Don't they realize that the King James Version of the Bible was written in English and therefore English is a Christian language?
Shouldn't atheists all speak esperanto or tok pisin?
2007-12-18 10:00:01 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sooner or later, a Christian somewhere will try to claim this as well.
Actually, there was a case at a school somewhere in the midwest a few years ago where the school board said the school should no longer teach French as a subject. The reason was, that the Bible was written in English, and if English was good enough for God, it was the only language they needed to use at school. True.
2007-12-18 10:05:35 · answer #1 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
So what languages do you consider atheist? As far as I know, there are no languages derived directly from the Bible or even claiming to come directly from God. I don't think anyone has claimed before that translating the Bible into any particular language somehow transforms that language into a Christian language - I think you have this idea set backwards. Bibles are written in different languages in order to appeal to speakers of those languages, not the other way around.
And since when is the King James Version "the gold standard for Bibles according to Atheists"? I think I would at least have gotten the memo second hand ;).
2007-12-18 12:41:22 · answer #2 · answered by Amy R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the old testament was in Hebrew and the new in Latin so shouldn't Christians be speaking gibberish ? Oh pardon me you are ! Many people do speak Esperanto Harry Harrison has helped there { a atheist } and a popular writer among the Christians I have met . Many christian writers tend to poor story lines and 2 dimensional characters { like L . Ron Hubbard } trash writers there are some notable exceptions however they tend to be doubters not always just most of the time . the best sect for writers I have to admit is the Mormons for people like David Drake and I forget the name at the moment he wrote Enders game . Please use what passes for a brain before you speak as you make yourself look stupid when you say things like this !
And the number system is called Aramaic and was invented by inhabitants of the so called Holy Land around the red sea who exactly started it is unknown as it was in place and common use when crusaders came to the region . Illiterate and unwashed looking and smelling like pigs having to take off their shoes to count over 10 .
2007-12-18 10:17:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Bible was originally written in Latin or Hebrew, and later was translated to English. It's also been translated into almost every other language on the planet. So if atheists were forbidden from speaking any language the bible was translated into, we'd have to come up with a new one. Luckily, common sense is on our side.
I think we should take binary anyway.
2007-12-18 10:07:34 · answer #4 · answered by Mr.Samsa 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Shouldn't you be speaking Aramaic? Or at the very least be able to read the document you claim to base your life on in the language it was written in? Or Greek, Hebrew or at the very least Latin...
Let me guess you follow a third hand translation written at best 1600 years after the original and haven't even seen the original...
Heck even I've read the Latin versions and I'm an atheist. What's your excuse?
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"The Bible was written in Latin originally, so ha. We should be speaking Latin.
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Christian, who knows how to speak Latin. lol"
Oh really? Lets start with בראשית shall we? Oh wait that isn't Latin is it? HA HA HA HA HA HA........
Whew that was a riot. Okay, but seriously that was a really dumb question.
2007-12-18 10:03:21 · answer #5 · answered by tuyet n 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Anton La Vey's "Satanic Bible" was written in English. Your question was also in English. Does that mean you're a Satanist?
"Gulliver's Travels" was written in English as well--therefore, by your 'logic', English is a Lilliputian language...
2007-12-18 10:17:20 · answer #6 · answered by crypto_the_unknown 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
shakespeare's plays are all in english, and shakespeare is the nearest thing to an atheist in the whole of renaissance literature.
('strong agnostic' would be most accurate: there is no explicit reference to a christian god - or even to life after death - anywhere in shakespeare).
english was the first faithless language. this is what is so good about it.
2007-12-18 20:43:01 · answer #7 · answered by synopsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, some people say American English really isn't English so I guess I'm safe. Anyhow in a pinch I know a little Gaelic and Welsh.
2007-12-18 10:04:14 · answer #8 · answered by genaddt 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Si, creo que es la mejor (i forgot how to say option).
Los Christians creo que Atheist no pueden hablar Ingles,
Pero, no se... quien aqui en R&S se hablan Espanol?
Viva Atheist!
2007-12-18 10:08:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
De Bijbel is van Hebreeuws tot vele andere talen vertaald geworden. Engels is enkel een van hen.
2007-12-18 10:19:14 · answer #10 · answered by Incognito 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋