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11-28-2007, 01:31 PM
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Re: family issue, and personal philosophy
I highly doubt that the verse numbers change. Just the phrasing and word choices within sentences of different translations change. The Message version of the bible has "his love endure forever" as "his love never quits" but the verse number doesn't change.
There's probably a translator's rule never to mix up the verses that would seem logical in view of the hyper sensitivity with which most translators approach translating the bible, but at this time without directly researching that topic I can't prove it. Not to mention locating anything to quote scripture would become a practical nightmare for ministers/evangelists/religious scholars and anyone else trying to compare bible passages. There are bibles out there that I think they are called parallel bibles. You can have the New King James Version on the right side of the page and The Message version on the left side to compare readings. Some bible experts actually advise you to read the whole bible then get different versions and compare passages. Then again you have some people that prefer certain versions over others. 
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#3
11-28-2007, 01:38 PM
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Re: family issue, and personal philosophy
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I believe the fact that this message is dead center in the bible is no mere coincidence. [/ QUOTE ] so I can check the ones around here, do you mean dead center by page number, verse count, word count or letter count? oh, and do I count illustration pages in any of those? luckyme
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#4
11-28-2007, 01:53 PM
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Re: family issue, and personal philosophy
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] I believe the fact that this message is dead center in the bible is no mere coincidence. [/ QUOTE ] so I can check the ones around here, do you mean dead center by page number, verse count, word count or letter count? oh, and do I count illustration pages in any of those? luckyme [/ QUOTE ] I came across this information about it being the central verse about 3 or 4 years ago and then I think I saw it again in the concordance margins of a friend that had the King James Version. I just found this link on the web explaining a little more: http://www.snopes.com/religion/center.asp There's also another site on the web with a little slide show but I'd have to do some digging to see if I can find it again. Edit: Here's the link to the slideshow. Enjoy! http://www.tedmontgomery.com/Psalm118/index.html
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#5
11-28-2007, 02:34 PM
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Re: family issue, and personal philosophy
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I believe the fact that this message is dead center in the bible is no mere coincidence. [/ QUOTE ] so I can check the ones around here, do you mean dead center by page number, verse count, word count or letter count? oh, and do I count illustration pages in any of those? luckyme [/ QUOTE ] I came across this information about it being the central verse about 3 or 4 years ago and then I think I saw it again in the concordance margins of a friend that had the King James Version. [/ QUOTE ] Ok, so it's an english translation ( all of them or just KJV)?. Or does it work in all languages and formats ( I'm thinking larger book headings may push around a page or two, for example). luckyme
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#6
11-28-2007, 02:37 PM
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Re: family issue, and personal philosophy
the Snopes link you posted shows nicely why its not that extraordinary. If you use different versions, which include more or less passages, then the center verse changes.
Also- Some versions of the Bible contained entirely different books. Included some that are not included. Its hard to see significance in what version one particular Bible has as the center verse (also depends on how you define the center) when there are many other versions of the Bible with completely different centers.
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#7
11-28-2007, 02:58 PM
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Re: family issue, and personal philosophy
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I just found this link on the web explaining a little more: http://www.snopes.com/religion/center.asp [/ QUOTE ] You've gotta love it when people post a link to Snopes that refutes their point - in order to support their point. Ugh, talk about a pet peeve. I once made a bet with someone over a myth, and she pointed out the Snopes article declaring it false and said that because the article said it was "very unlikely" to be true, there was still a chance it was true and therefore she didn't have to pay up.
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11-29-2007, 03:44 AM
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Re: family issue, and personal philosophy
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My personal philosophy, is above all, to come to peace, end suffering, fade away, etc, in enlightenment. [/ QUOTE ] One thing notably missing from your post is the question of truth. Even if something (Buddhism, i.e.) makes you feel better aren't you at all interested in whether or not it's true?
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#10
11-29-2007, 05:41 AM
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Re: family issue, and personal philosophy
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] My personal philosophy, is above all, to come to peace, end suffering, fade away, etc, in enlightenment. [/ QUOTE ] One thing notably missing from your post is the question of truth. Even if something (Buddhism, i.e.) makes you feel better aren't you at all interested in whether or not it's true? [/ QUOTE ] Yes, god forbid OP have the humility not to claim certainty for the truth of some subjective metaphysical idealism. Because if there's anything this poor world needs, it's more dogmatists.
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