The TektonTV Thread

[jpholding]

That's great J.P, but the only problem is that he and his followers will do what ozmoroid did:

Kind of ironic because a fellow who used to be here (now deceased) called FormerFundy, who was once a Bible prof at Bob Jones U, laid into me at one point for using Strong's a source. But yes, that sort of appeal is just a step back to the very argument the transfer point refutes. No translation from one language to another ever can capture every single contextual nuance perfectly. That's especially the case because of high vs low context (as vid today will explain about) and the fact that while we have perhaps a million words in English, they had only a few thousand.

[jpholding]

I'm not your Hoss, buddy! It's actually a clever approach to dealing with you tube suckery. Since the post I'm quoting, has anybody taken you up on your offer?

Not yet. We'll see when I check in there this morning.

[jpholding]

Just an update note. Got the high-low context item coming shortly.

[jpholding]

Here's the one on high vs low context. The clown just gave me such a perfect inroad that I couldn't pass up using him as a bad guy here.

[jpholding]

And finally, a parody (temporary on TektonTV for now) dedicated to the clown's new partnership with Auntie "Here's a classic hymn I spread my frustrations all over" Diluvian.

As a note of interest....I was looking on her channel for anything else I could slap down, but she's overall about evolution and her childish parody hymns....save that I noted a vid she did on "thou shalt not kill"....in which she quite clearly refers to MY article on it....even though I don't see that she gave any credit.

[Chrawnus]

You need to get ahold of someone with a country voice to sing the text to that parody song.

[jpholding]

You need to get ahold of someone with a country voice to sing the text to that parody song.

Anyone want to volunteer? Sure won't be me with my latent allergies and basso profundo rasp.

[lilpixieofterror]

I think profanity is just a very ingrained aspect of the culture there, to the point where its use seems as natural as breathing, and nobody thinks twice about it.

Some people think I am rather odd because I refuse to lace my language with F bombs and the like when I talk or write.

[SwordEphesians6]

Crazypills2 has sent me a message complaining about me pointing out the use of the word "of" in the last sentence of verse 14 in Deuteronomy 20. Apparently he doesn't think its usage is to separate humans from spoil and show possession.

[Cerebrum123]

Some people think I am rather odd because I refuse to lace my language with F bombs and the like when I talk or write.

One guy(who I am now actually decent friends with) found it offensive that I would ask him to turn down his usage of f-bombs He's a nice guy and all, but his usage of the word is in the area of "how many times can I fit this word into this sentence and it still makes sense".

[jpholding]

Crazypills2 has sent me a message complaining about me pointing out the use of the word "of" in the last sentence of verse 14 in Deuteronomy 20. Apparently he doesn't think its usage is to separate humans from spoil and show possession.

He rests far too much on what he thinks translators were thinking anyway. As I noted in the latest, it's odd how FAs give so much ready credence to translations, but get their shorts in a knot when you cite a commentary that offers more detail that also contradicts their reading and understanding of the translation.

[lilpixieofterror]

One guy(who I am now actually decent friends with) found it offensive that I would ask him to turn down his usage of f-bombs He's a nice guy and all, but his usage of the word is in the area of "how many times can I fit this word into this sentence and it still makes sense".

Don't get me wrong, I have used them before but I do not find a need to lace them in into every sentence and make them part of my daily vocabulary. Then again, not too many people use words like 'cohort' either. I guess the elegant language of writers like Jane Austin is going down the tubes.

[SwordEphesians6]

I guess the elegant language of writers like Jane Austin is going down the tubes.

Sadly true, though I do attempt to keep such verbal mastery alive.

[lilpixieofterror]

Sadly true, though I do attempt to keep such verbal mastery alive.

Yeah, just look at the average youtubber for evidence of that. I know my spelling and grammar is not the greatest, but when compared to much of my generation; my writing skills are excellent.

[Benson Shays]

Are there any skeptics on you tube who have half a brain? I wonder why these guys come at you with such ridiculous arguments. Excluding a comment thread at freethoughtblogs, I can't think of another setting where "let the Bible interpret itself" would be allowed to fly.