Greetings:
A little backround on me: I have a BA Degree in English Literature with a Minor in Philosophy. Currently I am teaching Literature and History in a Christian High School. I am also attending New Geneva Theological Seminary here in Colorado Springs under the auspices of my Session.
To imply, in poetical form, that the CT is: "the spirit of the antichrist", " darkness come(ing) in like a flood", and, "darksome wood" are all inflammatory statements without logical or reasonable basis. Poetry does not require logical proof.
DaveJes1979 has pointed out that many evangelical seminaries use the Critical Text. The NIV, RSV, ESV, and NASB all use the Critical Text, and many people have found salvation from reading these translations. What then do we do with this line in the poem:
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we no longer know for sure what belongs within that one Book where salvation is found.
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If the critical text was
that bad than what does one say to those who have found salvation from reading it?
Over the last ten years I have been studying the books and debates concerning the Alexandrian Variants and the Byzantine Text. I became acquainted with Ted Letis through a friend from the New College in Edinburgh. Ted and I talked for hours on the phone though I never met him. He was very passionate about the subject.
What I have observed is the shocking behaviour from those of whom I rest my sympathies. Some of these people are sincere - like Ted - but I think a vast majority of them - like Gail Riplinger - follow the fortune telling spirit in Acts 16:16-18.
If I have offended, then I sincerely ask for forgiveness. My reaction may have been a knee-jerk one. It just seemed to me that a poem like this causes more strife than sensibility.
Grace,
-CH