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Originally Posted by DaveOrion
Wait a minute, was that sarcasm BG?
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No, not really. I'm genuinely interested in what a properly edited Bible would look like. It's not just a translation; it would be actual substantive editing, which would tackle such tasks as: - removing contradictions,
- removing inconsistencies,
- removing redundancies,
- removing extraneous material,
- removing irrelevant material,
- fixing factual errors,
- delineating between the spiritual and the material, the literal and the metaphorical, and
- replacing dated/archaic/inaccurate language.
It wouldn't surprise me if someone told me the Bible was as overwritten as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 04-27-2010 at 07:47 AM..
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