Hi David ........... On 8 Jun 2004 at 9:25, David Olsen wrote: > wonderful. However, I was a little disappointed to see > that your site has the JST translation listed under > the category of Cult/Unorthodox/Questionable.
What you see here does not attempt to make judgements about the LDS.Most of us are open minded about that. We would, however want to suggest that the JST is not an orthodox translation in the sense that it has not been approved by respected linguists as being a true representation of the extant Hebrew and Greek texts. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember that the LDS claim that all our extant Greek and Hebrew texts contain errors, and that Joseph Smith was given a revelation from God which enabled him to correct out these errors. If I am right in saying that, then any Christian denomination that feels uncertain in about the LDS claim that Joseph Smith was a prophet would have to regard his revealed translation as 'unorthodox'. Maybe we ought to remove the word 'cult' from the designation, as this is obviously an uncomfortable one to offer here. God bless, Barry -- From Barry Drake (The Revd) minister of the Netherfield United Reformed church, Nottingham see http://www.jesusinnetherfield.org.uk for our church homepages). Replies - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
