# Have we been getting the creation wrong all this time ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-been-getting-the-creation-wrong-all-this-time/735527>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 23, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-been-getting-the-creation-wrong-all-this-time/735527 "2015-10-23T12:38:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-been-getting-the-creation-wrong-all-this-time/735527/21 "2015-10-23T16:50:45Z")

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> [@Voyager](#):
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> I have read it in Hebrew, in Hebrew School. Capital letters had not yet been invented. And if God’s natural language is English, he would have made it simpler.

Like no vowels is simpler? Ever try to write in dialect in Hebrew? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-been-getting-the-creation-wrong-all-this-time/735527/22 "2015-10-23T16:59:40Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> Ever try to write in dialect in Hebrew?

“Shalom, y’all!”

Nailed it.

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-been-getting-the-creation-wrong-all-this-time/735527/23 "2015-10-23T18:27:40Z")

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> [@Grey](#):
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> GD isn’t the place for parody.

Reported the OP.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-been-getting-the-creation-wrong-all-this-time/735527/24 "2015-10-23T19:50:53Z")

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This is dumb.

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-been-getting-the-creation-wrong-all-this-time/735527/25 "2015-10-24T00:00:30Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> Like no vowels is simpler? Ever try to write in dialect in Hebrew? 🙂

No vowels make Hebrew easy to learn assuming you already know it.  
And dialect in Hebrew is called Yiddish.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-been-getting-the-creation-wrong-all-this-time/735527/26 "2015-10-24T00:07:17Z")

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> [@Smeghead](#):
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> This is dumb.

A true statement on which I will act:

This nonsense is closed.

I will also point out to **MrQwertyasd** that the quantity and quality of his threads in Great Debates suggests more an effort to attract attention than to engage in actual discussions. That view will influence my decisions regarding other threads that he begins.

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