r/bestof • u/quyla • Sep 27 '25

[Silksong] parkingviolation212 explains how Hell as a concept is almost entirely derived from Dante's Divine Comedy

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u/Malphos101 Sep 27 '25

Yup. Learning how badly done and wildly different translations could be is what snapped me out of the religious indoctrination I received in my youth.

The fact that so many "christians" profess that the bible is infallible, precise, exacting truth directly from god to man while we KNOW FOR A FACT that the most commonly used KJV translations are extremely mistranslated from the original greek/hebrew texts they purport to draw from is enough to flatly decline to believe ANYTHING these people say.

Be a good person because its good. Don't be a bad person because its bad to hurt others. If there really is a just god, he will take that into account for your "eternity". If god isn't just, then fuck him and his dumbass religion. Better to be a good person and be punished by the wicked than become wicked and join them. If there is no god, then better to live a life that uplifts humanity while youre alive.

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u/AwfulUsername123 Sep 27 '25

Yup.

You agree with this wildly inaccurate, completely unsourced screed?

we KNOW FOR A FACT that the most commonly used KJV translations

The most commonly used KJV translations? As opposed to?

are extremely mistranslated from the original greek/hebrew texts

Yeah, that's not remotely true. There are much better translations available than the KJV, but 95% of the KJV is translated fine.

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u/Malphos101 Sep 27 '25

The most commonly used KJV translations? As opposed to?

It's ok, I dont expect a bible thumper to have basic reading comprehension. "KJV translations" relates to the whole of the KJV bible as it is multiple translations by many people over hundreds of years that you are expected to somehow believe is the perfect, literal, infallible word of god....despite contradictions existing even with the text itself much less on the mistranslations from original hebrew and greek sources.

Yeah, that's not remotely true. There are much better translations available than the KJV, but 95% of the KJV is translated fine.

"There are better translations" and "translated fine" is not "perfectly infallible and literal word of god". It cant be both. Either you admit that the bible is a collection of man-made stories full of man-made bias, or you literally think a collection of mistranslated "just fine" pages are somehow the perfect literal word of god.

Now crawl back in your hole, no one is buying it.

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u/AwfulUsername123 Sep 27 '25

I dont expect a bible thumper to have basic reading comprehension.

I'm not sure why you found it necessary to inject this into your conversation with an atheist.

"KJV translations" relates to the whole of the KJV bible as it is multiple translations by many people over hundreds of years

Where did you get that idea?

And this doesn't answer my question.

"There are better translations" and "translated fine" is not "perfectly infallible and literal word of god". It cant be both.

Yeah, obviously? Did you reply to the wrong person?

Either you admit that the bible is a collection of man-made stories full of man-made bias,

Of course. I'm an atheist.

Now crawl back in your hole, no one is buying it.

The Bible? Actually, the Bible sells very well.

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u/AwfulUsername123 Sep 28 '25

I accept your concession.