DesiderioDomini
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Just some skillful misdirection by those who are well practiced at the art.
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greatsite.com English Bible HistoryBut equally dangerous, is the other extreme… of blindly rejecting ANY English translation that was produced in the four centuries that have come after the 1611 King James. We must remember that the main purpose of the Protestant Reformation was to get the Bible out of the chains of being trapped in an ancient language that few could understand, and into the modern, spoken, conversational language of the present day. William Tyndale fought and died for the right to print the Bible in the common, spoken, modern English tongue of his day… as he boldly told one official who criticized his efforts, “If God spare my life, I will see to it that the boy who drives the plowshare knows more of the scripture than you, Sir!”
Will we now go backwards, and seek to imprison God’s Word once again exclusively in ancient translations? Clearly it is not God’s will that we over-react to SOME of the bad modern translations, by rejecting ALL new translations and “throwing the baby out with the bathwater”. The Word of God is unchanging from generation to generation, but language is a dynamic and ever-changing form of communication. We therefore have a responsibility before God as Christians to make sure that each generation has a modern translation that they can easily understand, yet that does not sacrifice accuracy in any way. Let’s be ever mindful that we are not called to worship the Bible. That is called idolatry. We are called to worship the God who gave us the Bible, and who preserved it through the centuries of people who sought to destroy it.
Linda, I warn you, this is an attack against people not the subject. Any more will be edited.Originally posted by Linda64:
(Is this another attempt by the MVs to add to the Word of God?)
Your conclusion would be inaccurate in a true debate because we do not judge the accuracy of a translation by OUR pre-conceived doctrine. We base our doctrine on God's Word and since the NIV is God's Word, then your conclusion has errors.Originally posted by Linda64:
This, of course, gives support to the false Catholic idea of confessing one's sins to a man instead of directly to God.
Sounds like the best prescription... for both sides.I will also begin a list of those who attack God's Word and see if the moderators agree that a "vacation" is needed.