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Not to mention, you're just using the NASB. Most other versions (KJV, NIV and NLT included) say "darkness". Your argument is pretty weak when you're just using one interpretation and making a blanket claim that most translations use "evil" here.
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But here you yourself show that otehr bibles use the word darness which is also out of context of calamity and evil although not always. If you assume that I assumed most translations use evil then you are mistaken. My point - even from that other link - was to show how translations differ from each other.
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Originally Posted by Telimaktar  While there is a similarity the word Calamity sounds far more "natural"(good, far lesser evil) than saying Evil (satan, hitler)
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Sure - but again, your interpretation does not necessarily define what the author meant. Any English professor will tell you that.
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But then again everyone's perseption is different, and while my view is my own does not make it invalid or false. Even a professor's view of a subject is affected by his experiences and so too may be false.
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Originally Posted by Telimaktar My point goes beyond the scope of the "Evil God" thing and that one line, I am pointing out the fact that many words have been translated so differenty that it makes the validity of the bible very hard to prove, too many powerful figures throughout history have been able to tamper with it. | "Many words"? To be serious, you can't just make blanket claims about things without showing tangible evidence for those claims.
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The link at 55 shows these "many words" and that is but a portion that surely exists. If you still wish to argue the point then it is clear to me that you are afraid of the truth... kidding.
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I'll agree with you that people have misinterpreted the Bible - sure, it's a book. People often read things wrongly. But it's an impossible stretch to say that something has been changed because people misinterpret it. You have a lot more things to show before you can make that claim.
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And you yourself too if you wish to believe that may case is false.