Rewriting the bible

[Sandy Eggo]

I need too look some things up, but this is too good not to share. The group of people who operate "Conservapedia" are looking for conservative scholars (sic) to translate the bible without liberal bias. When was it initially translated? Do you think the intent at that time was to be as literal as possible?

This perfectly illustrates the point that all religion is based on the words and perceptions of mankind.

http://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project

[Bo D]

Hmmmm .... Nowhere in that article do I see accuracy of translation from the original languages as a priority. 

[Henry Hawk]

When I first became familiar with conservapedia, I was excited about it.  Then after I started to TRY to utilize it, I became critical of it.  They were TOO biased for me to totally trust it.
I am not oppposed to them translating the Bible, but I think as BoD pointed out, as long as they keep accuracy as a prioriety.  I like the Bible Gateway website to use as a reference.  They have serveral versions of scripture you can easily look at.  This could be okay, but as the saying goes...."consider the source".

[Locutus]

Holy cow!   This part here is a flat out lie too:

"Isaac Newton, who was merely an average student, worked on translating the Bible and that gave him the inspiration and insight for inventing calculus and discovering gravity."

[Henry Hawk]

Holy cow!   This part here is a flat out lie too:

"Isaac Newton, who was merely an average student, worked on translating the Bible and that gave him the inspiration and insight for inventing calculus and discovering gravity."

How so?

[Locutus]

How so?

Newton invented differential and integral calculus because he needed those tools to explain why planets have elliptical orbits as opposed to circular ones.  It had nothing whatsoever to do with any "inspiration and insight" from the Bible.

[Bo D]

Holy cow!   This part here is a flat out lie too:

"Isaac Newton, who was merely an average student, worked on translating the Bible and that gave him the inspiration and insight for inventing calculus and discovering gravity."

Discovering gravity? Do they mean it didn't exist before Newton found it?

[Locutus]

Discovering gravity? Do they mean it didn't exist before Newton found it?

 

There are so many lies on Conservapedia that it's almost impossible to count them all. 

[Henry Hawk]

Newton invented differential and integral calculus because he needed those tools to explain why planets have elliptical orbits as opposed to circular ones.  It had nothing whatsoever to do with any "inspiration and insight" from the Bible.

I'm not sure you can say that it had NOTHING to do with inspiration and insight from the Bible.  He was a theologian, and had a Christian Faith.  He also believed in hidden messages in the Bible.

[Henry Hawk]

There are so many lies on Conservapedia that it's almost impossible to count them all. 

I won't even try to defend that statement.....

[Henry Hawk]

Discovering gravity? Do they mean it didn't exist before Newton found it?

[Locutus]

I'm not sure you can say that it had NOTHING to do with inspiration and insight from the Bible.  He was a theologian, and had a Christian Faith.  He also believed in hidden messages in the Bible.

I have read several pieces and biographies of Newton and his work, and I've never seen the term theologian used to describe him.   

[Henry Hawk]

I have read several pieces and biographies of Newton and his work, and I've never seen the term theologian used to describe him.   

In the first sentence; Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727)[1] was, as considered by others within his own lifetime, an insightful and erudite theologian.

[Locutus]

Let alone the fact that he wrote tracts dealing with interpretation of the Bible both literal and symbolic; he never worked on actually translating the Bible.  This work occurred in the 1690s well after his work with differential and integral calculus.  That also shows that the original statement I cited is disingenuous at best and a flat out lie at worst. 

[Locutus]

In the first sentence; Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727)[1] was, as considered by others within his own lifetime, an insightful and erudite theologian.

Source?