NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/rec/music/christia/9782

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From: [e-mail] (Matthew Dozier x2102)
Subject: Re: CONTRADICTIONS ABOUT GOD
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In article <carlson.725725523@cwis>, [e-mail] (Brian D. Carlson) writes:
|> [e-mail] (andrew.j.whitman) writes:
|> >In article <carlson.725146095@cwis> [e-mail] (Brian D. Carlson) writes:
|> >>[e-mail] writes:
|> >>
|> >>[lots of drivel deleted]
|> [lots of well thought out convincing proof following the drivel deleted]
|>
|> >I don't think anyone could dispute the fact that the QMV and ONEWAY
|> >versions are God's annointed Word.  All other versions are perversions
|> >of the truth.  And I'm willing to fight about it and pray for your
|> >lost soul if you tell me I'm wrong.  Okay?  I hope I haven't offended
|> >thee.  Or thou, for that matter.
|>
|>     Boy, I ought to give you a sock right in the mush, and I would,
|> but the dryer ate my sock, and I don't touch mush. Do you realize that
|> God loves us all equally, and that he wouldn't do for one what he has
|> done for all others! (Hessitations 3:23:b)
|>
|>     Therefor, since the only version for our hearing impaired
|> brothers and sisters is the Amplified Version, it logically follows that
|> that is the most accurate version. Sheesh! And in addition, we all have
|> heard that Paul (of Tarsus, not McCartney) had poor vision, hence the
|> large letters he wrote with his hands, and so a Large letter Edition of
|> the Amplified Version is the most accurate (exact, correct, perfect,
|> characterized by percision, deft, reliable, trustworthy, true, meticulous,
|> correct, faithful, I already said correct) version for me and my house.
|>
|> Brian D. Carlson
|> " the D stands for knowleDgable "
|>
|> >>Brian Carlson
|> >>[e-mail]
|>
|> >Andy Whitman
|> >AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio
|> >att!cblpn!ajw  or
|> >[e-mail]


Dear Gentlemen,

In reference to fighting over which versions are the true "annointed" versions, I would like to make a couple comments.
First of all, why is this in reference to CONTRADICTIONS ABOUT GOD?

Second of all, don't we as believers have a far greater responsibility of sharing the gospel and trying to live a holy life
than to spend precious time arguing about which translation is the only true one.  None of the translations you are
mentioning, or even reading for that matter, are the one and only true version.  The original manuscripts were in Greek
and Hebrew.  Arguing about my version being better than your version is somewhat immature for a believer to be
wasting time on.  There are versions I "prefer" over others, and there are versions that are more accurate translations than
others, but the fact is, each one of us needs to study ourselves and determine what God is telling us.  I recommend that
you use more than one translation when studying.  If possible, the best thing to do is go back to the original language
and start from that point.

Let's not waste precious time arguing about something like this.  We as believers have a much more needed duty that
we are not doing as well as we should or could.

In His Time,

Matthew