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Originally Posted by michael
I do have an argument with you if you feel there is a modern conspiracy in the RC Church to hide important historical documents more than 60-100 years old.
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Well, i don't believe in many conspiracy theories, in fact i have argued far and wide about some of them, like the "fake lunar mission" and the 911 conspiracy bull crap, especially the pentagon one...
That said, I don't believe in conspiracy of the Vatican, i do however believe in self-preservations methods, and not giving wide access to information that may harm you, which may include historical documents. Yes, access to English versions of books have been an undergoing effort by the church, but ask yourself, who is translating them, do they post images of the originals, and how close to a translation it can be? A lot of ancient Hebrew texts are very difficult to translate, due to the nature of Hebrew, one's interpretation of a word may change the meaning of the doctrine all together. Don't get me wrong, in no way am i implying that church is giving their preferences to translations, i am simply wondering that, because if one interpretation of the text plays better with the already established church doctrines, then it would only make sense (business-wise) to release versions of translations that are more preferable for you. Not implying a yes, but definitely not outruling a no...
I'm not here to argue the church, i have stopped doing that a long time ago, it's quite pointless really, you gain nothing, but you loose patience, and at some point realize how much time you have wasted for nothing, open minded reasoning is simply not a way to reason with religious folk, at least most of them, so i have stopped trying, for the sake of both them and me. But enough of my elderly mumble, off to do some drafting for one of my many projects (can you say "paintball rifle"
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