How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures?

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How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures?

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RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures?

September 6, 2019 at 5:59 am (This post was last modified: September 6, 2019 at 5:59 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)

Quote:Generally speaking, Christians look up several translation when they want to get the overall meaning of a verse, and lookup the original languages using lexicons and other sources when they want the specific meaning of a word.

Generally speaking, Christians do nothing of the kind.

Boru

‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson

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How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Macoleco - September 4, 2019 at 2:27 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Fake Messiah - September 4, 2019 at 4:20 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by no one - September 4, 2019 at 4:26 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by brewer - September 4, 2019 at 5:02 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by The Grand Nudger - September 4, 2019 at 5:38 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Acrobat - September 4, 2019 at 5:45 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Belacqua - September 4, 2019 at 5:56 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Drich - September 5, 2019 at 10:20 am

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 5, 2019 at 10:51 am

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Drich - September 5, 2019 at 2:31 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 5, 2019 at 3:58 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Drich - September 6, 2019 at 11:04 am

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by John 6IX Breezy - September 6, 2019 at 12:09 am

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Drich - September 6, 2019 at 11:31 am

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Fake Messiah - September 6, 2019 at 11:50 am

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 6, 2019 at 5:59 am

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by John 6IX Breezy - September 6, 2019 at 7:03 am

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 6, 2019 at 11:17 am

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by John 6IX Breezy - September 6, 2019 at 11:39 am

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 6, 2019 at 11:50 am

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by John 6IX Breezy - September 6, 2019 at 12:19 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Drich - September 6, 2019 at 12:21 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Drich - September 6, 2019 at 12:14 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Lek - September 20, 2019 at 12:29 am

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Fake Messiah - September 20, 2019 at 8:06 am

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 23, 2019 at 3:04 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by mordant - September 23, 2019 at 3:29 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 23, 2019 at 3:40 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by mordant - September 23, 2019 at 3:55 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by mordant - September 23, 2019 at 2:53 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Ricardo - October 3, 2019 at 11:24 am

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by The Grand Nudger - October 3, 2019 at 11:49 am

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by mordant - October 3, 2019 at 1:22 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by The Grand Nudger - October 3, 2019 at 1:28 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Drich - October 4, 2019 at 3:34 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Rev. Rye - October 10, 2019 at 12:03 am

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Drich - October 14, 2019 at 1:29 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by mordant - October 9, 2019 at 11:31 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Rev. Rye - October 14, 2019 at 2:01 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Drich - October 15, 2019 at 12:47 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Acrobat - October 14, 2019 at 2:09 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by mordant - October 15, 2019 at 3:06 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Rev. Rye - October 15, 2019 at 6:32 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Drich - October 16, 2019 at 12:53 pm

RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by Rev. Rye - October 16, 2019 at 1:25 pm

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