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JamesThePersian said:I though MSG was monosodium glutamate, but I can't imagine you could make a Bible from that.
James
What James said... rather than a translation that tries to copy the original text word-for -word, it's a paraphrase version that says what the author thinks the bible says.JamesThePersian said:To answer your question more seriously, it appears that it's an abbreviation for something called the Message Bible. It sems to be a contemporary paraphrasing of the Bible (and hence, personally, I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole).
MaddLlama said:Is it low sodium?
Mike182 said:no, and it frequently raises my blood pressure :thud:
beckysoup61 said:Me too.
I personally don't like the Bible 'dumbed down', but that's just my opinion.
Hey everyone thank you so much for helping me out. I feel dumb for not knowing what it was. I have to say The Purpose Driven Life is a bit more bias then a lot of books I've read, and I have to stay I prefer Eastern Thought that some of the more contemporary Christian authors.
beckysoup61 said:I'm reading the purpose-driven life a the moment and I keep coming across
MSG
What in the heckity-beckity does that stand for?
JamesThePersian said:Really? Anyone in particular (I assume you mean eastern Christian in the context)? Ancient or modern? I'm just curious really, but I might be able to point you in the direction of some others you might like (and they certainly won't dumb anything down).
James
Bwahahahaha :biglaugh:Booko said:The MSG version of the Bible triggers migraines in many sensitive individuals.
beckysoup61 said:Eastern as in Buddhism, Taoism.
I've felt very condensended to by Christian authors, if anyone knows of some really good Christian authors, let me know.
JamesThePersian said:Modern or ancient (or somewhere in between)? A couple of more modern ones that I can certainly recommend (and their works are available in English, some online) are Fr. Dumitru Staniloae and Elder Cleopa of Sihastria. And then, of course, you just can't beat the Fathers.
James