Comments for Balafon

Comment on Word-for-Word Translation by C. Stirling Bartholomew

C. Stirling Bartholomew — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:24:45 +0000

Yes. It is good to use non-biblical texts to illustrate translation since the syntax and idioms of the English language has been influenced significantly in the last five hundred years by biblical idioms translated in same style as Genesis LXX translated the Genesis MT. You cannot judge the viability of “word for word” or even formal equivalence using biblical examples. But the Anabasis cited here demonstrates the amount of transformation required to make a formal english version intelligible. I’ve been illustrating from Sophocles, Electra which requires more extreme measures to make it read in english. On the other hand, poetry does give you some slack, the rules for syntax loosen up.

Comment on Better the Devil You Know by Lam

Lam — Tue, 03 May 2011 14:10:57 +0000

I tend to agree. I’m finding myself pretty happy with how just about every chip landed in this election, from the first place finisher to the fifth place one. This is what the voting population of Canada wants. And I too often find it ironic: those who paint Harper as mean come across as mean in doing so, at least to me.

Comment on Giving up Technology for Lent by Carolyn

Carolyn — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:14:16 +0000

And of course, you’re not using anything like that chemical stuff called soap, I’m sure.

Comment on Giving up Technology for Lent by Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:47:40 +0000

I’ll try to bring the “little one” by again soon… :)

Comment on There are some issues it’s not OK to disagree on. by Carolyn

Carolyn — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:18:31 +0000

I agree.

Comment on There are some issues it’s not OK to disagree on. by Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:07:04 +0000

Hear, hear.

To both the above article and the comment that you are one of the “few brave men”…

Comment on There are some issues it’s not OK to disagree on. by Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:23:16 +0000

@Lydia, and yet he condemns Suzanne for calling out the sin of complementarians...

Comment on There are some issues it’s not OK to disagree on. by Paula

Paula — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:42:30 +0000

Hi, found your site from Suzanne’s.

I couldn’t agree more that some things cannot be “live and let live” or “agree to disagree”. Slavery, in whatever form, is one of those things. I’ve decided that in addition to continually exposing those who would promote slavery in the Body of Christ to begin constructing a positive, proactive presentation that first of all teaches the scriptural model for Christian life, and then treats aberrant, harmful teachings such as male supremacy for what they are. We can’t just say what’s wrong without offering to tell what’s right; we need to give a place to “land” for those who jump the male supremacist ship.

Thanks for being one of the “few brave men”!

Comment on There are some issues it’s not OK to disagree on. by Lydia

Lydia — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:15:54 +0000

I must admit I am confused. Isn’t John Hobbins’ wife an ordained minister and pastoring a church?

Comment on NeuroLab v1.1.0 by Carolyn

Carolyn — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:22:38 +0000

What is GUI?