tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780216905224068835.post4603854073431397274..comments2023-05-19T07:30:00.903-05:00Comments on Lost in the Underground: A Militantly Agnostic Gnostic, or Everything's an OpinionWordKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13155725542014595709noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780216905224068835.post-71494411590187122412007-07-07T07:26:00.000-05:002007-07-07T07:26:00.000-05:00When I told my mother that I didn't believe that ...When I told my mother that I didn't believe that the Bible was literally true, she was all like "You don't believe in God???"<BR/><BR/>Which was NOT what I said. But that's the way she understood it. At which point, I tried to explain to her that, having had several years of a foreign language, I could not in anyway believe that the translations we have today are completely accurate to the originial intent/meaning. So, even granting that the /original/ text was perfect (hahahahaha -- yeah, right), there's no way a rational person could believe what we have NOW is perfect. <BR/><BR/>Add to that the fact that I've got years of publishing/editing experience and I've seen what goes into editing, rewriting, 're-invisioning', etc. etc., etc. -- there is NO way that the current text is perfect, literal or in anyway not influenced by the beliefs/politics/grudges of the people doing the translation.<BR/><BR/>And then, when I tried to explain the Pagan origins of Christmas? I thought her head was going to explode. . .<BR/><BR/>And, btw, I'm partial to Persephone myself.Zanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086497481509929875noreply@blogger.com