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Good, now more of the global population will be able to argue about what the Bible really says.
How much arguing can there be? According to UNESCO figures, world-wide 26% of adults are illiterate. In developing countries the rate is a whopping 98%. Think about that....one in four adults on this planet cannot read or write.
Personally.... I think there are a lot of screwed up priorities out there. Producing Bibles in "new" languages, when world-wide illiteracy is one of the things that keeps people in poverty, is pretty low on my list of things to spend time, energy and money on. But then I'm not a fundamentalist.
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His translation would only have one chapter - Matthew 23.
Oh yes. Woe to the Pharisees. With evangelicals being cast in the role of the Pharisees of course. I probably shouldn't have posted that reply. It will just serve to take the thread off topic.
I'm glad that the Bible is being made available now in so many different languages. I had no idea there were that many languages in existence.
One has to wonder why God needs people to do this work, and why some 2000 yrs later some people are just now getting a Bible in their own language.
Doesn't seem like an efficient system of spreading essential information necessary to avoiding a very bad place .Especially when a substantial portion of these people are likely illiterate anyway.
In 2015 Bible Societies assisted in the completion of translations in 50 languages spoken by nearly 160 million people. 2015 was 'a first' for no fewer than 28 languages, spoken by nearly 33 million people. 11 communities now have their very first full Bible, 6 have a New Testament and 11 communities have their first, or additional, portions of Scripture.
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The full Bible is now available in 563 languages spoken by nearly 5.1 billion people and a further 1,334 languages spoken by 658 million people have a New Testament. This leaves 281 million people with only some portions of the Bible and a further 497 million people with no Scripture translated in their language at all.
The Lord's work continues, as He works through the translators and distributors and those who financially support this work to get His Word out to all of mankind.
Perhaps soon the full number of the Gentiles has come in, although one can only speculate when that will happen. The internet has also speeded things up a lot.
One has to wonder why God needs people to do this work, and why some 2000 yrs later some people are just now getting a Bible in their own language.
Doesn't seem like an efficient system of spreading essential information necessary to avoiding a very bad place .Especially when a substantial portion of these people are likely illiterate anyway.
Agree. A global Emergency Alert System that uses local languages would be more efficient. Should be trivial for a god who created humans and planet earth. Or maybe just warn everyone on earth via dreams, like he warned the Three Wise Men about King Herod.
For some reason, God insists on communicating through humans, especially humans with authoritarian personalities.
Agree. A global Emergency Alert System that uses local languages would be more efficient. Should be trivial for a god who created humans and planet earth. Or maybe just warn everyone on earth via dreams, like he warned the Three Wise Men about King Herod.
For some reason, God insists on communicating through humans, especially humans with authoritarian personalities.
And who constantly fiddle with and reinterpret his book to fit their needs, and in doing so create hundreds of competing faiths to confuse the poor Christian trying to choose the right way.
Not to mention the Jews, Muslims, Hindus , Sikhs , and Buddhists who seemingly are out of the loop altogether from some misunderstanding .
And who constantly fiddle with and reinterpret his book to fit their needs, and in doing so create hundreds of competing faiths to confuse the poor Christian trying to choose the right way.
Not to mention the Jews, Muslims, Hindus , Sikhs , and Buddhists who seemingly are out of the loop altogether from some misunderstanding .
Nobody is out of the loop. Christ is available for all people. People have turned from Islam to follow Christ.
Nobody is out of the loop. Christ is available for all people. People have turned from Islam to follow Christ.
Explain how the Native Anericans , Chinese, Australian natives , etc have been in the loop since the birth of Christ . Explain why missionaries and Bibles in new languages are necessary if everyone is in the loop .
Perhaps soon the full number of the Gentiles has come in, although one can only speculate when that will happen. The internet has also speeded things up a lot.
Prior to the internet, I can remember that it was the radio that was thought of as being the vehicle which made available \ accessible to the largest world populace. At the time it was estimated that virtually every person had or had access to a radio other than some very remote isolated pocket undiscovered someplace.
Prior to the internet, radio was thought of as being the most readily available \ accessible to the largest world populace for availability to hear God's Word the Bible at any one time in an language that was understood.
Sure. The advantage of the internet is the fact that you do not need to know what time to tune in, and into which station. It is always there, and answers any question people might ask about God.
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