How Should We Relate to Trinitarians (LONG Article

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>>>>> "Kyle" == R Kyle Jones <rkjones@husc.harvard.edu> writes:

    Kyle> At 06:32 PM 9/21/95 -0500, you wrote:
    >> Other than the fact that the text being indexed is itself a
    >> trinitarian translation of the original text, in what way is
    >> Strongs concordance influenced by the fact that Strong was
    >> himself a trinitarian?

    Kyle> Oh, no, you've stumbled upon the great debate in the world
    Kyle> of science right now.  It goes something like this: you
    Kyle> can't observe something without being a part of it.

His name was Werner Heisenburg, the discoverer (inventor?) of the
physical principle that takes his name: the Heisenburg Uncertianty
principle.  Kurt Godel discovered (proved!) a somewhat similar theorem
in mathematical logic, the Godel Indeterminancy principle.

Heisenburg's principle states that by observing something, you must
interact with it in such a manner that an exchange of energy occurs.
The formula states the ratio of momentum and velocity equals Plank's
constant.   What this means is that if you know where something is,
then you had to "see" it.  Seeing is accomplished by reflected or
emmited light.  Light is energy.  Energy is equivalent to mass.
Therefore, the energy that you saw caused a change in the state of the
particle you observed via that energy, hence the particle is no longer
where you saw it, nor heading the way it was when you saw it.  This
really only comes into play for very small things, such as an electron
or other subatomic particle.  For thins as big as a book, I do not
think you are going to change the book in any way that actually
affects the information content therein.

The reason I *LIKE* Strongs is because it keys me back to the original
Hebrew or Greek, and includes a lexicon.  I find that this is a
significant help in overcoming any trinitarian bias that might be
present in the English KJV text.

    Kyle> In other words, it is impossible to remain totally
    Kyle> subjective -- you are always in it and you are *not*
    Kyle> subjective.  You have biases towards certain things just as
    Kyle> Strong would have had a bias towards trinitarianism.

    Kyle> Oh, well, it's a long debate . . .

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