(November 29, 2018 at 12:04 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote: What would you consider better and why would it be an improvement?
I would consider it an improvement if a "god" could make his/her/its point without having to rely on the intricacies of various translations of human languages which, as you correctly point out, are open to interpretation. The problem here is not that "god" spoke a particularly shitty dialect of Greek, it is that a "god" ( if there were such a being ) should not be constrained by it or anything else.
The stunning lack of evidence for any of the gods invented across the millennia by the human imagination has convinced me that all gods are bullshit. Remember the wise words of Stephen Roberts.
Any speech or form of symbol can be open to interpretation. But if your argument rests on you own interpretation of Greek, then maybe rethink your argument. Greek is one of the primary languages that much of our English dictionary is based from. So if it is flawed, then I would think those flaws would carry over into our English. Yet, you seem to have no issues with wanting to use it to communicate. Maybe specify your issues with that Greek dialect? If not, we might as well start tossing out everything people like Plato, Aristotle, and Pythagoras said as well.
I don't want you to feel like I'm picking on you, but your critique of a language is personal to you, but it's just an "opinion" about how the world exists (or existed). Maybe changing things would make things feel better for you, but other people have no issue with the Greek language or who used it. Also, our feelings in the present don't determine how history played out and reality isn't normally determined by our personal comfort.
If you think something can be made better, maybe share HOW it could be better for the general consensus of the world's population, and very importantly, WHY your idea is better.