All religious stories are interpreted by people and prone to error in the translation?

On average, everyone strongly agrees with consensus between 873 voters.

Reasons To Disagree

They can be prone to error in translation, but that would make them a new thought, which is just as valid as the original, or even moreso.

not all of them just most of them (espeshaly the afgans and iraq's (i dont the the karan or what ever they read said any thing about suiside bombing any one that dose not beleave the same as you) but 911 the american only have g.w.bush to blame he funded biladin's training and sent him to try and kill sadam and and there there count deposits made into g.w bushes (senior) bank acount from the binladins since 911 hmm coinsident they dint catch him

If you gain some knowledge from the allegory, then there was truth in it for you, therefore there is no error.

"All", that sure seems final and extreme. That's like saying that "all" of the members of this church are mindless children that will (or do) live with their parents at the age of 40. I know that a bunch of you do. "All", that seems extreme and final to me.

There are truths in all things, and allowing the force to guide your understanding, then you get sincere truth and vision. Also I think what you get from something depends on where you are in your personal awakening to the force.

It would be true that religious stories interpreted by people are prone to error and there may be errors in the translation. But who are we to say that other life forms don't interpret and have their own religious stories? The "All" is an unwarranted assumption that should be removed from this question.

Religious stories are there to be interpreted by the reader. There is always a deeper meaning, which will more often then not vary depending on the person reading it.

only jedi religios stories are true

except jedi

It is about beleif not errors and fact.

Religious stories are like children's fairytales. Each person tells 'Cinderella' differently, but it is still the same story.

Reasons To Agree

walk on water i saw some bloke walk on custared braniak science abuse kickes ass

We are all human and can miss the intended meaning of anything quite easily.

We are only human and as they say "to er is human"

All but my religion now bow!

Heisnburgs law

Why else would there be so many different religions, all led by the same books

There are fourty two missing books out of the old testment.How can anyone tell how much that might change the old testment god

its not the same the bible of the christians for the bible of mormons

Crusades are a prime example

the truth is writed by the survivors, and not always the good ones

There is certainty that one could interpret a translation correctly.

leonardo da vinci do i need to say anymore

We are merely human. Jedi or not we make mistakes.

The Christian Bible was put together by uneducated white Europeans under Emperor Constantine. They left out many books that "Indigenous Christians" had considered holy during the birth of Christianity. It is not hard to believe that these sheltered white males would make serious mistakes. They are already being addressed on television actually.

i think there are 13 subtotal versions of the Bible minus the new testament? thats saying a lot about religious interpretation with those "versions" alone.

With the exception of Jedi

Religious stories are depictions of choices which each person will face at some time in their lives. All religious stories are interpreted in the context of the culture in which they are read.

Ever hear of the Albigensians? No? That's because they were exterminated by the Catholics during the 4th Crusade for being "heretics". Their crime? Disagreeing with the "party line" of the Church of Rome. Quod erat demonstrandum.

yes but the religion means different things to different people

The people who write them gain the power to change or not the story at hand. People will change storys because they want you to belive in what they do. Almost no man could pass that up.

too true that

Have u seen how the chineese translate to english, Starbucks meet starbutts

Half of what Christians believe in the Bible aren't meant to be taken the way that they do.

Of course. Humans make mistakes.

everyone makes mistakes.. nobodys perfect

the christist bible, need i say more?

Al religions come from one ancient religion, but they got washed out in times went bye.

People lie for their own benefit. Greed can be powerful.

Nobody is perfect to believe yourself so is to invite the dark side into your life.

take jesus christ for example, maybe he wasnt the all powerful son of god, maybe just a really ahead of his time street magician

Obviously, look to the core within.

Read the bible in it's many translations, and you will see that EVERYBODY has a different interpretation.... Reading it in different languages is VERY enlightening. In each language, sometimes it is EXTREMELY diffrent...

The holy bible is the cause of death, war, and hunger.

Yeah to a point there is such as famous battles and middle eastern religion stories can be turned along with asian and european but we all have error we must beat the error to fix are mistakes and this will never be done so yeah there are errors in translation just play the game tele phone with about 20 people and see what happens :D

This is essentialy the same question as already been asked. A Jedi must stay focused and not cloud an issue by continuing to ask the same question a different way other than to promote the understaing that the two questions are infact the same question and should have infact have the same responce. A Jedi should always be aware of deception in its many forms.

This goes without saying.

Common life mistake. Changes will happen but so long as their are enough people that believe the changed versions then it should carry on. Relgions that stay EXACTLY the same will likely fail.

it is the same as the chinese whisper you may spread the word of something but when it comes back to you, it may be completely different...such is everything in life

Mankinds foolishness and need for understanding seek us to religion. Trying to explain what we cannot in ways understandable for a human. The force cannot be explained, it's inevetable.

All stories are morals meant to be understood, yet there are very few who would ever understand the same story the same way.

those storie's along with everything else is open to translation to that person.

Errors or intentional corruption. Pearls cast before swine are worthless. People will only see as much as their own evolution will allow them. Fundamentalist tension as a result of literal dogmatism and self-serving adgendas. It's so petty and far from true faith. They see the holes in the fabric, not the fabric itself. Each hold a shard of a mirror, and screams that their own is the only one that reflects.

not all

yup

Most subjects in life can be misheard or misunderstood.

Religion was 'invented' as a guideline for humanity. So we all have the same idea's and values, and therefore live 'in theory' in peace. The bible, is a STORY, aimed at inspiring people to be good x

Even though they may be done thusly, it allow for people to actively read their religious text

we are men what can we do?

there is too much error in other religions, thats why I feel my way using the force

it is an unfortunate fact that people are wrong sometimes may the force be with you in interpereting messages

we are guided by the force, however we do not always listen.

This is true but ones interpretation of the teaching of a religion are very important

Over eons and millenniums, the word of man has been handed down from generations to generations, there is no doubt that the generation before will teach the generation after of all the teachings they know. its like photocopying of an original, and then photocopying the copy. After about 10 times, its still looks similar to the original but is somewhat distorted.

Just think of someone with a sick mind. You say fishsticks. They here something else. Just like the game of telephone, everything is relative.

The only perfect aspect of this Universe is the Force, and the only circumstances where people make error is when we allow our attachments to cloud our judgement of the Force. That does not mean to say that attachments should be forbidden however, for attachments such as love and marriage should be encouraged to allow our knowledge and experience in all aspects of the Force to grow and flourish.

All religious stories are interpreted by people and THEREFORE prone to error in translation. This would seem axiomatic to me. Even if the original story was 100% true and correct, people are people, and therefore capable of misinterpreting virtually anything.

100% again, the chris angel theory ...

There is no Room for interpretation in the Jedi Codex interpretations leave room for people who try to manipulate others in doing their bidding

Not everything translates correctly, so I agree to that.

Absolutely, the interpretations are what allows a religion to evolve, and grow to maintain value with current society. I do not know if I would call them all errors.

Of course they are. Stories are always prone to error. But

Yes. Such is life. Implication and misunderstanding is inevitable in communication.

Yep...depending on the motivation and will and desires of the translator.

I agree with this one completely. Religions themselves are neither good nor evil. It's the people who are interpreting the religion for their own use, that are evil.

Chinese whispers - the Jedi should not permit this.

I agree with this and therefore the Jedi Church needs to have a way to best prevent this from happening. When it does, it should have a way to intervene and correct the people's translation error's!

No ones a perfect story teller.

See my Star Explorers: The Discovery and Psye ens: The Hidden Knowledge.

Of course there is error because there must be balance in the Force.

Interpretation is to be expected and is a matter of one's own beliefs. Manipulation however is the dark side. It is one thing to say that Muhammed wanted everyone to know the truth he found in Allah and another thing entirely to say if you don't believe in Allah then you should die. We must know the difference and fight against evil.

Everyone has their own interpretation of what they hear. Stories change over time.

some scribes are under order of high officials to distort truth

History is decided by those who write it

Including Jediism

The translators inevitably brought their own perspective to their translation.

but this is not a religion.......no gods.....

Through time, any story can be altered to inaccuracy.

There are many interpretations to every story but some are flat out wrong.

The human mind cannot comprehend the infinite mysterues of the Force. Therefore, we must make due with our own understanding.

Not merely prone to error. They are written centuries after the base event happened and those writing them down CHOOSE how to tell the story and what to leave out. There are many books that were excluded from the Christian bible, including the one that tells of the Christ boy pushing another boy off a roof and killing him, and only resurrecting him because the grown ups were all furious about it. Wouldn't that put a different spin on the "perfect" savior.

just like faerie tales

Ever play the telephone game in school

Prone to say what they want to achieve their personal objectives generally power and wealth

All memories/stories from the past are an interpretation and representation of what actually happened, but not a 100% accurate snapshot of what happened.

Religion is up to interpretation of the council