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Talk:Conservative Bible Project (view source)
Revision as of 06:40, April 10, 2017
, 06:40, April 10, 2017→The depth of Andrew Schlafly's ignorance: new section
--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] ([[User talk:AugustO|talk]]) 08:06, 9 April 2017 (EDT)
--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] ([[User talk:AugustO|talk]]) 08:06, 9 April 2017 (EDT)
== The depth of Andrew Schlafly's ignorance ==
[[User:Conservative]] mentioned above "The four most important pieces of preparation for Bible translation are a thorough understanding of Greek/Hebrew; an understanding of the principles/methodology of Bible exegesis; a solid understanding of Ancient Near East (ANE) culture; and finally, a solid understanding of theology.", Andrew Schlafly, while ignoring all of [[User:Conservative]]'s points, added "an understanding of science, and [...] an acceptance of the conservative messages in the Bible." to the mix.
But the very basic necessity is a decent knowledge of Greek language. Now, Koine Greek differs in form and function from the English language - just to name a few of these differences: you can easily create new words, there are much more irregular form, cases differ - which makes it possible to alter the subject-predicate-object routine an English speaker is forced to use.
Time after time, '''''Andrew Schlafly has proofed that he is ignorant of the most basic features of Koine Greek''''': his "translations" look as if he has taken the original Greek words, semi-randomly looked up an English meaning for each word in a dictionary, and then assembled the English to build a sentence without regard for the original Greek syntax.
*[[Talk:Essay:Calming_the_Storm#Probably_one_of_the_dumbests_things_in_the_CBP|Andrew Schlafly is not able to spot irregular verbs.]] Yes, εἶπεν looks quite different from λέγω, but that is no excuse - λέγω is one of the most often used words in the Gospels!
*[[Talk:Essay:Calming_the_Storm#Statement_on_Translations|Andrew Schlafly does not understand the concept of cases.]] He is not able to spot the different kind of objects, let alone to recognize their function
*[[Talk:Epistle_to_the_Hebrews_(Translated)#Hebrews_10:12|Andrew Schlafly has no idea of the concept of genus, casus, numerus]], thereby he does not recognize the relationship of the various parts of a Greek sentence.
*Following his insights, [[Talk:Biblical_scientific_foreknowledge#when_it_quotes_the_devil.2C_which_is_the_word_for_chaos|Andrew Schlafly makes up his own meaning for words]].
*[[|Talk:Essay:Calming_the_Storm#Statement_on_Translations|Andrew Schlafly mixes up similar looking words like ἐπιτάσσω and ἐπιτιμάω.]] That is not necessarily a sign of ignorance, it can happen to all of us some times, especially if the meaning of the words is similar. But it makes me wonder whether Andrew Schlafly is even able to parse Greek words.
'''If I were a betting man, my money would be on Andrew Schlafly not being able to recite the Greek alphabet!'''
So, when Andrew Schlafly makes dismissive remarks about James Strong ("Strong's is sometimes defective for the same reason"), I start to despair.
--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] ([[User talk:AugustO|talk]]) 02:40, 10 April 2017 (EDT)