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:: Monday, February 07, 2005 ::

Update on Friday's Post

Friday, I posted about an e-mail invitation I received to join a Yahoo! group called "ministersandevangelists."

Yes, indeed, it is real. I only know a few people who talk in the manner of the message I received. I don't think they're in on it. The group has over 2100 members - so it isn't just a joke. As a part of the group agreement, there are several stipulations regarding banned topics, one of which was "King James vs. all other Bible translations."

Hmmm...

This is really not my crowd. I try hard to respect my Christian brothers and sisters who express the faith differently than I do. But I guess I belie my prejudices when I considered it to be an out-and-out joke to begin with.

I have no idea how they got my name. The e-mail address is my private, personal one; it is not the one I use on this website; nor is that address posted anywhere on the Web that I know of.

Beyond that, I'm at a loss for words.

:: Matt 2/07/2005 08:55:00 PM :: permalink :: ::
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Comments:

So they're saying you can't discuss the different translations? It makes me wonder if they're against the others or they just don't want to deal with the arguements that will ensue.

Are you going to continue your membership?

# posted by

Aimee : 12:30 AM

Aimee -

I have withdrawn my membership from the group. I have a number of reasons, but basically the tone and perspective of the group did not fit with what I wanted to spend time doing.

As for the Bible translations, I believe they feel the discussion is too controversial: some people really believe that the King James is the ONLY permissible English translation of the Bible. As a historian and classicist, I could not agree with them.

The King James was good for its time (400 years ago), and still remains classic English literature. However, with continued work in scholarship, discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947, etc., the newer translations are more reflective of the original text than the King James is.

Nonetheless, there are still many who consider the King James to be the Bible that Jesus himself used, English language notwithstanding, and that the use of any other translation is anathema.

As you may have deduced, the Christians I regularly fellowship with are so far from such discussions they probably don't realize that such things are "controversial" in the least. Their assumptions about such things are different.

Peace in Christ!

# posted by

Matt : 9:22 AM