Solid?

His points have been repeated elsewhere and by others. I am commenting on them as I choose.

In any case, his book is not considered to be good scholarship today.

He was writing in an area that was not his field, as we are doing in this thread.

You dont have to be a scholar on idols to be able to decide if its a graven image made by men or not. Same with these Alexandrian manuscripts, they were clearly corrupted back then with a purpose, and all through the years were seen as such, and rejected on solid doctrinal issues. And now they are brought back and we are told we cant discern their content, tell us what has changed.

Gregory,

I do not expect any further support from your position, then, about this topic. You have disqualified yourself from this discussion. You believe that only a scholar who writes on his own area of expertise has anything valid to say. So much for what you have contributed here.

I daresay Dr. Benjamin Wilkinson was more highly qualified in this arena than any modern Adventist would be.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

False. Typical of the miss-use of what one has said that I see in you.

A scholar who wites in his/her own area of expertise may be considered an expert. I have never claimed to be an expert in this field. I do not consider you to be and expert in this field.

However, people who are not experts, such as you and I, may have something valid to say and often do have something valid to say.

Frankly, my participation in this discussion indicates that I believe that valid issues have been raised in this thread. I do not generally waste my time in discussing issues where I belive that no valid issue has been raised.



O.K. That is your belief. On what do you base that belief? The subject under discussion here has generally been the texts of the various MSS. Share with us your personal knowledge of the expertese that Dr. Wilkinson has of the MSS And the development of the text.

Next, please share with us how you have determined that no modern Adventist has as much knowledge as does Wilkinson.

As has been pointed out, I have not posted much in criticism of Wilkinson's book. The reason for this is: Others have already done so. There is a reason that his book was not further published. Those reasons and the criticism are well known. There is nothing that I could contribute in this area that has not already been said. So, I see no need to simply repeat what others have said.

I am interested, however, in your statement that you consider him to be better qualified than any other modern Adventist. Certainly you are entitled to your opinion. I just wondered as to the basis for your opinion. To make such a broad statement, I wonder if you know the majority of modern Adventist scholars who might be better qualified. Your statement sounds like it comes from someone who does not know the majority of such. But, I could be wrong.

Is that what "Solid" means? Self decides?

A person can be an expert (scholar) in one field, but that does not make that person an expert in another field.

Matthew 5:22 KJV But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Matthew 5:22 RV but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.

Guess which one EGW quoted in the book, Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing?

I never met the man, so I have no personal knowledge. Do you have such knowledge? If so, please share.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

Why would Ellen White prefer the wording of the RV here - a rendering which eliminated the words "without a cause" in this particular verse?

How could Ellen White get away with that if this is not permissible today?

The online EGWhite index lists 489 times where Ellen White quotes the RV.