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http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-611844

Basically these researchers discovered a way to properly translate the Bible from ancient Hebrew. Apparently the Bible was so massively mistranslated, to the point where we can't even trust the Bibles the Church is using to preach with.

>The group discovered that each letter is not a letter at all, but a full word, and what was believed to be a word, is actually a sentence like description, which supplies the definition of the word. With this discovery, each word can now be properly defined and the results are astounding.

>This means a word can no longer be disputed and swayed by doctrinal pressures

>If accurate, the findings will rewrite everything we presently believe about the scriptual beginnings of the Earth.

They have a site with some of their translations on it. Genesis sounds fucking freaky, instead of a "God" creating the universe, apparently a group if beings called "The Supreme Ones" created it all.

http://www.thechronicleproject.org/index.html

hell, they even understood the concept that the Moon merely reflects the sun's light, as opposed to the text we have now that claims the Moon IS a light.

>things we don't know:
>how to get a professional journalist on this
>their qualifications in linguistics

What we do know:
>the Bible has been heavily mistranslated, especially with the biased King James version that most if not all accept as canon
>A modern translation of Hebrew with this new knowledge will more than likely be more accurate than that of King James


all of this to be taken with a HUGE grain of salt

>> No.1805857

WHO CARES? AND BESIDES, IT WOULD STILL BE A TRANSLATION. NOTHING LIKE LEARNING THE LANGUAGE.

>> No.1805862

>ireport
>group picture of highschool weirdos all grown up
>seems totally legit, brah

>> No.1805864

>>1805857
>>1805857
Cruise control, man. Calm your shit down.

>> No.1805868
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1805868

>implying King James is accurate

>> No.1805870

>>1805868
...that wasn't implied at all. In fact, the opposite of that is what is implied.

>> No.1805873

Sounds interesting, but they've only been researching it for three years, that doesn't fill me with confidence. They also admit to being pretty much laymen. Like I said though, interesting.

The last paragraph was the most intriguing, saying the origins of the language are now untracable.

>> No.1805878

"To chronicle the beginning of the supreme ones production with our celestials and with the planet Earth."

Yeah, I imagine that if you took the ranting of a crazy Chinese tramp and fed it through Google translate, this is what you'd get.

>> No.1805885

Also: this whole premise makes no sense. Jesus and his New Testament buddies read the Old Testament in Hebrew, no? If their understanding was so radically different as to not have a singular god, what was the New Testament talking about?

>> No.1805886

>Genesis sounds fucking freaky, instead of a "God" creating the universe, apparently a group if beings called "The Supreme Ones" created it all.

This would fit in to the theory that the Israelis were actually polytheistic and that the reason they become monotheistic was due to a power grab by the priests of Yahweh

>> No.1805887

This still wouldn't change the fact that it was written in the god damn bronze age before people knew shit about anything.

>> No.1805891

The New Testament was written in Greek dumbass OP.

>> No.1805901

>>1805891
Who gives a shit about the new testament? NEW TESTAMENT IS FAGGOT TESTAMENT.

>> No.1805905

>>1805891
Aramaic isn't Greek

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1805909

How does this change anything? It's still a bunch of irrelevant bullshit.

>> No.1805910

>>1805905
Jesus spoke in Arameic, but it was written later in Greek,

>> No.1805912

>>1805905
Wikipedia sez:
>All of the books that would eventually form the New Testament were written in Koine Greek
>However, some of the Church Fathers[13] imply or claim that Matthew was originally written in Hebrew or Aramaic.

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1805927

That iReport report is unvetted by CNN.

Their website certainly has the feel of authenticity, though.

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1805937

>>1805927

>> No.1805938

>>1805927
Look at some of the 'translations'. I don't often say this but... this shit is some retarded shit.

>> No.1805946

>>1805938
Best part of the website so far:
"Please do not send emails regarding the history of the language as is presently understood. We are well versed regarding history, development, and present understanding of the language, but thank you for the consideration."

tl;dr PLEASE STOP TELLING US WE'RE STUPID, GUYS WHO ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT THIS STUFF. DON'T BE MEANIES.

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1805966

go on their fucking website and check out their bio's
two of them would get fucked.

>> No.1805967

I like how the OP is like PRETTY INTERESTING YOU GUYS, REALLY MAKES YOU THINK

also, how it's completely obvious that this is bullshit and how every other poster has pointed this out

>> No.1805962

>>1805849
>the biased King James version that most if not all accept as canon
wat

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1805979

>>1805966
>>1805966
she's the less attractive one too/

>> No.1805982

>>1805966

Dave and Christopher, I bet, browneye.

>> No.1805986

>>1805979
HOT DAMN

want to translate Song of Solomon with that chick if u know what i mean

>> No.1805989

>>1805966
Oh shit, I did exactly the same thing and looks like we've gone for the same girl. Fight!

Reading the bios, though... I kind of envy these guys. I mean, it really sounds like they're in a cabin in the woods or something, just having fun making up total bullshit. I just hope they're all independently wealthy.

>> No.1806002

>>1805982
>>1805982
sure thing nigger

>> No.1806004

>iReports

>> No.1806011

>>1805979
>>1805986
"Jennifer, at the end of the day, when her husband David is "cruising horn" and the baby is asleep, finds herself looking for stuff to do. She needs a relaxing hobby."

No idea what "cruising horn" means but hoo boy, 'needs a relaxing hobby', etc etc.

>> No.1806101

OP cannot into critical thinking.

>> No.1806113

Do you guys know that gullible isn't in the dictionary?

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1806164

>A research group in Canada, has proved that the Old Testement has been massively mistranslated.
>has proved

>> No.1806180

>>1805885
they probably read it in Greek

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1806186

Why do I get the feeling this is some viral marketing/ ARG for the next Assassin's Creed game?

>> No.1806198

>>1806186

>viral
gb2 >>>/v/

>> No.1806222

Genesis sounds fucking freaky, instead of a "God" creating the universe, apparently a group if beings called "The Supreme Ones" created it all.


Uhm, yeah. My annotated Oxford Edition of the Bible (1967) has a footnote that says there was a 'Heavenly Court' around Yahweh.

I smell bullshit.

>> No.1806301

TELL THAT TO HAROLD BLOOM, CANADIAN "RESEARCHERS"

LOL WHAT FAGGOTS

>> No.1806398

>>1806180
Doesn't actually matter, thinking about it... the end result is A GIANT CONSPIRACY TO HIDE THE TRUTH. It's just that the truth here is apparently that the Old Testament was written in a magical language that uses the same words as Hebrew but when read properly makes no fucking sense.