[BNU] e: A braille bible for anyone who would like it - OB TOPIC & CONTROVERSIAL
- From: "frank M. Hernandez" <assistdirector@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: braillenote@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 04 May 2013 15:16:37 -0700
Dear List,
As someone who is very interested in the Bible, I did a simple
Google sirch and posted some of it below.
I know it's off topic, but I thought I should post what I found
in case someone els had questions about this version.
I have nothing against the person offering this version, I'm
just sharing what I found.
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The New World Translation (NWT) is defined by the Jehovah's
Witnesses' parent organization (the Watchtower Society) as "a
translation of the Holy Scriptures made directly from Hebrew,
Aramaic and Greek into modern-day English by a committee of
anointed witnesses of Jehovah."
The NWT is the anonymous work of the "New World Bible Translation
Committee." Jehovah's Witnesses claim that the anonymity is in
place so that the credit for the work will go to God. Of course,
this has the added benefit of keeping the translators from any
accountability for their errors and prevents real scholars from
checking their academic credentials.
The New World Translation is unique in one thing - it is the
first intentional, systematic effort at producing a complete
version of the Bible that is edited and revised for the specific
purpose of agreeing with a group's doctrine. The Jehovah's
Witnesses and the Watchtower Society realized that their beliefs
contradicted Scripture. So, rather than conforming their beliefs
to Scripture, they altered Scripture to agree with their beliefs.
The "New World Bible Translation Committee" went through the
Bible and changed any Scripture that did not agree with Jehovah's
Witness theology.
It is only the Watchtower's pre-conceived heretical beliefs
that are behind the dishonest and inconsistent translation that
is the New World Translation. The New World Translation is most
definitely not a valid version of God's Word. There are minor
differences among all the major English translations of the
Bible. No English translation is perfect. However, while other
Bible translators make minor mistakes in the rendering of the
Hebrew and Greek text into English, the NWT intentionally changes
the rendering of the text to conform to Jehovah's Witness
theology. The New World Translation is a perversion, not a
version, of the Bible.
So, if anyone would like a differant version, I would be happy
to send you one or give you other places to find non Watchtower
materials.
Contact me privately, I don't wish to add more trafic to the
list.
And sorry again for the off topic post.
Frank M. Hernandez.
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