Le Dimanche 2 Mars 2003 02:24, Leon Brooks a �crit : > So before anyone leaps on that bandwagon, let me emphasise that this > software would be just as much at home presenting Origin of Species, any of > Dawkin's fairytales, The Q'ran or a stack of Vedas.
I'm sorry, but these comments implying that GnomeSword is a general tool are just misinformation. Look at it's website. The first thing you see is: > Gnomesword Bible Study Software for the Gnome desktop Having a look at the features list, the world 'bible' appears numerous times. Support for 'general texts' is not mentioned until the last three words of the last sentence on the page after modules for bible texts, bible commentaries and bible lexica are mentioned. Having a look at the Sword project: > Purpose Statement > > In short, this open project is an effort to create an ever expanding > software package for research and study of God and His Word. Taking a look at the 'general books' that seem to be discussed as an argument that Gnomesword is equally a general tool, we can see the following highly general titles (english texts): > The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan > Sermons on Gospel Themes by Charles G. Finney > The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee > The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence > Josephus: The Complete Works The only place that could possibly be considered at first glance to be non-christian is the "Cult/Unorthodox/Questionable" module section. What do we find in there then? > Joseph Smith Translation (of the Bible) > The Emphatic Diaglott (containing the original Greek text of what is > commonly styled the New Testament) There is nothing non-religious and in fact nothing non-christian about any of the texts I could find on the Sword website. It's clear that the advocates of this software are painting a picture of misinformation in order to further their cause which is christianity and clearly christianity only.
