Re: Worst Translation of the Bible? (DeepSeek)
Samuel Spade <[email protected]>
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Christ Rose wrote: > I asked DeepSeek what's the worst English translation of the Bible, and > why? Here is the response: DeepSeek is a contrivance of the red chinese police state. Whatever it does, it was not invented out of charity. Any AI is a product of the bias of its training and reference sources. > The Problem of Theological Bias > > Many scholars argue that some translations are not objective renderings > of the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek manuscripts but are instead designed > to support the particular doctrines of their translators. > > The New World Translation (NWT), produced by the Jehovah's Witnesses, is > a primary example. Critics point to the fact that its translators are > anonymous and that it has been accused of altering key passages to align The whole bible is of unknown authorship, except most (not all) of the Pauline epistles. So what's an anonymous translation. > with Jehovah's Witnesses' theologyÂfor instance, by adding words that It wasn't the JWs who added the last 12 verses of Mark. > aren't in the original text to change the meaning. This lack of > transparency and the consistent pattern of changes to support a specific > doctrine lead many to view it as a poor translation. Thanks, CR, for your opinions.