tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post5356625129703639749..comments2024-02-19T07:51:46.118-05:00Comments on Throw Grammar from the Train: Misquoting Jesus (yet again)Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03173219179480606941noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-22330819592242294072010-02-05T13:12:53.017-05:002010-02-05T13:12:53.017-05:00Poor old Jesus. I imagine that after 2000+ years ...Poor old Jesus. I imagine that after 2000+ years of being misquoted, he's used to it by now.MelissaJanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-74832556685282273382010-01-30T10:09:47.747-05:002010-01-30T10:09:47.747-05:00could one say that Jesus is a quote magnet, in the...could one say that Jesus is a quote magnet, in the coinage of Fred Shapiro at Yale?DANIELBLOOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130493903696077379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-89368007253825322892010-01-28T19:35:16.872-05:002010-01-28T19:35:16.872-05:00I know a pastor who likes to say people will argue...I know a pastor who likes to say people will argue about what's in the Bible but they don't read it.<br /><br />Still, I don't want to hold people too closely to account when they're paraphrasing off the cuff; I can't remember everything chapter and verse, either. But paraphrasing only works if you don't bungle the meaning in the process.<br /><br />@ Jed: I agree.Kristen Stieffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06716097889143393543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-86025172611425466932010-01-28T11:33:19.205-05:002010-01-28T11:33:19.205-05:00The one that always stirs my coffee is "Money...The one that always stirs my coffee is "Money is the root of all evil." I Timothy 6:4-11 (paraphrased) says that "the LOVE of money is the root of all evil." I suspect it is easier to place the blame on money/riches than it is to blame one's self.Jed Waverlyhttp://www.jedword.comnoreply@blogger.com