Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-20 Thread Michael Rempel
> > > Depends what you mean by "reject". If someone wrongly believes that > > Genesis creation is > > some kind of metaphor or abstract description, it's not really a > > salvation issue is it? Nor > > is it profitable to try and force everyone else to believe your point of > > view, (which could

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-19 Thread Timothy R. Butler
> Depends what you mean by "reject". If someone wrongly believes that > Genesis creation is > some kind of metaphor or abstract description, it's not really a > salvation issue is it? Nor > is it profitable to try and force everyone else to believe your point of > view, (which could > alienate pe

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-19 Thread Chris
>I think it is safe to say that >rejecting the Genesis creation account throws away the authority of the Bible >and the Gospel - and if that is the case in someone's life, how can they be >Christian? > Depends what you mean by "reject". If someone wrongly believes that Genesis creation is som

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-19 Thread Timothy R. Butler
Hi Jerry, > Because the Bible clearly states that death came because of Adam (Rom > 5:12 and I Cor 15:21-22) Walt Brown makes this statement: > > "If evolution happened, then death was widespread before man evolved. > But if death preceeded man and was not a result of Adam's sin, then > sin is a

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-19 Thread Jerry Kreps
On Wednesday 19 December 2001 14:27, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > > Errm .. at risk of being off topic - are you saying that you > > can't believe in evolution AND be a Christian? > > No, while I would say anyone who accepts the authority of the > Bible would surely accept the Genesis creation

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-19 Thread Timothy R. Butler
> Errm .. at risk of being off topic - are you saying that you can't > believe in evolution AND be a Christian? No, while I would say anyone who accepts the authority of the Bible would surely accept the Genesis creation account, my statement about RMS is not based on his support of evol

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-19 Thread Barry Drake
Hi .. On 19 Dec 2001 at 12:16, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > > That would take a substantial miracle. RMS is a heavily committed > > evolutionist and unlike many of his fellow travellers is willing to follow > > that to its logical conclusions. > That's one thing I can say for RMS, what ever

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-19 Thread Timothy R. Butler
> Joy. We passed SWORD CDs out at his last GNU speaking engagement here > in Phoenix :) I love it. That is truly wonderful... how was the response? -Tim -- Timothy R. Butler | Universal Networks | http://www.uninet.info [E

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-19 Thread Timothy R. Butler
> That would take a substantial miracle. RMS is a heavily committed > evolutionist and unlike many of his fellow travellers is willing to follow > that to its logical conclusions. That's one thing I can say for RMS, what ever it is that he says, he believes every bit of it. He'd make such a

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-19 Thread Daniel P. Goering
I've followed this thread on open source translation with interest. But, can anyone tell me: 1. Is it possible for a private user to buy the rights to some of the most common translations to be used with Bible Time? (I.e. the key to unlock) 2. If so, how and where? Thanks for the help! Dan

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-19 Thread Leon Brooks
On Wednesday 19 December 2001 18:51, Troy A. Griffitts wrote: >> RMS has abruptly ceased >> conversing with me and with a number of other individuals at various >> times at the point of discovering that the conversee was a serious >> Christian, and more particularly a creationist. > Joy. We pass

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-19 Thread Troy A. Griffitts
> That would take a substantial miracle. RMS is a heavily committed > evolutionist and unlike many of his fellow travellers is willing to follow > that to its logical conclusions. The best response I would expect from him > would be disinterested neutrality. RMS has abruptly ceased conversing with

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-19 Thread Leon Brooks
On Saturday 15 December 2001 01:25, Timothy R. Butler wrote: >> But in these last times (c), bibles can be mass-produced by anybody >> digitally, and the issue of licence is suddenly seems important. We need >> a GNU translation! > I agree. :-) Just so long as it doesn't operate on too many GNU t

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-17 Thread Michael Rempel
> Hi, > > I see where he is called Paul but have failed to find a reference to God > renaming him. The People's New Testament Commentary [handily available for a > rather excellent Bible study program I know of :) ] says : > > Acts 13:913:9 #Ac 13:9But Saul, (who also [is called] Paul). From t

RE: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-17 Thread Kevin Montgomery
mpel Sent: 18 December 2001 00:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences I have taken all responses off line except this one since is is likely less controversial. The first reference is Acts 13:9 to Shaul being also called Paulos. Interestingly

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-17 Thread Michael Rempel
-Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Timothy R. Butler > Sent: 17 December 2001 21:34 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences > > > > Rabbi Shaul, > > alth

RE: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-17 Thread Kevin Montgomery
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Timothy R. Butler Sent: 17 December 2001 21:34 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences > Rabbi Shaul, > although Paul is also legitemate. Although, wouldn&#

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-17 Thread Timothy R. Butler
> Rabbi Shaul, > although Paul is also legitemate. Although, wouldn't it be *incorrect* to refer to Paul as Rabbi Shaul (Saul), after he was renamed by God? Looking at my Greek Bible (some odd verison, and also the UBS/Nestle-Aland 26th), I can see that Paul's name (I checked a few of the E

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-17 Thread Michael Rempel
I think I am just annoying you now, so this is not profitable. In summary then, there is far more to translation than can be encompased by one single text. To translate you need to know your audience, and understand their needs. The rest is illustration. God Bless, Michael

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-17 Thread David Burry
I like the idea of having a tagged Bible, where several different kinds of translation are there and the end user could selectively show or hide the different kinds of translation they want in different situations. It would be an excellent study tool. True some people wouldn't like it but hey

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-17 Thread Chris
> > > >Too many people go roamin in Romans for ever without understanding it well. > Would you acknowledge, that maybe, just maybe there is someone somewhere who actually understands Romans? Would you further stretch your imagination that this person also has an internet connection? >You still

RE: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-17 Thread Chris Little
A little birdie suggested that mention you guys could move the discussion that is sort of off topic over to the fireside newsgroup (which was made for such discussions). It's at news://crosswire.org/crosswire.fireside. God bless, Chris

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-17 Thread Michael Rempel
- Original Message - From: "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 8:03 PM Subject: Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences > > > > > >The democratic process is vital to writting

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-17 Thread Michael Rempel
> > There may be someone lurking on the net who has, perhaps, > spent 10 years analysing say Romans, and while un-recognised, > is capable of producing the most eloquent translation yet > attempted. If the skills of the whole world of bible > study could be brought to bear on this problem, you jus

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-16 Thread Timothy R. Butler
> The democratic process is vital to writting software like SWORD. But it > doesnt make great translation. Similarly the Wendys Bible (have it your > way) is hardly an honest approach. All you propose is re-arranging the > already available texts to make yet another fast food mess. Translation is

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-16 Thread Chris
> > >The democratic process is vital to writting software like SWORD. > Actually pure democracy does not make good software either. Even more so it has been observed that the skill differential between programmers exceeds 10:1. Rarely is free software a democracy. It's more like a small inner c

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-16 Thread Michael Rempel
> > Holding little value also are the translations that push a doctrinal > view and do damage to the clear meaning of the source texts in doing > so. One such translation that comes to mind is the "Star Bible". > JLK > I will just add to this notion the simple fact that TRUTH is not a matter of

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-16 Thread Jerry Kreps
On Sunday 16 December 2001 15:42, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > Moving on to a point raised later on, that one-person > translations hold little value... What about Martin Luther's > original translation? More recently, another one that comes to mind > might be the MKJV (which I believe was created

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-16 Thread Chris
> > >That's brilliant, absolutely brilliant. A customized "living" (so to speak) >translation. Perhaps what you could do, is let translators on the project >rate the different translations of parts they aren't working on, and the >highest rated (and most likely, most accurate, using Google-like

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-16 Thread Timothy R. Butler
Hi, > they want. Maybe even a number of acceptable translations could be > entered into a computerised [...] > for all versions. Others might have 2 or 3 or 5 renderings, each better > in some respect. All rated > individually according to their benefit. That's brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

RE: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-16 Thread Chris Little
> >The RSV is free because the copyright ran out on it. > > > I thought with the so-called "Disney", US laws that copyright doesn't > even run out after 100 years. > The RSV is a lot younger than that so I wonder how it can be > it is run out?? Just to clarify-- The RSV is still copyright by th

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-16 Thread Michael Rempel
> >...The millions of dollars paid for translating one version of > >the scriptures does not get spent on expensive equipment, or high paid > >salaries, it is spent carefully on rather inexpensive salaries for highly > >trainned people who all but volunteer to do it, excepting that they need to >

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-16 Thread Chris
>What kind of translation >are you after, transliteration, inductive knowledge? Accepting tradition >that differs from earliest texts or not? What is your audience? > Maybe there would be various teams like Linux and BSD, each working on the type of translation they want. Maybe even a number of

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-15 Thread Jerry Hastings
At 02:57 PM 12/15/2001 -0800, Michael Rempel wrote: >...The millions of dollars paid for translating one version of >the scriptures does not get spent on expensive equipment, or high paid >salaries, it is spent carefully on rather inexpensive salaries for highly >trainned people who all but volun

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-15 Thread Geoffrey W Hastings
  On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 20:12:30 +1100 Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:> > In The Beginning (c), bibles were printed and nobody cared about the > licence.> But in these last times (c), bibles can be mass-produced by anybody> digitally, and the issue of licence is suddenly seems important. We

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-14 Thread Michael Rempel
> I agree. :-) Just so long as it doesn't operate on too many GNU tools, then > RMS would want us to call it GNU/Bible. ;-) Seriously though, if enough > people who knew at least Greek and English or Hebrew and English signed on, > you could produce a GNU translation in a very short amount of t

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-14 Thread Timothy R. Butler
Hi Chris, > But in these last times (c), bibles can be mass-produced by anybody > digitally, and the issue of licence is suddenly seems important. We need > a GNU > translation! I agree. :-) Just so long as it doesn't operate on too many GNU tools, then RMS would want us to call it GNU/Bible.

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-14 Thread Chris
At this point RMS's insightful comments (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-free.html ) come into their own... In The Beginning (c), bibles were printed and nobody cared about the licence. But in these last times (c), bibles can be mass-produced by anybody digitally, and the issue of licence is

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-13 Thread Timothy R. Butler
Hi Jerry, > retribution? Or, are you saying it is a sin to copyright God's Word > in any form? The latter statement I agree with because all > versions/translations of God's Word are "derived works." I agree. I wish the Bible had included a license agreement, because surely it would require

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-11 Thread Jerry Hastings
At 02:58 PM 12/11/2001 -0600, you wrote: >On Tuesday 11 December 2001 12:01, Jerry Hastings wrote: > >Jerry The Older (assuming that you are not older than 60!) In that case I am Jerry The Younger.

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-11 Thread Jerry Kreps
On Tuesday 11 December 2001 12:01, Jerry Hastings wrote: > At 08:15 AM 12/11/2001 -0600, Jerry Kreps wrote: > >I am not sure I follow you on this aksing payment of license > >fees in exchange for permission to use copyrighted material is the > >same as granting permission to commit sin withou

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-11 Thread Jerry Hastings
At 08:15 AM 12/11/2001 -0600, Jerry Kreps wrote: >I am not sure I follow you on this aksing payment of license >fees in exchange for permission to use copyrighted material is the >same as granting permission to commit sin without fear of God's >retribution? If I was asked this question out o

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-11 Thread Jerry Kreps
On Tuesday 11 December 2001 01:48, Jerry Hastings wrote: [snip] > And we don't buy and sell indulgences. Or do we? > It has been said, by one of the pioneers of making free > Bible etexts and study etexts, that the granting and accepting of > permissions in the Church, for money or gratis, is a

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-11 Thread Steve Tang
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Jerry Hastings wrote: > Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 00:48:37 -0700 > From: Jerry Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > Leon Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [sword-de

Re: [sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

2001-12-11 Thread Jerry Hastings
At 10:36 PM 12/9/2001 -0600, Jerry Kreps wrote: > > Free-gratis is good for people who ``can't afford'' a Bible > >I am curious as to who cannot afford a Bible but can afford a >computer? It seems to me that one of the Sword's (plus Bible modules >& Bibletime) biggest advantages is that it can b