| For Christians - Which version of the Bible do you use? [message #444367] |
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the question's in the title. Which version of the Bible do you use, and recommend others use? Does it matter?
I'm not a Christian, of course, but I have a King James.
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| Re: For Christians - Which version of the Bible do you use? [message #444407 is a reply to message #444398] |
Sun, 27 February 2011 17:44  |
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| Spoony wrote on Sun, 27 February 2011 15:21 |
do any christians consider the king james to not be an acceptable version?
(anyone now, i mean...)
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None that I know of.
Although I wouldn't be all that surprised if I heard of one.
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| Re: For Christians - Which version of the Bible do you use? [message #444506 is a reply to message #444367] |
Tue, 01 March 2011 12:21 |
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I have not been practicing religion of any sort the last year, but the version I have used is New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (NWT).
I find the choice of what Bible translation important because the misunderstanding one line of text can cause.
Luke 23:43,
American KJV reads, "And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, To day shall you be with me in paradise."
NWT reads, "And he said to him: "Truly I tell you today, You will be with me in Paradise." "
Anybody notice the difference in how those two examples read?
The difference is in the placement of the commas, and how they cause a pause in the words.
"Truly I tell you , today , you will be will me in paradise."
Now the context is Jesus says this to the repentant sinner next to him when he is dying.
If you use the pink comma to read the text it looks as if Jesus was saying they will be in paradise later that day.
If you use the green comma to read the text it looks as if Jesus was saying they will be in paradise at a later time, not limited to that day.
Most Bibles will read with the comma before "today", like the pink one. That however does not coincide with later sayings of The Bible and Jesus.
According to the story Jesus was in the tomb for 3 days, then he was resurrected, and then he walked the earth for 40 days before ascending to the Father.
According to American KJV John 20:17 reads, "Jesus said to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brothers, and say to them, I ascend to my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God."
So if Jesus did not ascend to the Father for 43 days after his death, he could not have meant that they would be in paradise that day.
Little things like the placement of one comma can completely make or break an idea/belief.
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| Re: For Christians - Which version of the Bible do you use? [message #444553 is a reply to message #444367] |
Wed, 02 March 2011 14:07 |
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How come religious folk aren't considered nerds?
I mean... they exhibit the same characteristics of a nerd who is involved in some episodic fictional material. Why is it considered different for someone to say Book X, section Y:Z, line Q "blah, blah, blah..... N." as opposed to someone else saying "Star Trek A, episode B, time stamp C "blah, blah, blah.... M."?
I mean, the differences are nil.
Therefore, all people who study the Bible and learn it inside out, line for line, meaning for meaning, are nerds.
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| Re: For Christians - Which version of the Bible do you use? [message #444564 is a reply to message #444367] |
Wed, 02 March 2011 20:37 |
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stuff like star trek purports to be fiction, whereas religions claim to be pretty important. that's probably the biggest difference.
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| Re: For Christians - Which version of the Bible do you use? [message #444571 is a reply to message #444559] |
Thu, 03 March 2011 00:40 |
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| R315r4z0r wrote on Wed, 02 March 2011 16:56 |
| JohnDoe wrote on Wed, 02 March 2011 17:52 |
Am I a nerd?
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Yes, you would be correct in thinking that. 
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have Poke'mon to count, anime to watch and internet debates to win.
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that's some stinging wit you're putting on display, please carry on
lol
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