Re: [ZION] Rumour about the scriptures

2002-09-29 Thread Steven Montgomery
Boy, I must be tired (Haven't had much sleep lately, been real busy). Of course I meant to say that I favor scriptures which contains a *map* of every place mentioned in scripture, etc. -- Steven Montgomery At 09:23 PM 9/29/2002, you wrote: >I don't think that a full understanding of certain s

Re: [ZION] Rumour about the scriptures

2002-09-29 Thread Steven Montgomery
I don't think that a full understanding of certain scriptures, Isaiah, for example, is possible without an understanding of the geography, place names, regions inhabited by certain peoples, etc. For this reason I would favor a set of scriptures which contains every place name, regions inhabite

Re: [ZION] Rumour about the scriptures

2002-09-29 Thread Marc A. Schindler
Hmm -- maps aren't something we've thought of, to tell you the truth, although it should be possible to do. It's slanted more towards explaining the original meanings of words and also has a bit of an apologetics slant to it (for instance, we show how the original Greek supports vicarious baptism

Re: [ZION] Rumour about the scriptures

2002-09-29 Thread Grampa Bill
> At 12:58 AM 9/29/02 -0600 Marc A. Schindler favored us with: > >There's an interesting rumour floating around. Apparently the more > >expensive versions of the scriptures (like the leather bound ones) are > >marked as "discontinued" now (this from the owner of an LDS bookstore), > >although they

RE: [ZION] Rumour about the scriptures

2002-09-29 Thread hkpage
With our daughter turning 8 last month, we went about ordering a set of scriptures for her - a quad set - like we did for our son two years ago. We were wanting the middle of the road version...not the top of line but not the "seminary" set either (we wanted the ones that are about $38US for the

Re: [ZION] Rumour about the scriptures

2002-09-29 Thread Steven Montgomery
Interesting. So--get your act together . I hope it has decent maps. -- Steven Montgomery At 05:07 PM 9/29/2002, you wrote: >There might be an LDS study Bible come out, if some of us can get our act >together. >About 7 or 8 people have come together to write a Bible (actually just the >NT at >t

Re: [ZION] Rumour about the scriptures

2002-09-29 Thread Marc A. Schindler
There might be an LDS study Bible come out, if some of us can get our act together. About 7 or 8 people have come together to write a Bible (actually just the NT at this time) -- my assignment, for instance, is Romans and I and II Corinthians. The problem has been, in addition to getting a committ

Re: [ZION] Rumour about the scriptures

2002-09-29 Thread Steven Montgomery
At 10:03 AM 9/29/2002, Marc wrote: >I have both the pre-1980 and post-1980 versions of the Bible. The newer one is >large print, which I can use for teaching. But I keep the older one because it >was a particularly nicely bound type that they don't seem to make anymore >(real >calfskin) and it w

RE: [ZION] Rumour about the scriptures

2002-09-29 Thread Steven Montgomery
At 09:15 AM 9/29/2002, Larry Jackson wrote: >The new pictures in current editions of the scriptures are a >part of the project. Here is a small criticism. I haven't been all that impressed with the maps they are now putting in new scriptures. It seems to me that they have "dumbed" the maps do

Re: [ZION] Resurrecting an Old Thread

2002-09-29 Thread John W. Redelfs
At 09:53 AM 9/29/02 -0600 Marc A. Schindler favored us with: >That was his lesser known role, but the one that brought in the bread and butter -- >an economist who specialized in education. But I'll bet not 1 Canadian in 10 >remembers him for that. They just remember him for his famous stories l

Re: [ZION] War on Iraq

2002-09-29 Thread Steven Montgomery
Or, as one of the murderers said about killing children during the Haun's Mill massacre, "Nits will make lice, and if he had lived he would have been a Mormon." -- Steven Montgomery At 12:33 AM 9/29/2002, you wrote: >Or as they used to say bluntly during the Lebanese civil war, nits grow up >

RE: [ZION] Rumour about the scriptures

2002-09-29 Thread larry . jackson
Marc Schindler: Yeah, but I was told this one by the friends of friends whose in-laws own a bookstore. I mean, how much more authentic can you get? ___ Hey, when in doubt, the guy whose financial interest is most nearly affected is the more reliable source. You've got me there.

RE: [ZION] War on Iraq

2002-09-29 Thread John W. Redelfs
At 10:02 AM 9/29/02 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] favored us with: >If a country wants to require exit visas for its citizens, I think >that is the country's perogative. And it also an individual's prerogative to not travel to that country. I have always had a barely conscious fear of not being ab

Re: [ZION] Rumour about the scriptures

2002-09-29 Thread Marc A. Schindler
That is almost word for word what this bookstore owner friend told me. I guess I was just a little slow getting the news. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > [smile] This urban legend will consist of a reworking of the > LDS printing of the standard works, with some revised > headers and BD entries.

Re: [ZION] Rumour about the scriptures

2002-09-29 Thread Marc A. Schindler
Yeah, but I was told this one by the friends of friends whose in-laws own a bookstore. I mean, how much more authentic can you get? "John W. Redelfs" wrote: > At 12:58 AM 9/29/02 -0600 Marc A. Schindler favored us with: > >There's an interesting rumour floating around. Apparently the more > >ex

Re: [ZION] Resurrecting an Old Thread

2002-09-29 Thread Marc A. Schindler
That was his lesser known role, but the one that brought in the bread and butter -- an economist who specialized in education. But I'll bet not 1 Canadian in 10 remembers him for that. They just remember him for his famous stories like the time he withdrew all his money out of the bank. He was

RE: [ZION] Rumour about the scriptures

2002-09-29 Thread larry . jackson
Marc Schindler: There's an interesting rumour floating around. Apparently the more expensive versions of the scriptures (like the leather bound ones) are marked as "discontinued" now (this from the owner of an LDS bookstore), although they're still available for individual sale at the Church

RE: [ZION] War on Iraq

2002-09-29 Thread larry . jackson
Marc Schindler: Ah, exit visas ... But I got the impression Dan was talking about *entry* visas and somehow was under the impression that the Saudis issued entry visas to the *US*, which is of course, backwards. ___ Correct. I was just adding a little color and flavor to the dis

RE: [ZION] Developed Story

2002-09-29 Thread Cousin Bill
At some point in the past, Sandy wrote of his experience with the INS. Yes, I remember going through that with Shuko. However, we had a rather pleasant experience. There was only one time that the lady who did the interview threw us a zinger. She asked why we didn't do the paperwork in Japa