Subject: NIV bible |
Bible Note: Good evening, Taleb. I'm familiar enough with Riplinger's half-baked ideas to recognize that she fails miserably to make a solid case for her cock-eyed claims against the modern versions. The assertions that she and others of her stripe make in regard to the "New Age conspiracy" being waged by modern biblical translators is unvarnished hog wash and it is nothing short of amazing how writers of this brand of sophistry can find publishers for their trumpery. The King James Onlyists are an odd bunch and they have founded what is essentially a cult which, like all cults, SEEMS to follow flawless reasoning that leads to a perfectly logical conclusion, but its premise is wrong. Sadly, the uninitiated continue in wholesale fashion to be caught in the web of the false teachers. The only antidote I know of is the Berean principle -- to search the Scriptures daily. In the context of translations, search and compare all the available translations. And I'm prepared to go on record as saying that among all the leading translations of the Bible into English (the obviously cultic farces excepted), there exist no really crucial or substantive differences of meaning and not the slightest evidence in any of them of any sinister conspiratorial motives whatever. One would hope that Riplinger finds better ways to use her time and talents, such as they are, in the future. --Hank |