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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 23, 2019 at 3:29 pm
(September 23, 2019 at 3:04 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(September 20, 2019 at 12:29 am)Lek Wrote: I don't think translations need to be word for word accurate.  The question should be "do they the same message as the originals"?

Which we can't possibly know because we don't have the originals.

Boru

Yes and no.

We have good copies of the originals.

The bigger problem remains that the manuscripts are full of fabulist nonsense and not even those who profess to follow them, agree on WTF they mean.
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RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures? - by mordant - September 23, 2019 at 3:29 pm

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