Quote from: The Minsky Moment on April 23, 2024, 12:23:10 PMWait until Wolf sees that crazy Mel Gibson movie and realizes that Jesus was actually a native Aramaic speaker.Better keep her away from Qurans then or we'll have a jihad on our hands... another one.
Quote from: Valmy on April 23, 2024, 12:16:52 PMThat is why the colloquial ones are better at getting people to actually read and understand the Bible, for the exact same reason translating it from the vulgate made sense back in the early 17th Century. Presuming people reading and understanding the Bible is something you want
Quote from: Syt on April 23, 2024, 01:15:03 PMIt's weirdly ironic. Translating the Bible into language people could understand (English, German etc.) without need for interlocutors in the form of pastors/priests was once a transgressive and groundbreaking move. Now, these centuries old translations have become more difficult to understand for contemporary Christians, but now you have again some conservatives pushing back on updating translations, sticking to the old ones.My recollection is that this was exactly the point he was making... Luther wanted EVERYONE to be able to read the Bible for themselves. If the language is too difficult for Joe Sixpack to understand, then you are going against the spirit of what the Reformation was all about.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 23, 2024, 01:19:39 PMThe King of Queens?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 23, 2024, 01:10:01 PMIndonesia was not conquered by Muslims. China, Japan and Korea were not conquered by Buddhists.
Quote from: Caliga on April 23, 2024, 12:19:34 PMMy grandfather was a Lutheran pastor and served a term as a Bishop in the ELCA. I remember him telling me that during his term he had argued in favor of endorsing some newer revision of the Bible because he wanted the Message to be as clear as possible to as many people as possible, but there were conservatives who disagreed and ultimately they made no change to their recommended translation of the Bible for congregations... or something along those lines (this was in the 1980s so my memory is a bit fuzzy on the specifics).
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 23, 2024, 12:32:33 PMThe best working class sit com was probably On the BusesMy parents really liked that one.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on April 23, 2024, 08:36:38 AMQuoteTo deescalate the rancor and give us all a chance to consider next steps, I am announcing that all classes will be held virtually on Monday. Faculty and staff who can work remotely should do so; essential personnel should report to work according to university policy. Our preference is that students who do not live on campus will not come to campus.
During the coming days, a working group of Deans, university administrators and faculty members will try to bring this crisis to a resolution. That includes continuing discussions with the student protestors and identifying actions we can take as a community to enable us to peacefully complete the term and return to respectful engagement with each other. I know that there is much debate about whether or not we should use the police on campus, and I am happy to engage in those discussions. But I do know that better adherence to our rules and effective enforcement mechanisms would obviate the need for relying on anyone else to keep our community safe. We should be able to do this ourselves.
Over the past days, there have been too many examples of intimidating and harassing behavior on our campus. Antisemitic language, like any other language that is used to hurt and frighten people, is unacceptable and appropriate action will be taken. We urge those affected to report these incidents through university channels. We also want to remind everyone of the support available for anyone adversely affected by current events.
There are different ways to interpret this statement, but it certainly seems like anti-semitic harassment was an important motivating factor in the closure.
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