re phone number of wycliffe translators uk in article apr geneva rutgers edu mprc troi cc rochester edu m price writes 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 including vietnam and south america a commission from mexican academia denounced them in as a covert political and ideological institution used by the u s govt as an instrument of control regulation penetration espionage and repression i have personally know quite of few of the wycliffe bible translators as an organization their fundamental purpose is to translate the scriptures into the native languages which in terms usual means learning it and developing a written language along with teaching the natives to read it is not associated with the u s govt at all many governments want the help of the translators to the best of my knowledge the mexican government now encourages them to come their idea is not cultural interference but the presentation of the good news to understand more about what they do i suggest you read some of the books autobiographical and biographical about some of the translators one that stands out in my mind as an excellent is called peace child this would give a true picture of what their mission is my concern is that this group may be seen as acceptable and even praiseworthy by readers of soc religion christian it s important that christians don t immediately accept every christian organization as automatically above reproach mp i agree with this statement but we cannot also accept what others say without looking into the issues that would be the same as taking suddan s discussion about the cia etc as being true we must look at both sides cathy bareiss
