re phone number of wycliffe translators uk in apr geneva rutgers edu mserv mozart cc iup edu mail server writes mark mp i m concerned about a recent posting about wbt sil i thought they d pretty much been denounced as a right wing organization involved in ideological manipulation and cultural interference good heavens you mean my good friend wes collins who took his wife and two small children into the jungles of guatemala despite dangers from primitive conditions and armed guerillas so that the indigenous people groups their could have the bible in their native languages the young man who led bible studies in our church who daily demonstrated and declared his deep abiding faith in the lord of love you mean he really was a sneaky imperialistic spy i am sorry you find these charges amusing mark i understand your frustration though it can be kind of scary to find your assumptions challenged some of the specific cultural interference to which i refer includes linguistic manipulation for instance their tzotzil spanish dictionary removed both spanish and tzotzil words for concepts which are threatening to the ruling ideology e g class conquer exploitation repression revolution and described words which can express ideological concepts in examples like boss the boss is good he treats us well and pays us a good wage as some of my students would say not your tone implies that you are unlikely to believe me indeed why should you if you are interested enough to do some further research though and you sound as if you are here are some references for you stoll david fishers of men or founders of empire the wycliffe bible translators in latin america sectas y religiosidad en america latina los angeles times dec latin america press may washington times june happy hunting mp
