God Doesn’t Have Spell Check
If the Bible is the literal word of god, what does that make these people?
Thank the Lord — and the proofreaders at Peachtree Editorial and Proofreading — that the Bible refers to ??our ancestors” instead of ??sour ancestors,” and calls for an end to ??factions” — not ??fractions.” The proofreading service caught those typos and others before the latest edition of the Holy Book went to press.At Peachtree, attention to detail is more than a job description. It’s a calling.
??Bible readers are less forgiving of errors because they expect perfection in the Bible text,” said June Gunden, who founded the business along with her husband, Doug.
Peachtree Editorial and Proofreading Service is believed to be the only one of its kind in the nation — and one of only a few in the world — to specialize in proofreading Bibles.
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A list hangs in the Gundens’ office as a reminder of just how much rides on their work. The list, a collection of notorious typos found in the Bible, features one prominent error from a 1631 King James edition: ??Thou shalt commit adultery.”??Obviously, you try to make sure anything that says, ?You shall not,’ you make sure you have the ?not,”‘ Doug Gunden said.
While such long-ago errors are good for a chuckle, the Gundens, who have been in the proofreading business for more than 25 years, realize that proofreading a Bible is serious stuff.
With an ordinary book, ??you can put up with more because it’s not something you’re basing your whole life on,” June Gunden said. ??It’s information, but it’s not really life-changing information. It’s not something you believe to be infallible.”
But wait a sec….I thought that people who were “blessed” with the job of translating the Bible were “guided by the hand of God”. If there’s enough screwups in there to consume a 16-person staff for two years, does that mean the Bible isn’t perfect?
Jeez, next you’re gonna tell me the Easter Bunny is fake or something…
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this letter from the editor of the [Monroe, LA] News-Star, May 25 (and notice how the writer erupts into God’s english!).
Reader questions women in religion
May 24, 2004
I am writing in response to the article in the May 1 Accent section on the mission work of Clarice Fluitt. Fluitt may teach other women, speak to the men of the church in private and teach unsaved men, but nowhere in the New Testament does it give authority for a woman to preach to the congregation.
Paul tells us in I Corinthians 14:34 that it is not permitted unto women to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. Again, in I Timothy 2: 11-12, we are told to “let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.’
In I Timothy 3:1-13, we find the overseers of the church (elders) and the deacons described. These men are to be the husband of one wife, so obviously one must conclude that the leaders are men and not women. For people thinking that this is just Paul talking, turn to Galatians 1:12 where we are told everything that Paul says is given unto him by Christ. We are to speak as the oracles of God; see I Peter 4:11 and note the masculine gender of this verse.
Please note that I do not hate women or think they are less important or less intelligent. My wife has brought me to the truth of the gospel, and I love her as Christ loved the church (Ephesians 5:25), which is what we are told to do. Through reading the Bible, we learn that children are in subjection to their mother, wife in subjection to the husband and men in subjection to Christ as they perform the duties of the church.
If women are allowed to publicly preach, show me in the New Testament by what authority. If someone doubts any of this, please read the Bible and believe it is the inspired Word of God.
Steve Hollis
Ruston
?The News-Star
May 24, 2004
Comment by David Lowe — May 25, 2004 @ 2:20 pm