(October 19, 2012 at 3:41 pm)Darkstar Wrote:(October 19, 2012 at 3:24 pm)Godschild Wrote: @ Darkstar, what makes you think that anyone respects your translation of scripture? You could not even get the Joshua scriptures correct, I gave you an explanation of the verses and you ignored them, try learning for a change, you need to know what your talking about before you can critically analyze it. Trying to tear down something just for the sake of tearing it down does not make the thing incorrect. To analyze something you first need to find the truth of the complete work. Cherry picking only shows a persons ignorance of the material he is analyzing.
Uh, they aren't my translations; I don't know Hebrew and I'd be willing to bet you don't either. I am looking at direct translations from Hebrew to English, and at lexicons showing Hebrew to English comparisons with the literal and contextual meanings of the Hebrew shown. At least Drich made some points, but I honestly have no idea how your earlier post has anything to do with what we are discussing. I am not cherry picking, and I don't know how you can draw that conclusion. The 'truth' of the complete work has never been found, I am using direct translations from the original Hebrew to get as close to the original as I can.
Ok, your conclusion of what the text says, is that better. You have used what you want to see rather than what's there, this would be like Drich X-Y idea. You can't defend your conclusion against the truth of the passages.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.