[sword-devel] Freeing up modern bible text

[Paul Gear]

Trevor Jenkins wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Leon Brooks <leon@brooks.fdns.net> wrote:
> 
> > fred smith wrote:
> >
> > >> I mean, calling it
> > >> the biblical equivalent of McDonalds (McBible? ;-) is a but much, isn't
> > >> it?
> >
> > No. Well, maybe a *bit* much, but Westcott and Hort, and to a lesser
> > extent the NIV committee (and I'm sure they're not alone in this) in the
> > end gave us what they thought was best for us, not what God thought was
> > best for us. The parallel is pretty exact if you compare Genesis 1:27
> > with a Maccas ingredient list. (-:
> 
> Interesting that you deride W&H and then cite a passage outside the New
> Testament to back your argument.
> ...

This has gone way too far.  My point in raising the issue above was that
this is *not* a Bible translations discussion list, therefore
name-calling (or even good-natured discussion) about the benefits or
drawbacks of *any* translation should be considered improper.

Paul
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