11-11-2003, 10:27 PM
It left us with a huge disadvantage in the long run. Something which I am sure the people who did it, didn't even think of.
If we had just let all the old manuscripts decay and fragment, we would probably have fragments as old, or older.
On the "cultural" topic - I vividly remember my first visit to one of the "Mega" evangelical churches here in our area. A friend of mine invited me and I was curious to see what the service was like. It was beautiful - but I must say, I was taken aback when I saw someone place his bible on the floor. <!-- s
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It's a cultural difference, I guess. We are probably too rigid in the other extreme. And it's hurting us now.
If we had just let all the old manuscripts decay and fragment, we would probably have fragments as old, or older.
On the "cultural" topic - I vividly remember my first visit to one of the "Mega" evangelical churches here in our area. A friend of mine invited me and I was curious to see what the service was like. It was beautiful - but I must say, I was taken aback when I saw someone place his bible on the floor. <!-- s
--><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/huh.gif" alt="" title="Huh" /><!-- s --> It's a cultural difference, I guess. We are probably too rigid in the other extreme. And it's hurting us now.
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan
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