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Originally Posted by Tex
I think there are some legitimate jitters about using textual criticism to analyze scriptures in a way that could have doctrinal impact. It would be tragic if the church were to embrace a version of a scripture based on textual criticism that later ended up being incorrect.
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But don't we already believe that the bible is imperfect to start with? Why not try to improve it? So what if some mistakes are made along the way? You seem to be saying, "We may not be perfect in our improvements, so let's not try to improve."
It seems an underlying issue may be that we don't dare follow such a path since we may make a mistake and that would indicate that not everything we do is directed by God.
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Originally Posted by Tex
Intepretation of scripture is done via revelation, not academic exploration. I don't think the church opposes the latter, though, as YOhio points out. Just refuses to standardize on it.
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Nonsense. Why not use both? Isn't that how we got the KJV in the first place?