Daniel DeGraaf

@the-real-kapeefer Dude? Seriously? Don’t do that to me again. I wrote a page long rant on why not to use the message bible because of you. 😛
Ah well. I was able to apply my biblical doctrine class to all this, sooo…

And can I please point out that one verse.

John 1:14 rewrite : “The word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood.”
XD

@aratrea oh good grief… lol 🙂 thanks for telling us……
@the-real-kapeefer ………. What are we going to do with you?? 😛 😉 Yes like @jess-penrose my previous note was out of genuine concern. 🙂
@rolena-hatfield Okay that’s what I thought but I wanted to check.

@aratrea THanks so much for clearing this up! Please understand @the-real-kapeefer that all @dragon-snapper and myself were saying was purely out of genuine concern for you spiritually. Next time, please be a bit more clear as to avoid freaking a few of your fellow kapeefers out.

@aratrea Thank you for stating as much. I wondered if that was what was going on here :p
*shakes head* @the-real-kapeefer I had no doubt you knew how to stir up excitement. :p

@salome01w4g I’m going to defer to @rolena-hatfield on that issue, since I believe she and Daeus have thought more about what sorts of discussions are allowed on the forum than I have. 🙂

One thing I will mention for both you and others’ benefit, tho, is that @the-real-kapeefer is definitely trolling you all on this (as with most things he’s…[Read more]

@the-real-kapeefer please be not serious, (Please know I’m lovingly pointing this out as a sister in Christ). The message is paraphrases, I also wanted to say I would take any writing from Mr. Peterson with a very large pinch of salt, it is his interpretation of the Bible, versus a language translation.
As I do not want to break rules, cause…[Read more]

@the-real-kapeefer
“The Message is not a translation, nor can it strictly be said to be a paraphrase of the original languages of the Bible.” gotquestions.org

Before I go on a rant of my opinions of the Message bible… @rolena-hatfield Does it go against the forum rules to talk about this? Rule one, to be exact? I just want to make sure…

@the-real-kapeefer No. It was never intended to be a translation. Look in the front of it. Eugene Peterson never intended it to be seen as such. You may be confused by thinking that the word, “Literal” means, “Simple” but it does not. Literal means accurate and Eugene Peterson made it clear the it was not translated from the Greek, Hebrew, or…[Read more]

@the-real-kapeefer Which means they were one of 22 people in the entire country. I call that pretty good.
And actually, it was extremely helpful for me, I learned all about policy and China. It was very interesting. But of course, lame debaters wouldn’t understand. And you at your age should appreciate the rez this year which all about higher…[Read more]

@the-real-kapeefer Actually, Region VI did really well at Nats last year. The second place duo was ours :P. Lame Debaters are lazy. Only 45 minutes?? Seriously? And we are debating on real-life issues instead of debating whether a guilty person should be put in prison for life or should take care of dogs to make them better. My friend likes IO a…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper Indeed. Hence I learn my Bible verses direct from there most of the time. *Shrugs* But then again, the Holy Spirit will tell you things in many ways. Even reading fiction, biographies, or absolutely anything. God will get His message across.
@the-real-kapeefer

@jess-penrose Agreed. KJV is accurate, and although no extremely literal to the Greek, it is still as we say, accurate. I use ESV and KJV and NKJV, and although they aren’t the same, they are all correct in biblical doctrine.
@the-real-kapeefer

@the-real-kapeefer NONONONO! Please be joking. The Message isn’t a translation. It is a guide that is NOT meant to be used as a translation. And personally I would say that KJV is accurate, but confusing, and I would cross reference between KJV, ESV, and NIV.

Oh, and also, a few differences in the wording of a section of the bible does not change the story.

@the-real-kapeefer

@the-real-kapeefer Nooo… You do know that the KJV is one of the most accurate and to-the-text-bible translations we have, right?

@the-real-kapeefer
Fine, think what you want. I’ll use your underestimation of me to my advantage.

@the-real-kapeefer What? You did Lame Debate? That’s for Learning Disabled people. NCFCA only has one kind of debate, Team Policy. There is no other. At least, no other that is worth anything. I will not lower myself enough to argue with you about the best Region. Everyone knows region VI is the best and that’s all there is to it. But I agree with…[Read more]

@the-real-kapeefer I’m with you on the Jefferson thing. He’s a cool dude, they just don’t portray him like it in the musical. And I think we should point out that as history and the musical go to show…Hamilton himself wasn’t a great dude either.

@koryn-koch There’s a youtube video of a live stream thing Lin-Manuel did, and he references his…[Read more]

@the-real-kapeefer Ah, but can you find me? My Ranger cloak hides me from enemies. I can shoot at you while hiding. You’ll never know what hit you.

@dragon-snapper Whoa, I’ve never heard that story. That’s crazy!

@the-real-kapeefer He’s not made up or fake. He was a real judge in the book of Judges, that God used to save His people from oppression.

Judges 3:14-23
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a…[Read more]