Has anybody else here tried to write an essay about atheism in Latin? Here is what I've written:

Quote:Quid homines in hac agora censent, num Deus realis sit? Ego censeo Deum non realem esse. Si Deus realis sit, quomodo possibile est ut tot differentes religiones in terra sint? Cur Deus permittat his religionibus exsistere, et ut tot homines audiant solummodo fabulas de Deis, quae non sunt veritas? Cur omnipotens et benevolens Deus permittat tot innocentibus hominibus in Tartarum ire falsae religionis causa?
Et Biblia dicit multas res, quae nunc scimus non veras esse. Jesus dixit eclipses lunae et solis signum Dei fuisse ("Sol convertetur in tenebras, et luna in sanguinem, antequam veniat dies Domini magnus et manifestus."). Nunc scimus, et multi philosophi eo tempore etiam sciebant, id non ita esse. Jesus praedicavit pauperes pauperiores futuri esse, et quod dives divitiores futuri sint ("Omni enim habenti dabitur, et abundabit, ei autem qui non habet, et quod videtur habere, auferetur ab eo."). Et hodie paene nemo est ita pauper, quomodo paene omnes homines eo tempore erant. Eo tempore paene omnes homines nudi erant, quia non poterant togas emere. Et Jesus etiam dixit bellum solutionem fuisse ("Nolite arbitrari quia pacem venerim mittere in terram, non veni pacem mittere, sed gladium."). Si Jesus in vicesimo saeculo esset, is cum socialistibus concordet. Jesu non fuit sapientia divina.
Et de theologia, diligo quod Richard Dawkins scripsit: "Theologia numquam dixit aliquid, quod non perspicuum est, et quod non falsum est.".

Which arguments would you use to argue for atheism in a language you don't really speak? Perhaps it would be a good thing to write an introduction to atheism that's easy to translate. What I've written may be a relatively good start.

You have written that yourself in latin, or had it translated?

I suppose that if I were trying to convince a Vestal Virgin that she was wasting her life and that she should run off with me to Smyrna, arguments in Latin might be a wise idea.  Other than that, I can't think of any reason to write ANYTHING in a language I don't speak.  Moreover, I don't see the point in writing arguments for atheism in a language that I speak but that my audience doesn't. 

It's just silly.

Boru

No, but I can sum up religion in mock Olde Englishe: “Tis bullshitteth”

(August 25, 2019 at 8:59 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: Has anybody else here tried to write an essay about atheism in Latin? Here is what I've written:

Quote:Quid homines in hac agora censent, num Deus realis sit? Ego censeo Deum non realem esse. Si Deus realis sit, quomodo possibile est ut tot differentes religiones in terra sint? Cur Deus permittat his religionibus exsistere, et ut tot homines audiant solummodo fabulas de Deis, quae non sunt veritas? Cur omnipotens et benevolens Deus permittat tot innocentibus hominibus in Tartarum ire falsae religionis causa?
Et Biblia dicit multas res, quae nunc scimus non veras esse. Jesus dixit eclipses lunae et solis signum Dei fuisse ("Sol convertetur in tenebras, et luna in sanguinem, antequam veniat dies Domini magnus et manifestus."). Nunc scimus, et multi philosophi eo tempore etiam sciebant, id non ita esse. Jesus praedicavit pauperes pauperiores futuri esse, et quod dives divitiores futuri sint ("Omni enim habenti dabitur, et abundabit, ei autem qui non habet, et quod videtur habere, auferetur ab eo."). Et hodie paene nemo est ita pauper, quomodo paene omnes homines eo tempore erant. Eo tempore paene omnes homines nudi erant, quia non poterant togas emere. Et Jesus etiam dixit bellum solutionem fuisse ("Nolite arbitrari quia pacem venerim mittere in terram, non veni pacem mittere, sed gladium."). Si Jesus in vicesimo saeculo esset, is cum socialistibus concordet. Jesu non fuit sapientia divina.
Et de theologia, diligo quod Richard Dawkins scripsit: "Theologia numquam dixit aliquid, quod non perspicuum est, et quod non falsum est.".

Which arguments would you use to argue for atheism in a language you don't really speak? Perhaps it would be a good thing to write an introduction to atheism that's easy to translate. What I've written may be a relatively good start.

I know a person whose linguistic ability was such that from a basis of zero knowledge in Japanese, he was able to master it to the point of writing a scholarly paper and then chair a symposium in japanese, all in less than 6 weeks.   During these weeks he neither slack in his day job nor shafted his family or normal leisure activities, such as reading a novel in his native Portuguese.

(August 25, 2019 at 8:59 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: Has anybody else here tried to write an essay about atheism in Latin? Here is what I've written:

Quote:Quid homines in hac agora censent, num Deus realis sit? Ego censeo Deum non realem esse. Si Deus realis sit, quomodo possibile est ut tot differentes religiones in terra sint? Cur Deus permittat his religionibus exsistere, et ut tot homines audiant solummodo fabulas de Deis, quae non sunt veritas? Cur omnipotens et benevolens Deus permittat tot innocentibus hominibus in Tartarum ire falsae religionis causa?
Et Biblia dicit multas res, quae nunc scimus non veras esse. Jesus dixit eclipses lunae et solis signum Dei fuisse ("Sol convertetur in tenebras, et luna in sanguinem, antequam veniat dies Domini magnus et manifestus."). Nunc scimus, et multi philosophi eo tempore etiam sciebant, id non ita esse. Jesus praedicavit pauperes pauperiores futuri esse, et quod dives divitiores futuri sint ("Omni enim habenti dabitur, et abundabit, ei autem qui non habet, et quod videtur habere, auferetur ab eo."). Et hodie paene nemo est ita pauper, quomodo paene omnes homines eo tempore erant. Eo tempore paene omnes homines nudi erant, quia non poterant togas emere. Et Jesus etiam dixit bellum solutionem fuisse ("Nolite arbitrari quia pacem venerim mittere in terram, non veni pacem mittere, sed gladium."). Si Jesus in vicesimo saeculo esset, is cum socialistibus concordet. Jesu non fuit sapientia divina.
Et de theologia, diligo quod Richard Dawkins scripsit: "Theologia numquam dixit aliquid, quod non perspicuum est, et quod non falsum est.".

Which arguments would you use to argue for atheism in a language you don't really speak? Perhaps it would be a good thing to write an introduction to atheism that's easy to translate. What I've written may be a relatively good start.

Why would any language be needed to reject or accept Santa, Yoda or Thor?

I am sure all those translate well like Star Wars in any language, but no language proves any monotheistic or polytheistic god. 

Otherwise Batman is real because someone claimed it.

(August 25, 2019 at 9:06 am)Deesse23 Wrote: You have written that yourself in latin, or had it translated?

I've written it in Latin myself. Creationists often say that the Bible makes perfect sense if you read it in Latin or Greek or Hebrew. Well, that's not true in my case.

(August 26, 2019 at 2:56 am)FlatAssembler Wrote:

(August 25, 2019 at 9:06 am)Deesse23 Wrote: You have written that yourself in latin, or had it translated?

I've written it in Latin myself. Creationists often say that the Bible makes perfect sense if you read it in Latin or Greek or Hebrew. Well, that's not true in my case.

After having read Cicero, Sallust and Caesar, your text seemd to be very simply structured. Then i realized that all those authors are really heavyweights and probably latin as having been spoken on the street (or what you wrote) may differ from those like common english differs from Shakespeare.

Anyhow, was quite fun to read your article, although i have to admit to my long time *problem*, an abundance of lack of latin vocabulary (i had to look up quite a few words ).

Writing something in another language doesn't automatically make words less gullible.