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I've had sort of a different theory on that. When explaining something from my field to someone without the background and knowledge needed to understand the pr

I've had sort of a different theory on that. When explaining something from my field to someone without the background and knowledge needed to understand the precise terms, I reduce the explanation to terms and context that they're capable of understanding but still get the general meaning across. I'm not religious by any means, but I've always understood that the Bible is the word of God as interpreted and written by the various disciples. Why couldn't the same apply there? Combined with various translation approximations and differences over the millennia [0], I don't feel it's that far of a reach. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom

specialist 11y ago
About yom... I recently read a fun article speculating (decoding) the values given for years and ages were Sumerian (or Babylonian) in origin, had different units and symbology, so it's not appropriate to interpret those values as literal base 10 values, which is a much more modern system. ...I've always understood that the Bible is the word of God as interpreted and written by the various disciples. Ya, I've heard that a lot, when I was in the church, and now from my fundie relatives. Starts to break down when you start to trace and relate origin myths. Mithras, Horus for the New Testament. Zoroastrian origin of monotheism. A student of religions could likely go on and on. I'm just a casual reader. Every big chief thru the ages has actively remythed their host culture, claimed divine providence, and presents his/herself as something entirely new.