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#Should the phrase "children of God" be used?  It is a gender neutral version of "sons of God," but "children of God" has a very different connotation, such as emphasizing submission and falsely implying lack of harsh punishment (Hell)?

#Should the phrase "children of God" be used?  It is a gender neutral version of "sons of God," but "children of God" has a very different connotation, such as emphasizing submission and falsely implying lack of harsh punishment (Hell)?

#Has the word "angels" changed its meaning to be something less powerful, and less serious, than their meaning in the Bible?  "Angels" do not seem to fit the messengers from God who visited Sodom.

#Has the word "angels" changed its meaning to be something less powerful, and less serious, than their meaning in the Bible?  "Angels" do not seem to fit the messengers from God who visited Sodom.

#The repeated references to the Greek terms for "master" or "teacher": why not translate as "Lord", or "lord" as in feudal times?

#The repeated references to the Greek terms for "master" or "teacher": why not translate as "Lord", or "lord" as in feudal times? Because this is supposed to be a modern conservative translation, and the term "lord" doesn't really have any valence beyond the divine in modern times. House of Lords? Please, outdated nonsense. "Master" reeks of something with no relevance to the contemporary reader and evokes slavery and other relationships that are decidedly non-conservative in nature--today, we might use the term "boss," but if that's too colloquial, and if "supervisor" is too clumsy, "patron" perhaps? 

In deciding original intent, we keep in mind the availability of alternative terms in the Greek in assessing why the authors chose one word rather than the alternatives.

In deciding original intent, we keep in mind the availability of alternative terms in the Greek in assessing why the authors chose one word rather than the alternatives.