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WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN<br />
The question is should we be celebrating the gift of God’s Son? Will I<br />
be loosing my salvation and eternal life if I do?<br />
The real question is “Should not I be reminding myself and my children<br />
and generations to come, of that gift which is to be received with<br />
thanksgiving –with singing and dancing?”<br />
If we detach ourselves from all symbolism that has connection<br />
with non-christian and pagan religions I don’t think we can<br />
translate Bible into any other language. Even the name of God<br />
will be a difficult choice. Should we coin new words to express<br />
these Christian gospels? How do we do that? Is Allah a proper<br />
translation for God? I have just indicated the fallacy of such an<br />
approach. This falls under the study of Missiology.<br />
Let us take care of that we convey the content into the new<br />
containers without loosing its meaning.<br />
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