New finding: 600M years ago, a single mutation changed everything

Re:New finding: 600M years ago, a single mutation changed ev... by rwallace on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @06:14AM (#10886709)

The use of the English word 'days' is effectively a mistranslation. As for the seventh day, that's a context switch for some life advice: after work must come rest, trying to work a seven-day week is stupid and harmful - something quite a few people nowadays would do well to remember.

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Re:New finding: 600M years ago, a single mutation changed ev... by acqq on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @12:23PM (#10888749)

Please give me some link to the "the day in Genesis is mistranslation" I'd like to read about it, since the only thing I can find is:

http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0101.htm

"ח וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָרָקִיעַ, שָׁמָיִם; וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם

שֵׁנִי. {פ}

And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day." (Genesis 1:8)

Which word of those is mistranslated?

Note that because of this and similar lines the Jews count the days for celebration (including Shabbat) to have a beginning at the evening (Shabbat starts on Friday evening).

If you mean "yō·wm" here are all the places where the word was used in the Bible:

http://biblehub.com/hebrew/yom_3117.htm

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Re:New finding: 600M years ago, a single mutation changed ev... by acqq on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @06:18AM (#10886720)

It's the almighty that had to rest, not the people. The absurdity is obvious for everybody except the believers. But that is the definition of faith, believe, no matter what.

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