for a church to be part of. Do you have any idea how many psuedo-Christian churches push the Young Earth theory, enough that if you disagree you are now questioning the integrity of the Holy Bible? You are questioning the integrity of the pastor and his respective church? Dropping names here would likely get me in trouble, but I have spoken about this a few times. It used to bother me a lot until I finally decided to go back to the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints. But that's a debate for another time.
Like this- "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Of course! We all know it's John 3:16.
What if it said "Fer Gawd zho lovt zhe vourld, zhat zhi gaive hees uwnly zhegotin Zon, zhhat whoevher thinkith inn'ehm zhhuld nah pearishe, bhut haze zheveirlaushzing lihfe.", instead? Gross misspelling, of course, but, does the spelling change the message?
Does the Earth's age change the message? John 3:16 is still John 3:16 no matter how it's misspelled (or is it?).
Looking back, this has caused me a significant amount of grief when I was searching for a church to be part of. Do you have any idea how many psuedo-Christian churches push the Young Earth theory, enough that if you disagree you are now questioning the integrity of the Holy Bible? You are questioning the integrity of the pastor and his respective church? Dropping names here would likely get me in trouble, but I have spoken about this a few times. It used to bother me a lot until I finally decided to go back to the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints. But that's a debate for another time.