Re: CHAT translating the Paternoster, WayOT

On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 06:25, Karapcik, Mike wrote:
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: Ray Brown
> | etc. (was:Thorn vs Eth))
> |
> | On Monday, July 15, 2002, at 12:59 , Matthew Kehrt wrote:
> | > Isn't this sort of thing normally translated as "let",
> | > as in "let your Kingdom Come."?  I remember having a
> | > discussion a while back on the phrase "Fiat Lux.",
> | > "Let there be light.".
> | > -M
> |
> | Yes, good point. "May there be light" would certainly
> | give the wrong meaning. It would portray the Almighty
> | as rather less than almighty -
> | "May there be light [but perhaps there won't be]"
> | "Let there be light!" it must be - a definite imperative.
> | Ray.
>
>         Oh, no...
>         I was suddenly stricken with an image of Genesis, Politically
> Correct:
>         "May there be Light, but perhaps there won't be, not to cast
> aspersions onto Darkness, Chaos, Void, or any physical or metaphysical
> beings with Darkness, Void, or Chaos in their complexion, lineage, name,
> affiliation....."
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