Mimi Gallandt -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 MG> Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 EH>> Mimi Gallandt -> Allen Prunty wrote:
 MG>>> Allen Prunty -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 -=>>>>> Quoting Ed Hulett to Mimi Gallandt <=-

 EH>>>>> "8 We believe the Bible to be the word of God
as far as it is
 EH>>>>> translated correctly; we also believe the Book of
Mormon to be the
 EH>>>>> word of God."
 EH>>>>> Notice the "as far as it is translated
correctly" part.

 AP>>>> Yes... there are many versions out there that really change the
 MG>>> meaning
 AP>>>> of the
 AP>>>> book.  The Church uses the King James version mainly because it's
 MG> the
 AP>>>> oldest,
 AP>>>> most accepted translation.  We do have scholars who are
studying the
 AP>>>> original
 AP>>>> texts and may soon have a translation that stems
directly from the
 EH>> old
 AP>>>> texts.

 MG>>> The "scholars who are studying the original
texts" are Jews at
 EH>> Yeshiva.

 EH>> Are you saying that no one else has access to the original texts?

 MG> The original texts are available to a very select few, however my
 MG> comment to Allen was flippant and should have had a smiley after it. :)

Ah, okay. As I posted earlier, BUY Jerusalem has been instrumental in
helping translate texts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls. They are even working
on the original Hebrew and Aramaic texts.

 MG> Isn't it great that our two Allens spell their names differently? :)

It makes it easier to tell them apart. :-)

Ed

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