On Can It Be Done? Overcome religious | ideological commitments
By george wesley dannells on May 31, 2008 in Baha'i Views
| Wikiproject Wiki Bible is a wikiproject to create an original, open content translation of the source text of the Bible that will be in the Public Domain. |
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/WS:WPWB
Charles, the author of Awilum.com, thinks a religious tug of war is the inevitable result of any attempt to create a Wiki Bible. Religious | ideological commitments can’t be overcome, he believes, something contrary to Baha’i belief. -gw
Not to be elitist, but not everyone should have a hand in translating ancient texts, not even everyone who claims to “know” the language(s). Translation is a very complicated and challenging process, especially when translating something as emotionally charged as the Bible. Furthermore, religious/ideological commitments are bound to come into play. What’s going to happen when several “editors” of the Wiki Bible say, from Pentecostal, Mormon, Presbyterian, Baha’i, secular, and Islamic backgrounds, have a tug of war match back and forth as they take turns altering the text
