[Faith-talk] Bible Translations

Tue Nov 29 22:13:15 UTC 2011

amen
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  From: Jeanette 
  To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 3:25 PM
  Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Bible Translations


  and jimmy is agreat example of a reliable source for Bible information you 
  know, smile
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  From: "Joshua Lester" <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
  To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
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  Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 2:13 PM
  Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Bible Translations


  > The Message, or the "Mess," Bible is a paraphrase, not a translation.
  > There's a whole lot of New-Age stuff in it.
  > Jimmy Swaggart has some great commentary on it here.
  > www.jsm.org
  > Look for a program on Bible translations, in the program archives.
  > Blessings, Joshua
  >
  > On 11/29/11, karin <karinjhar at att.net> wrote:
  >> I have also read the NIV but now I have the NKJV version in braille and 
  >> like
  >> it very well.  I wish I had the message Bible, New Living translation or 
  >> the
  >> amplified versions.  But I am happy with what I got.
  >>   ----- Original Message -----
  >>   From: Jeanette
  >>   To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
  >>   Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 6:45 PM
  >>   Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Bible Translations
  >>
  >>
  >>   i learned many scriptures and did many a bible study with the NIV it 
  >> was
  >> the
  >>   only version i could get in braille for many years, i now have a nkjv 
  >> and
  >>   enjoy it but have also used the nasv and the rsv for study, many folks,
  >> good
  >>   Christian folks as far as i know like all kinds of versions, i thinkit
  >> again
  >>   is a personal preference and we should not judge others for the version
  >> they
  >>   use, i find the idea that one version is the only one to use part of 
  >> the
  >>   legalism that some folks love and push, thanks for the information in 
  >> this
  >>   email
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  >>   From: "Ryan Kwaak" <kwaakproductions at gmail.com>
  >>   To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion"
  >>   <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
  >>   Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 5:39 PM
  >>   Subject: [Faith-talk] Bible Translations
  >>
  >>
  >>   > Well the topic of good and bad Bible versions has come up, and I
  >>   > believe it merits a new thread. As some of you might have guessed by
  >>   > my Baptist roots, I hold to the Authorized King James version and
  >>   > continue to use it exclusively. However, I used to believe that it 
  >> was
  >>   > the ONLY Word of God for the English-speaking population because that
  >>   > was what my church teaches. Not only that, but to my knowledge the 
  >> KJV
  >>   > wasn't copyrighted by a nonprofit corporation with a vested economic
  >>   > interest in its usage like the more modern versions. That was until I
  >>   > did the research. Turns out, The KJV is public domain worldwide 
  >> except
  >>   > in Great Britain. The laws in force at that time pre-date any modern
  >>   > copyright legislation, but the right to disseminate the KJV is
  >>   > bestowed upon whomever the Sovereign wishes to grant it to, and today
  >>   > that right is held by Cambridge University Press. Not only that, but
  >>   > the KJV was written by Anglicans with an ulterior political agenda,
  >>   > and nothing could go into the KJV that the king, as the
  >>   > self-proclaimed spiritual authority in England, did not first 
  >> approve.
  >>   > However, I still hold to the KJV because it sparked a myriad of
  >>   > old-time revivals and turned many a gambling drunkard into a
  >>   > Christian. Although the newer versions may be easier to understand,
  >>   > some of the corporations producing these newer Bibles tend to water
  >>   > the message down and compromise the Word of God to be more 
  >> politically
  >>   > correct. A good new version that claims not to compromise the truth 
  >> is
  >>   > the New American Standard Bible, but old habits are hard to break, 
  >> and
  >>   > I for one will keep my KJV.
  >>   >
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