Do you think that if god had access to a good spelling and grammar checker the bible, Koran etc would be....?

Question

... so much easier to understand?

Thanks Dutchess for the inspiration of this one...

yes I have read the entire bible and part of the Koran, also the Bhaghavad Gita.

Some people don't have a sense of humour do they?

Truth only, you mean that the bible was written in Shakespearean English? No wonder people misunderstand it so much :P

Something tells me my grasp of English is a little better than yours my friend

Answer 1

It's hard to have a sense of humor, when there seems to be an undertone of mockery for religion in your question.

Look at that...I have spell check, and my answers are still hard to comprehend...I think my exhaustion is getting to me.

Answer 2

The Torah, Bible and The Dead Sea Scrolls quote the actual words that are coming right out of the God Yahweh's mouth as He's talking to Moses and other prophets. Some of these quoted words are written in The Laws of Moses. How can I prove that these are the actual words of God? By the fact that whoever wrote this had a advanced working knowledge of microbiology and all the fields of science that evolved through the microscope 3500 years before mankind invented the microscope and even more time learning about the microscopic world, (the germ theory for one example). The Quran and all other religion's religious books do not contain any written proof of their god or gods advanced scientific knowledge. Proving that the God Yahweh is the one and only God.

Answer 3

The problem is not so much spelling and grammar, the problem is that the languages used, Arabic and Hebrew are not as rich as is the English, and the translations have had changes built into to them. A favorite example is from Leviticus, where the offering of sacrifices is discussed. The idea is that if you can't afford a sheep, you can offer a pigeon. However, the Hebrew didn't have a similar phrase for this, so the literal translation is " if your hand can't reach it".

Answer 4

Do you know what?
I think that God loves grammar mistakes: they make God laugh, so how could God care about right spelling?
Mistakes are the salt & pepper of human writing and a great source of puns, misunderstandings and innovations.
God loves be misunderstood, too. Besides God's truth lies within ITself (sorry as for me God is a neutrum) not in our human words.

I can whisper you (it is a secret!) that God loves me just because of my grammar mistakes in writing English (since English is God's language, no doubt about this).

Good morning Froggy, once more you made me smile!

Answer 5

What you need is a modern translation (or in the case of the Koran, interpretation, since only one language is official) of these. Remember they were written by humans, even if the humans were inspired by God, and they used the language and metaphor of their day. It helps to read them in the language of our day, and to have scholarly footnotes to explain the original cultural context.

Answer 6

have you read either?

my little sister reads/ comprehends the bible every night and shes a C student

Answer 7

It's not really hard to understand what it says, but it's hard to understand how people can take it seriously.

Answer 8

Do u understand shakespear poems.. i am sure u don't.. u r weak in the language .

Answer 9

God's name is Google, and he has these tools available.

Answer 10

Really stupid irrelevant question. Possible lead-in for point-gamers or a chat initiator