This is the place to introduce yourself, so I'll start.

I'm the creator and initial translator for the BOS Bible. (I say "initial translator" because I expect many others will help me improve on the initial work) I've been looking up words Greek and Hebrew since my early teens, when I asked my dad to show me how to study the Bible. Eventually I started studying the original languages when merely using a lexicon wasn't good enough.

Few things are more important to me than Truth.  Therefore, I'm one of those annoying "doctrinal watchdogs" who doesn't tolerate false teaching very well. (gets me in trouble with church leaders sometimes...)  But while I ardently seek truth, I also try to do so in love and won't attack anyone for what he believes.

I run the website: BereanPatriot.com, and this website is an outgrowth of that one.  I started translating for several reasons, primarily because I wanted to learn the nuance that's lost in translation.  Secondarily, I wanted to double check various Bible translations to see how faithful they were.  I suggest my article: What's the Best Bible Translation?  And More Importantly, Why? to see both how I think about translation and which translations I think are are good.  (Spoiler: the ESV isn't one of them since it likes to change/remove God's words.  No joke.)

NOTE: On the forums I will usually use the English spelling of Greek words for a few reasons.  First, it allows everyone to read and participate more easily, and second a Greek keyboard is a pain, and so is copy/pasting.  I recommend others follow this convention as well, but it's certainly not necessary.

Rule #1:  Treat everyone with respect.  Always.  No exceptions.  I have a very low tolerance for disrespectful or dishonoring posts. You may attack any idea with persistence and vigor; but I won't tolerate any attacks on a person.  As a corollary, please refrain from calling someone's ideas "stupid" or something similar (even if they are).  Feel free to disagree, but do so politely.

Rule #2: Source your corrections.  If you believe a word is translated in error, simply provide appropriate evidence.  Linking to and/or copy/pasting from a lexicon is sufficient, and scholarly articles are always appreciated.  If you agree on the definition but think another English word(s) would be more accurate, simply explain why. 

Rule #3: Don't forget rules #1 and #2. 

(The common sense rules are as follows: No profanity, sexually explicit images, selling, soliciting, etc.)

Legal stuff:  By posting in the forums, you agree to grant us ("us" as defined in the Legal use page) the legal right to include any of your suggestions, corrections, thoughts, comments, etc. into the text or footnotes of the BOS Bilble.  Such inclusion does not - in any way whatsoever - transfer ownership of the any of the BOS Bible's text, footnotes, or rights to you.  You agree to allow us to use anything you post in the forums for any legal purpose, commercial or non-commercial.

(Basically, the legal section is so someone can't make a suggestion, then claim partial ownership of the BOS Bible.  Or worse, prevent its distribution or publication by claiming they own the suggestions they've made which were included.)

We ("we" as defined in the Legal use page) reserve the right to change these rules at any time whatsoever, for any reason whatsoever, and without warning.