Newer Quran Translations

[ReptilianPeon]

[Minimalist]

I'm re-reading Robert Spencer's "Did Mohammed Exist" right now and in chapter 9 he is discussing how the earliest versions of the koran had similar problems.

Apparently, just like all religious horseshit, it says whatever the powers that be want it to say.

[paulpablo]

I don't know how to read arabic but I know that these days, Muslims who are into proving the quran is scientifically accurate tend to use this translation

Shakir
Surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time,

On the quran website all other translations say six days.

There are others but I can't remember now, it's been ages since I joined in a good Islam debate, I'm getting rusty.

[robvalue]

Hmm, I don't know anything about this, but to me it does sound like trying to sneak stuff in that wasn't there to make it more credible.

But really, it's so much of a crock of shit that it would have to be entirely rewritten before it would represent reality in any serious way. No one with a brain is going to be fooled by this, it may be just massaging the ego of believers, giving more pseudo-scientific reasons to try and rationalize their belief.

But since I don't know anything much about it, I could be way off :p

[Aoi Magi]

I smell a coverup

[robvalue]

It won't be long before they'll start inserting the words "didn't" and "wasn't" to try and reverse the meanings of sentences. Not that religious people have any problem doing that themselves!

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Eventually the bible and quran are going to end up like these books:



If you believe in evolution, go to verse 34. Otherwise, go to verse 2.

If you think god likes slavery, go to verse 98. If you think he finds it objectionable, go to verse 102.

[Exian]

Sounds like some rewrites to me. Pretty soon we'll see "Mohammed didn't punch the moon in half, but it'd be cool if he did!"

[robvalue]

Actually, the word "metaphorically" might start making frequent appearances.

The problem with them trying to pull this kind of stunt is that we're in the internet age, and people are going to see very quickly that the perfect word of god has been altered. You can't just get away with it like you could when it was written on the back of fag packets or whatever.

[jesus_wept]

[Cyberman]

The problem with them trying to pull this kind of stunt is that we're in the internet age, and people are going to see very quickly that the perfect word of god has been altered. You can't just get away with it like you could when it was written on the back of fag packets or whatever.

The internet is where religions come to die.