[sword-devel] Red Letter text
PAT RICHARDSON
sword-devel@crosswire.org
Tue, 25 Jan 2000 10:49:52 -0500
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At 05:23 PM 01/25/2000 +1000, you wrote:<br>
>Michael Paul Johnson wrote:<br>
<br>
>That would be no problem, except that (less-educated) people
start<br>
>treating them as infallible. <br>
>I'm certainly happy to have all these features (quotes, verse
numbers,<br>
>punctuation, etc.) in my Bible, but i would like to see a
disclaimer<br>
>which stated that they are not to be viewed on the same level as
the<br>
>text itself. Then again, we probably should have more
disclaimers which<br>
>say that the text itself is a translation and reflects the
translators'<br>
>biases as well... I guess there's no substitute for good
teaching in<br>
>the local church.<br>
><br>
>Paul<br>
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Now there is a disclaimer, better than all disclaimers, in big bold text
<br>
<br>
<b><i>THIS TRANSLATION WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR <br>
GOOD TEACHING IN THE LOCAL CHURCH. <br>
<br>
</b></i>Patrick<br>
<br>
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