Gruss, you may be correct from the Christian point of view, but as a Jew, and as member of a people who have been following the Bible since God gave it, we don't have such a sin. Of course, that's my opinion, and the opinion of my Torah-following people.
But as we all well know, there is a distinct difference between the Torah (the Bible that was written in Hebrew and believed to be given by God) and the writings in English that people have today. If people want to only read the English, which is in itself a number of steps away from the original, and believe it is truth, kol tov (it's all good). The point is that Hebrew is a lyrical language. It's a language where words are not translated directly, one word for another word. It's a language where words and their associations have meaning. And to take those words and associations and try to translate them in a meaningful way outside of their context is doomed to failure. It was doomed to failure when it was first translated into Greek, and it is doomed to failure today. Any attempt to gather meaning outside of the context loses the context. And when it comes to the Torah, context is everything. There's a tradition in Judaism that the forced translation of the Torah into Greek was a cause for mourning, not for celebration. It allows for your type of argument. But of course, belief is personal. You don't have to believe in God or the Torah. It's your choice. The bottom line problem with the world as it stands is that people have become so materialistic and so divorced from the spiritual that not only can they not see the spiritual, but they have to ridicule it when others do. We've seen proof of the spiritual. But again, trying to convince you or anyone else of it is a fight that's just not worth fighting. Judith ----- Original Message ----- > > Matthew wrote: > > It's clear you don't understand much about the Bible. > > For believers, the Bible is the inspired Word of the Lord passed down > > Well, that's certainly true. It's my firm belief that nobody > understands much about the Bible. I find it ironic that anyone WOULD > claim to understand much about the Bible or to go further and say they > know it's the word of God. In fact doing so makes them sinners in the > eyes of the Bible in multiple ways. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:174479 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
