Originally posted by PhlabibitThe game's called "telephone."
I believe the Bible was written in Aramaic and translated to Greek. Greeks didn't have a word for "several" or "many" so they threw the number 40 in there figuring that was quite a lot.
Eventually the Bible was translated to English losing much of it's true meaning through 2 translations at least, plus the people in power at the time deciding what some ...[text shortened]... nslation waters down or exaggerates the original idea depending on the translator.
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Originally posted by cmsMasterYeah, and the only reason the results of that game comes out like it does is because some clown internally wants to screw it up. I can visualize plabibit in his kindergarten class now, someone whispered in his ear.... were for art thou Romeo, then out his mouth... teacher gives great blow jobs. Good thing King James didn't hire him as an interpreter or it would have been off with his head. 😛
The game's called "telephone."