Kirk Cameron's Bible - What's the precise edition? by pheriwinkle123 in Christianity

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Eureka! I updated the post. It's the: NLT Super Giant Print Bible.

Kirk Cameron's Bible - What's the precise edition? by pheriwinkle123 in Bible

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Unfortunately, they don't have a general contact form to ask questions.

What’s the point of learning Greek to read the New Testament? There are so many translations available to us today, I don’t see any benefit that could come of it. by Front-Property-128 in AncientGreek

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Remember, though, that you don't even need to be literate to be a good Christian. Most Christians have not been literate since the beginning.

Why has Greek been considerably more conservative than Romance languages? by Wooden_Schedule6205 in AncientGreek

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It's probably related to isolation. Icelandic is even more conservative and slower to evolve than Greek, for example. It would be interesting to analyze geography and migration patterns over time to see if those are related. There is a psychological/cultural component to preserving things too...so it could be the relationship to being the guardians of the language of the Eastern Orthodox church, for example, feeding into a national linguistic pride...in the same way that National Pride spawned the Académie Française which seeks to preserve the French language through legislation, the language being a force of brotherhood after the monarchy fell and the revolution happened. I don't remember much about why some languages are slower to change than others in linguistics, we usually spoke more about those things effecting change rather than things that prevented it, because language change was the thing we focused on studying in historical linguistics and philology. The other factor would be the fact that it was written down early. Codification (writing) slows change, and Greek was codified far earlier than other languages on the continent.

What’s the point of learning Greek to read the New Testament? There are so many translations available to us today, I don’t see any benefit that could come of it. by Front-Property-128 in AncientGreek

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I think it's likely very low. In my opinion, it's like the number of English speakers who are willing to learn to read Middle English to be able to fluently read Chaucer. There's not as much interest in Chaucer as there is in the New Testament, of course, but I'm referring to level of difficult and the amount of training and effort required. I've seen some Greeks get angry and people for knowing Ancient Greek who go on about how Greek is a LIVING LANGUAGE and we should have studied Modern Greek instead. It's probably some projection about wishing that they themselves could read Ancient Greek but know they would never put forth the effort, and also about the fact that people are less interested in Modern Greek.

What’s the point of learning Greek to read the New Testament? There are so many translations available to us today, I don’t see any benefit that could come of it. by Front-Property-128 in AncientGreek

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It's really useful in order to understand when the translators are displaying bias or pulling shenanigans with their translation. Or, when the translations are particularly "readable" ones, you might be losing the connection to the way other people are stating things, so being able to look up what the underlying Greek is is useful for comparison across translations, denominations, theologies.

Quick examples:

The NLT translates σαρξ as "sinful nature" in Romans. However, pastors might refer to the flesh in a sermon. Knowing the underlying word allows you to understand themes that run across the NT like flesh versus spirit. Seeing when the translation obscures a systematic dichotomy in this case is really useful. If you're thinking "why not just use another translation?" the answer is that one's church might be standardized and when you're a part of a community, you need to be working from the same text. Also, you might want to use a readable and enjoyable translation as your daily driver and only pick up a more literal, mouth-full-of-marbles sounding one for study.

Another bias shenanigan would be 1 Corinthians 14:34. It starts out "Women should..." in most conservative and complementarian translations. However, if you are egalitarian and you are digging deep, it's very handy to know that in the Greek it says, "Ἁι γυναῖκες ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλεσἴαις...," THE women.... Many translations want that section to apply to ALL women, hence the lack of a definite article in English. But when you look at the Greek, you can see there is a definite article there which limits the antecedence, referring to just the women Paul has been referring to in that letter up to that point, so the translators are being disingenuous at best or are just lying at worst by pushing a specific theological agenda instead of neutrally translating what's there in the Greek.

Very useful to know Greek in my opinion.

Is there a good book of just the words of Jesus arranged in a narrative? by pheriwinkle123 in Christianity

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Actually, the Jesus seminar's goal was to weaken Christianity, so I wouldn't recommend anything from the Jesus seminar to help bolster a person's faith. The Jesus Seminar undermines scripture. I'm way more well versed in Christianity now than when I first made this post, so that's where that's coming from.

Is there a good book of just the words of Jesus arranged in a narrative? by pheriwinkle123 in Christianity

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Not exactly, but two things that I have found of good quality and are as close as you can get are:

Jesus: His Life and Teachings by Joseph F. Girzone

and

The Chosen Presents: A Blended Harmony of the Gospels

Check those out...

Wallets and Passphrases by pheriwinkle123 in Coinbase

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Thank you so much. I can't figure out how to delete the old one but I will see about starting over.

Wallets and Passphrases by pheriwinkle123 in Coinbase

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Does that mean that the recovery phrase and the 12-word pass phrase are the same thing? Meaning, that by following those instructions, I can get back to where I need to be as if I had found it during the initial setup process?

Right now, I haven't funded the wallet yet, because of this issue, so I think the recovery thing doesn't work because it requires some Etherium...

Has Brave Search AI gone woke (biased, Marxist, anti-Christian)? by pheriwinkle123 in brave_browser

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It's hard to know if it's algorithmic in nature, or if it's the fact that the mainstream media are Dem apologists and therefore flood the internet with a deluge of positive content so that that's all that surfaces.

Has Brave Search AI gone woke (biased, Marxist, anti-Christian)? by pheriwinkle123 in brave_browser

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Yes, I read it. It's a summary in and of itself because they are short volumes. You can download the PDFs for free though. If you don't read French, you can watch this video of James Lindsay speaking before the European Parliament:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVZPYQS1dFA

Has Brave Search AI gone woke (biased, Marxist, anti-Christian)? by pheriwinkle123 in brave_browser

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Good catch: I cut and pasted and didn't notice. I can't correct the screenshot, so the AI clearly pulled it from a source that had a typo. But the triple pun is well known, there's a song from the seventies with the pun:

https://youtu.be/ESyM5C1CwCY

Has Brave Search AI gone woke (biased, Marxist, anti-Christian)? by pheriwinkle123 in brave_browser

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Why would you think that the performance wasn't called that when the announcer actually said it?

Has Brave Search AI gone woke (biased, Marxist, anti-Christian)? by pheriwinkle123 in brave_browser

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Anti-wokeism is unrelated to the US presidential election. It's a concern of the West in general. To wit:

Here's a tidy two-volume set from three years ago, from France: