http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/12/07/...rayer.html
I know there is a thread about the current Pope, but I think this deserves it's own thread where we could discuss the proposed change more then the personality of the Pope.
Pope wants to change the line:
"And do not LEAD us into temptation"
into
"And do not LET US FALL into temptation"
The argument is that God doesn't do everything evil so it's we who choose to fall to temptation or not. The word "lead" comes from a bad translation, he says.
I think it's a sound argument and I have myself pondered about this line as well in past, finding it strange that God leads into temptation.
On other hand I find it strange that this major thing is noticed so late in church history when billions of people have prayed this way for centuries. I distrust anything this liberal Muslim loving Pope proposes. And I recall God allowing Satan to tempt Job quite a lot. I think implying that it's Satan who did it is an excuse. God clearly has created Satan to act as his proxy with temptations, it all happens with God's approval. Saying God doesn't tempt people is like saying that the wealthy person who pays for crime to be done is innocent and all the crimes are solely faults of low life thugs who executed them. I am not saying that tempting people is necessarily a crime, if this life is a test then clearly God can be justified in doing this. But in this case praying God to not test us is strange, if that is the purpose of life. Anyway it's reasonable to think that if God is really almighty then all temptations come from him as well.
What are your thoughts? Any language experts here to weigh in on the translation argument?
I know there is a thread about the current Pope, but I think this deserves it's own thread where we could discuss the proposed change more then the personality of the Pope.
Pope wants to change the line:
"And do not LEAD us into temptation"
into
"And do not LET US FALL into temptation"
The argument is that God doesn't do everything evil so it's we who choose to fall to temptation or not. The word "lead" comes from a bad translation, he says.
I think it's a sound argument and I have myself pondered about this line as well in past, finding it strange that God leads into temptation.
On other hand I find it strange that this major thing is noticed so late in church history when billions of people have prayed this way for centuries. I distrust anything this liberal Muslim loving Pope proposes. And I recall God allowing Satan to tempt Job quite a lot. I think implying that it's Satan who did it is an excuse. God clearly has created Satan to act as his proxy with temptations, it all happens with God's approval. Saying God doesn't tempt people is like saying that the wealthy person who pays for crime to be done is innocent and all the crimes are solely faults of low life thugs who executed them. I am not saying that tempting people is necessarily a crime, if this life is a test then clearly God can be justified in doing this. But in this case praying God to not test us is strange, if that is the purpose of life. Anyway it's reasonable to think that if God is really almighty then all temptations come from him as well.
What are your thoughts? Any language experts here to weigh in on the translation argument?