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Hardly call it a "guess" zipplewrath Dec 2018 #1
OK. Whatever you say, then. MineralMan Dec 2018 #3
Explanation can be found in post#6 Major Nikon Dec 2018 #8
And what did English sound like in olden days: MineralMan Dec 2018 #2
Good study Bibles attempt to address these issues exboyfil Dec 2018 #4
Yes, they attempt to do that. MineralMan Dec 2018 #5
Furthering your point, watoos Dec 2018 #26
When we turn to look at explainers and explicators MineralMan Dec 2018 #32
There's a good reason why many Christians reject anything other than the KJV Major Nikon Dec 2018 #6
Yes. In almost 2000 years of translations, edits and manipulations, MineralMan Dec 2018 #9
Paul's epistles were only authentic to Paul Major Nikon Dec 2018 #13
Well, you're correct, of course. MineralMan Dec 2018 #18
Ah Paul! zipplewrath Dec 2018 #20
There is an answer Major Nikon Dec 2018 #21
Well that, and... zipplewrath Dec 2018 #23
I gather circumcision was not much of a selling point, too. Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #60
... but he was a very good writer TomVilmer Dec 2018 #25
The best hucksters are quite articulate and persuasive Major Nikon Dec 2018 #48
Indeed; Paul was a first-century L. Ron Hubbard or Joseph Smith. /nt LongtimeAZDem Dec 2018 #49
Interesting comparison! MineralMan Dec 2018 #51
Also of note, it is not easy to find words of equivalent when translating Raven123 Dec 2018 #7
Yes, absolutely. MineralMan Dec 2018 #10
True Major Nikon Dec 2018 #11
And even a mouse (the rodent) is a changeable thing. MineralMan Dec 2018 #19
Similar reaction in my house. Another group of humans seem afraid of mice (and -like creatures) erronis Dec 2018 #22
Your (apparently rhetorical) question ... MousePlayingDaffodil Dec 2018 #12
I'm not sure what question you are trying to answer Major Nikon Dec 2018 #15
Yes. I understand that. MineralMan Dec 2018 #16
What about this thought? watoos Dec 2018 #34
More interesting questions. I don't know. MineralMan Dec 2018 #52
Have you read Bart Ehrman? BlueSky3 Dec 2018 #61
No, but I'll check it out when I have time. MineralMan Dec 2018 #62
Misquoting Jesus led to me questioning my life-long fundamentalist beliefs classof56 Dec 2018 #66
Thanks for the rec. MarvinGardens Dec 2018 #70
Unfortunately zipplewrath Dec 2018 #24
So your opinion is edhopper Dec 2018 #72
I'm still hoping eth and thorn make a comback sometime soon. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #14
Wouldn't that be fun? Reintroduce old orthography. MineralMan Dec 2018 #17
Don't you mean... geardaddy Dec 2018 #31
Exactly! MineralMan Dec 2018 #33
They are alive and well in Iceland, the exception to the general rule The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #29
Excellent example of how isolation tends to freeze language. MineralMan Dec 2018 #35
And now they are trying to preserve it by avoiding loan-words The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #39
That's wonderful information! MineralMan Dec 2018 #46
I mean I am hoping they make a comeback in English. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #54
You can start the trend. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #56
Sounds like a blast. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #57
LOL! MineralMan Dec 2018 #63
They're still used in Icelandic. geardaddy Dec 2018 #30
Indeed they are. Someone else also pointed that out, just upthread. MineralMan Dec 2018 #41
Yep, I posted that just before I saw the response upthread. geardaddy Dec 2018 #58
The more, the merrier! MineralMan Dec 2018 #59
It's still used in Norwegian and Danish. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #43
I think you would be interested in this book. MarvinGardens Dec 2018 #27
Well, now that two people have recommended that book, MineralMan Dec 2018 #64
Bart Ehrman BlueSky3 Dec 2018 #65
From Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason mart48 Dec 2018 #28
Some look it as a creation of some deity. MineralMan Dec 2018 #37
There's another layer of ambiguity to add to what you've mentioned, thucythucy Dec 2018 #36
That's a very good point. Thanks. MineralMan Dec 2018 #40
Another thing to consider today is MineralMan Dec 2018 #44
This thread has become something unusual. MineralMan Dec 2018 #38
I study WW1 thbobby Dec 2018 #42
Very pertinent. MineralMan Dec 2018 #45
Well worth thinking about, if we care to do so. elleng Dec 2018 #47
Yes. Much more recent, of course. MineralMan Dec 2018 #50
Suddenly It hit me MFM008 Dec 2018 #53
Yes. MineralMan Dec 2018 #55
To repeat the point that the meaning of a text changes with time, struggle4progress Dec 2018 #67
That's very interesting, indeed. MineralMan Dec 2018 #68
A Plan for the Improvement of Spelling in the English Language.... mbusby Dec 2018 #69
i might have ended up being called retarded, cause those fonts are hell on my dislexia. pansypoo53219 Dec 2018 #71
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