[sword-devel] Copyright Scripture distribution

Michael Paul Johnson sword-devel@crosswire.org
Fri, 10 Dec 1999 07:29:28 -0700


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At 10:30 AM 12/10/99 +0000, Paul Gear wrote:
>Joel Mawhorter wrote:
>
> > ...
> > Anyone want to start a "Free the Bible" campaign?
> > ...
>
>Ooh!  Do, do, let's!
>
>(For those of you who never read Enid Blyton as a child, the above means i 
>think
>this is a good idea.  :-)
>
>Here's what we should free it from:
>- commercialism: Making money at the expense of wider distribution.

You would truly think I was insane if I disagreed with you, here. I do 
recommend wisdom in the approach used, though. In all ways, our conduct and 
words must be above reproach, Biblical, and in love. We can't fight this 
battle on our own in our own ways and expect to win. We must do it God's 
way and in His power.

>- ethnocentricism/linguacentricism: Concentration on Western European 
>languages.

The greatest need, of course, is in the minority language groups that have 
NO Bible (thousands of them), but it is not wrong to provide Bibles to 
Western Europeans that may be more readable or more accurate.

>- egotism/parochialism/translation theory centricism (?): "My translation is
>better than yours" syndrome.

Think about this one. Would you not think I was either insane or 
incompetent as a Bible translator if I didn't think my Bible translation 
was better at least in some way and possibly several ways? What I don't 
like is faith-stressing disparaging remarks about other translations. I'd 
be happy to tell you what is good about the World English Bible, for 
example, but I really don't want to talk much about deficiencies, real or 
imagined, in other translations.

>I'd be happy to host a web page on my less-than-high-bandwidth site.  :-)

Go for it.

>1 Cor 9:18 for the theme verse?  :-)

... a very familiar one to me. Don't forget the context, though: Paul 
wasn't fighting the hirelings who actually preached the Gospel, but 
rejoicing that Christ was preached.


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Michael Paul Johnson
mpj@eBible.org    http://ebible.org/mpj

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At 10:30 AM 12/10/99 +0000, Paul Gear wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Joel Mawhorter wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; ...<br>
&gt; Anyone want to start a &quot;Free the Bible&quot; campaign?<br>
&gt; ...<br>
<br>
Ooh!&nbsp; Do, do, let's!<br>
<br>
(For those of you who never read Enid Blyton as a child, the above means
i think<br>
this is a good idea.&nbsp; :-)<br>
<br>
Here's what we should free it from:<br>
- commercialism: Making money at the expense of wider
distribution.</blockquote><br>
You would truly think I was insane if I disagreed with you, here. I do
recommend wisdom in the approach used, though. In all ways, our conduct
and words must be above reproach, Biblical, and in love. We can't fight
this battle on our own in our own ways and expect to win. We must do it
God's way and in His power.<br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>- ethnocentricism/linguacentricism:
Concentration on Western European languages.</blockquote><br>
The greatest need, of course, is in the minority language groups that
have NO Bible (thousands of them), but it is not wrong to provide Bibles
to Western Europeans that may be more readable or more accurate.<br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>- egotism/parochialism/translation theory
centricism (?): &quot;My translation is<br>
better than yours&quot; syndrome.</blockquote><br>
Think about this one. Would you not think I was either insane or
incompetent as a Bible translator if I didn't think my Bible translation
was better at least in some way and possibly several ways? What I don't
like is faith-stressing disparaging remarks about other translations. I'd
be happy to tell you what is good about the World English Bible, for
example, but I really don't want to talk much about deficiencies, real or
imagined, in other translations.<br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>I'd be happy to host a web page on my
less-than-high-bandwidth site.&nbsp; :-)</blockquote><br>
Go for it.<br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>1 Cor 9:18 for the theme verse?&nbsp;
:-)</blockquote><br>
... a very familiar one to me. Don't forget the context, though: Paul
wasn't fighting the hirelings who actually preached the Gospel, but
rejoicing that Christ was preached.<br>
<br>
<br>
<div>_______</div>
<br>
<div>Michael Paul
Johnson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</div>
<div>mpj@eBible.org&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="http://ebible.org/mpj" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://ebible.org/mpj</a></div>
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