This is an interesting article about some of the challenges of accurately interpreting the bible

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-joel-hoffman/five-ways-your-bible-tran_b_1007058.html

Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.
~ Mark Twain

Article read more like an ad to me. Wonder if it helped to increase the authors speaking engagements?

lol

All about interpretation I suppose! Hello Jr!

The problems stem from flawed translation techniques that haven't been updated in hundreds of years.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad comes to mind Re..The wiping of Zionism from the map. But old translation techniques come in handy when it suits someones agenda.

EVERY SINGLE BORN AGAIN BELIEVER is INDWELT with

the HOLY SPIRIT .


EVERY SINGLE BORN AGAIN BELIEVER , THUS, IS FULLY

EQUIPPPED TO

BE ABLE TO PROPERLY DECIPHER AND RIGHTLY INTERPRET GODS HOLY

WORD NOW....

SIMPLY BECAUSE ,

THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO NOW INDWELLS EVERY SINGLE BORN

AGAIN BELIEVEER,

ALSO LEAD AND GUIDES EVERY SINGLE BORN AGAIN BELIEVER INTO ALL

TRUTH.....AND

BECOMES HIS TEACHER NOW.


(can't emphasize this enough.........)

WHEN we are BORN AGAIN, this statement above

is meaningless...simply because we as BELIEVERS ALREADY

KNOW by the Holy Spirit INDWELLING us,that there is ONLY ONE

ACCURATE INTERPRETER OF GOD'S WORD......THAT BEING THE HOLY

SPIRIT INDWELLING US.

NOT MAN.

Im sure all published works by those who 'speak',,,,do

I still found the points to be interesting and reasonable though,,

Yes, translation techniques involve much of what the piece addresses.

Because The author of the article

was clearly not led of the Holy Spirit,all he

could do was offer us his "opinion" or interpretation

only...nothing more.


Bible translators very carefully make sure that the bible

translation does not detract from the meaning of

God's Word in the least .

some people are fruit inspectors some are spirit inspectors.. but when you believe you can not be decieved then you are decieved already..Blessings..Miles

This thread just goes to show that everybody has their own way of looking at a book.

And I can understand how the "Indwelling of the Holy

Spirit" just will not make sense to unbelievers.....

and it simply won't make sense ever......

until one is truly BORN

AGAIN and

INDWELT by the Holy Spirit also.


ONLY THEN will one be able to finally understand.....

and know...


that ONLY the Holy Spirit is able to lead and guide all

believers into all truth,

and also becomes the believers

teacher.

To truly understand the things of the Spirit, one must

be born again in the spirit........

It is really that simple.


(When sin entered the picture, man's spirit instantly

died....but when

man is born again, his spirit becomes alive again.)



Trying to understand the things of the Spirit just thru the

intellect,

can never work and will never work.

Ever.


One MUST be BORN AGAIN.

I agree, it was interesting and thanks for posting it.

always welcome Red

I am wondering I must admit i did not read the article until now.

what exactly to any bible student did he have to say?

like don't have respect for people.. what else would we believe except don't show favoritism?


re·spect   /rɪˈspɛkt/ Show Spelled[ri-spekt] Show IPAnoun 1.a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect. 2.relation or reference: inquiries with respect to a route. 3.esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability: I have great respect for her judgment. 4.deference to a right, privilege, privileged position, or someone or something considered to have certain rights or privileges; proper acceptance or courtesy; acknowledgment: respect for a suspect's right to counsel; to show respect for the flag; respect for the elderly. 5.the condition of being esteemed or honored: to be held in respect.

can you come up with a differnt context when you add the word Don't in front of Respect?

I would think a 4th grader would know that.. don't you.

I do not know this guy but he really says nothing except... to cast doubt on people reading this that have never read the bible.

Like a The Iranian President saying our laws for freedom of speech in old English really means only if you agree with me. Thats what freedom of speech is like it is in Old Iran.. whats the difference in what he said?

His Knowledge is definately biased with very little.

When one rights a report for a class do they not consult a dictionary for the proper words if they have doubt about what they have written? the real meanings. whats the difference? I used them for studying the Bible all the time.. Blessings..Miles

I think of value when I hear 'respect'

it has no connection to 'favoritism' for me as favoritism means placing someone ABOVE others

I respect many people without placing them 'above' others

I can respect what people do or what they accomplish and it translates to respecting the person on some level

but I dont necessarily have FAVORITISM for a person because I am able to respect something about them

there is a difference between respecting accomplishments or opinions and favoring the person who has achieved or expressed them

its kind of like how I view not 'judging'

we are to judge actions and words in order to gauge our own, but we are not to pass a judgment of the 'person' because we know no person completely enough to do so,, only God does

hello leigh. i think the christian folks need a supreme court like we have. nine guys and gals in robes to interpret what the bible really means. what they say is final i think the've plenty of folks who already own the robes.