Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: bnr-fos!bmers58!davem@watmath.waterloo.edu (Dave Mielke) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Translation (and still "Re: I Corinthians 7:1") Message-ID: Date: 27 Oct 89 08:29:56 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada Lines: 23 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article kilroy@mimsy.umd.edu (Darren F. Provine) writes: >You are apparently basing your understanding on a literal reading of a >language you don't really speak, and you are ignoring the advice of Christian >scholars who have studied Greek and are trained translators. For the record, I not only freely, but also thankfully, admit that I have very few, if any, earthly qualifications that would give credibility to the positions I hold. I ask you, though, where the Bible teaches that great earthly knowledge is the key to its understanding. 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 says "For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, {are called}: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, {yea}, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence.". Dave Mielke, 613-726-0014 856 Grenon Avenue Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2B 6G3