At 08:09 PM 1/15/2003 -0800, Daniel Russell wrote:
Does SWORD have filters that change the meaning of a text? I have not used all the modules so maybe there are some. If there is it should be carefully reconsidered. Remember this is not just about "red letter filters." It is about philosophies. Turning on and off red letters may just be "presentation," (changing color only), but in theory it could be changing from "saying" these are the words of Jesus," (red), to "maybe these are the words of Jesus," (black). That is very subtle, but we can imagine filters for doctrinally loaded words. Should the user be allowed to toggle words like, "LORD", "bishop", and "baptize" to the translation of his choosing? I don't think so, and I think it would be a good idea to have a philosophy against that kind of thing. It would be better to give the user different modules that lean different ways than force the work of an author to lean more ways than the author intended. In BibleCS you can click on another module faster than you can toggle a filter....If a module is suppose to contain the text of a work of a certain author. but options and filters in the software produce a derivative text of it, users may quote that derivative text as the words of that author....I thought that was the point of filters (?). Are not filters something that the *user* turns on. Obviously the default presentation after installation *must* be the raw unaltered module's text. ...
Jerry
As to red letter KJV, I don't care. You can buy a KJV either way, and most people know that the red is an editorialization. Filters that may get people confused, don't do it.
Jerry
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