Friday 5 April 2024

Translationary Changes Taking Place

Spiritual More Accurate

Than the Technical?

The different translations today reveal the mindset of the authors and their prevailing patterns in translation efforts reveal their bias since the original documents were written. 

This bias leans heavily on the technical vs the spiritual sense. The original documents reflect a much

Ancient writers were not so impressed with time as we are today. They had, and took it as well, a different attitude before they wrote their final first versions. Hebrews 11:1 demonstrate this point clearly. The original interpretation emphasis formerly stressed more actual concrete views. So then, faith is a substance, not a vague conviction and faith is evidence of the unseen, not an assurance. 

Some scholars emotionally disagree with Sarah Young, not noticing they are under the same judgment. The Bible was written in a much more spiritual setting than we have today. We are much more technical today and it can be seen in today's translations acting to water down the spiritual truth in my view. We see things differently than the ancient writers. We are in a less spiritual and more technical age.      

All this literal accuracy reflects a lessening belief at the foundation of their outlook on faith, in my view. Forty days and forty nights meant a long time, not an actual forty days and nights. So, to pass the test to be a rabbi could allow for rain that may have been present all night. 

Also, therefore, my horse, my horse, my kingdom for a horse was likely never actually uttered but was more accurate. And Billy Southworth likely never was the person who said pitching the double header the next day would be Spahn and Sain and pray for rain. 

It was nevertheless more arcuately reflecting the actual spirit as the more true view. It better captures the view at the time just the same, even tho the Braves lost the series to Cleveland.    

Tuesday 16 May 2023

True Yesterday True Today

Beliefs that fail...

I cannot get over tricks people go thru to suit their beliefs. Some say what was true yesterday was true when it happened but today is no longer true.

Seems strange to me that if something is true when it happened, but today is no longer true, then it was never true yesterday either, or today is definitely not true also. What about the crucifixion? No longer true? Where do you stop? Oh, ye of weak belief?

Wednesday 6 July 2022

Only the words of Jesus

I keep wanting to find a large print red letter Bible with only the words of Jesus in it.  But I always seem to be rediscovering Jesus in Mathew, as I am doing lately while writing in Manna. I am thinking that it does me not much good to be talking about what is wrong. Not entirely sure I am correct in this. 

Wednesday 29 June 2022

Why did Jesus have to die on the Cross?

 Was Jeus Murdered?

There are those Christians, believing church instructed Christians, who maintain Jeus was murdered by the Italians. Contrasted with the "Centurion of the Italian Band," of whom Jesus might have said He had not seen greater faith in all of Israel, this was unlikely that Italians murdered Jesus.

My view of this is that those who believe any of this murdered business reveal they do not designate between the physical world and the spiritual. 

Did not Jesus, quoted in John 19:11 say, "You would not have any authority of Me, unless it had been given you from above, for this reason he who delivered Me up to you has the greater sin."

Question for me now is that Pilate and Judas were now, with those words" in the same column.

Tuesday 10 May 2022

We are what we speak

I sometimes think of actors who make movies attacking each other are risking and paying heavily acting out such attacks. Geroge Sanders acted out being snobbish and bored. He looked down on others and was the very essence of boredom. He committed suicide at 65 saying so in a note he left behind. He wrote a bio book about himself with a title that said he was a dreadful man. He acted all his films that way and so he was.

Jesus is talking in Mark 11:23-25 telling me to forgive others so that I can be forgiven myself. Attacking others, or even just being annoyed by someone since it too is a sign of weakness, is an attack on myself.