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Thread #130546   Message #2940315
Posted By: Ebbie
05-Jul-10 - 06:01 PM
Thread Name: Does Religion Deny Music to Children?
Subject: RE: Does Religion Deny Music to Children?
"An example is that the translation from the Aramaic (which is the language that Jesus spoke), the word in the Lord's Prayer is "forgive us our debts" (or "sins"). This was changed to "forgive us our trespasses" because the aristocracy wanted to establish "trespassing" or poaching on their lands as not just a crime, but a sin against God." Don Firth

Is that literally true, Don? It seems far more likely to me that 'trespass' first referred to a transgression, rather that an unlawful encroachment on someone's land.