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Talk:Conservative Bible Project (view source)
Revision as of 07:07, April 11, 2017
, 07:07, April 11, 2017→Example of where the CBP elevates American culture over Ancient Near Eastern culture and obscures original intent of biblical authors: I would not entrust a monolingual American cook just armed with a dictionary with the translation of an Italian coo
:The Bible is a book of logic, science (creation and miracles are science), politics, law, and many other things. You cannot leave the task of translating something so substantive to people who ignore everything other than grammar and an outdated translation dictionary.
:The Bible is a book of logic, science (creation and miracles are science), politics, law, and many other things. You cannot leave the task of translating something so substantive to people who ignore everything other than grammar and an outdated translation dictionary.
:Or let me put it this way: would you entrust the translation of the Bible with folks who disbelieve the truth of what it says? I hope not, no matter how skilled they are in language or Ancient Near Eastern culture.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 22:14, 10 April 2017 (EDT)
:Or let me put it this way: would you entrust the translation of the Bible with folks who disbelieve the truth of what it says? I hope not, no matter how skilled they are in language or Ancient Near Eastern culture.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 22:14, 10 April 2017 (EDT)
::I would not entrust a monolingual American cook just armed with a dictionary with the translation of an Italian cook book: the resulting dishes probably would be quite different from the original. He could have problems with °C vs. °F, traditional names for dishes, or get the ingredients wrong as he chooses the wrong entry in his word book. His dishes would become American flavored...
::But wait, that is exactly how the [[CBP]] works!
::--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] ([[User talk:AugustO|talk]]) 03:07, 11 April 2017 (EDT)