[BC] How far is ok?...

[Rich Wood]

------ At 02:41 PM 6/16/2006, PeterH5322 wrote: -------

>The Bible (chose any one you wish, but the NRSV would be my choice) uses
>words which are easily identifiable as F-words or S-words.
>
>Easily identifiable!
>
>Really, this is not a choice of "success" vs. "failure", as postulated by
>the quoted writer, but a choice to use "formal" language vs. "informal"
>language ... "street talk" vs. "OED talk".
>
>I'm fairly certain that Jesus chose to use the language of the street ...
>he was, after all, ministering to ordinary men (and women), not the
>higher, educated classes.

If true, that could wipe out small religious broadcasters overnight 
and put a small dent in the income of Televangelists. We'll need 
another, sanitized, version of the Bible very soon.

Rich