But am I the only one bothered when people say "You can only understand the quran in its arabic form"

As if arabic is somehow special

which i agree, is the general problem with a lot of things

And translation doesn't exist

like the republicans attempt to "repeal and replace"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9ocbvMUF-M DId anyone see this?

Yeah, because they try to weasel their way out of that shit @🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞

The YE-Creationist interpretation does not hold up when compared to what we have.

@LittleGiantJ I’m saying that they don’t agree with the fossil record. Not the process of evolution. That’s all I’m saying.

It's a complete argument GetOutOfJailFreeCard and they know it

@🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞 the only problem with translations is that the more you translate it, the farther you get from the original intent. That's one reason the bible is in no way preserved from the original writing

and why the greek and hebrew translations are considered better than english

@GoldenPhoenix you don’t understand how it gets translated. Lol

i think any book is most understood in its original writing ... when it is translated it will lose some of its original meaning no matter how hard you try to keep the meaning of it cus the translation is subjektive

But a lot of that problem can be circumvented with annotations

some words and phrases to not translate well

@Grenade123 i agree

also, depending on who does the translating, culture phrases and context are sometimes lost

which can lead to baby its cold outside becoming a song about date rape

"how it gets translated" is irrelevant. changing languages always introduces inconsistencies

I don’t think any of y’all actually understand how Christians even interpret the Bible. Lol

which christian

I am a christian

are all christians the same?

i tried translating a book and when i was reading after myself a month later i found out that some of the original meaning was lost and i couldnt find a way to get it there

I believe that there is a creator but do not claim to know how creation happened, I do believe that in science it is valuable to use what you know works in the equations even if you don't think that what got you there is pure truth

@Paradox no

i identify as christian but i dont support the way it is done

@GoldenPhoenix they are going back to manuscripts written in the language it was originally written in. People routinely go back to the original language to help interpret.

then isn't it possible for one christian to have a different interpretation than another?

how Christians " interpret" the Bible changes from christian to christian, domination to domination, congregation to congregation, and bible version to bible version

Like, One of the apps I got does this for phrases that would be out of context due to translation

yes it is @Paradox

to some extent, from bible translation to bible translation

yes, but here's the problem: time differences. every time a new translation is made, even if you have an expert on the subject, the way our modern language differs from the original languages bleeds through

it's still a giant game of telephone

yeah

You forgot the most important part @GoldenPhoenix

The Intent of the Translator.

there is a reason you have Bible scholars. people who study it all the time.

@Kibec I personally know several Christians who have learned to read the original language the scriptures were written in.