For the most part, actually, I agree with you on most of your critiques with her post. Which was why my 'subject' was Translation source matters... and not Interesting notes about homosexuals and biblical verse, or similair. The first part (proper translation) was the real purpose of the link, not the second part (homosexuals) for me. :-)
The post was hardly ground-breaking, but was a useful, colourful, and mildly entertaining (I thought) real-world example of how you really have to go back to the original source material before you can talk about, let alone debate or argue about, meanings.
I'd have hunted up a 'better' post as an example, but I ran across this one by accident, and I know far less than even she does about any of the related subjects, having never done more than give cursory glances at most bibles, despite my belief in a higher power. I simply don't know the 'source languages' for any of the various 'holy books' of various religions, and I'd rather not read someone else's interpretation of something like that. Though as an aside, I DO believe in some kind of higher power, I just choose to leave that 'power' unnamed for various reasons I can go into later some time if you'd like.
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Date: 2003-08-03 12:58 am (UTC)The post was hardly ground-breaking, but was a useful, colourful, and mildly entertaining (I thought) real-world example of how you really have to go back to the original source material before you can talk about, let alone debate or argue about, meanings.
I'd have hunted up a 'better' post as an example, but I ran across this one by accident, and I know far less than even she does about any of the related subjects, having never done more than give cursory glances at most bibles, despite my belief in a higher power. I simply don't know the 'source languages' for any of the various 'holy books' of various religions, and I'd rather not read someone else's interpretation of something like that. Though as an aside, I DO believe in some kind of higher power, I just choose to leave that 'power' unnamed for various reasons I can go into later some time if you'd like.