(September 4, 2019 at 2:27 pm)Macoleco Wrote: How can theists confirm these translations are 100%, or even somewhat, accurate?
Some theists deny that any translation is accurate: Muslims say the only real Koran is the one in the original language.
Some theists acknowledge that complete translation of meaning in different words is impossible, and the original languages are the basic text while translations are just assistance for people who who can only read different languages. That's why new translations of the New Testament, for example, are made from the original Greek -- not from one translation into another. (Greek to Japanese, for example. Not Greek to English to Japanese.)
Other theists say that since any human language is a flawed way to present the truth, even the original language can only approximate reality.
And a lot of theists don't think the text is magic -- they acknowledge that it was put together by flawed humans, and can only be trusted that far.
