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1 | is the NIV a good bible to read? | Bible general Archive 1 | Ray | 16176 | ||
Hi Tim, I am disappointed that you still want to place doubt on the word "ichthues" even when that is what you were told that the book said. As far as Eden is concerned, I don't believe that that was in the book "Theomatics". I have been recommending the book and am not aware of all the websites that they might have by now. The book has a copyright of the year 1977 so this "fad" is not new by any means. You can be sure that anyone interested in theomatics will have to have the letters correct, wherever they are written. My interest in the book "Theomatics" came about when a friend at work suggested that I read it "because he was reminded of my bible study when he read it". (O.K., the red flags go up) I read it and was encouraged in my own studies in that the book was glorifying God for the possibilities that are in His word. Every letter was important and had to be counted in his system. (I was counting pronouns at the time). So I was grateful to my friend for his encouragement, and for his giving me the book. I haven't read it in probably 10-12 years until now. It came to mind at this thread when 'Koinekid' spoke of the dropping of pronouns and articles. Articles are important to "Theomatics" and pronouns are important to my study. That is why I brought it forward to the discussion. You can read the book or not, it will probably not be of interest to a non-believer, it will give glory to God, it will open up minds to the complexity of the word of God, it will instill the importance of every dotted letter and quotation mark, and should encourage us not to leave out or add to the word of God. As far as to this thread is concerned, if the NIV does indeed drop pronouns, I would not recommend it. I think that the pendulum will swing as it always does in life, and we will want fewer and fewer translations. I will work toward a translation that will not need to be changed, and an interpretation that is glorifying to God. I would hope that we all can do that. Perhaps, theomatics can help in that, perhaps not. I think that it is important for us not to tear into something without looking into it first. The theory's mathmatics automatically put me out of the class; but I will praise God with them. As a disciple, a mathetes (from which we get our word mathematics), a pupil of the Scriptures and a follower of Christ, I will have to be interested in numbers. |
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2 | is the NIV a good bible to read? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 30183 | ||
Hello, Ray -- My friend, I'll have to echo what Tim has said about these numbering schemes. They are bogus, hokus-pokus contrivances designed to take money from your pocket and put it in the authors' and publishers' pockets. I read "The Bible Code" some time ago. A friend lent it to me and asked me to read it and give him an opinion. I read it in one evening and the thing started off in a valley and went downhill after that. One of the premises of the book was that the Bible contains many encoded messages that heretofore have been hidden, but the modern computer has been able to de-code many of them. It struck me as utterly preposterous that God revealed only a part of His message to the human race in all of history until now, and now the computer will tell us the rest of the story! If this isn't bunk, what is? Ray, please don't fall for this numbers racket. Restrict your interest in numbers to your income tax form and the grocery check-out -- and, of course, to the book of Scripture that is sandwiched between Leviticus and Deuteronomy! Indulge in your passion for capitalization if you must, but I urge you to think again before plunging into this futile search for spiritual truth and meaning in numbers. God wrote His message in words, not numbers. John 1:1 says that in the beginning was the Word -- not in the beginning was the Number. Grace and peace to you, Ray. --Hank | ||||||
3 | is the NIV a good bible to read? | Bible general Archive 1 | Ray | 30213 | ||
Hi Hank, It's always good to hear from you for I enjoy your humor. I'm glad that you will let me study the book "sandwiched between Leviticus and Deuteronomy." It is one of the books that I have gone through and found the pronouns of Deity to be divisible by three. Be that as it may, I agree with you about "The Bible Code". It took only a glance at the book store for me to know that it holds no interest for me. But the book that I have been recommending is entirely different. You might give that a look and let me know what you think. Later, Ray |
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