Theory: this is latent Protestantism showing itself. Protestants hated the Latin Mass and vilified anything associated with Roman Catholicism. And so depicting Latin as the language of the Devil was part of this project.
Maybe Hell is just so full of red tape that it was only thousands of years after it had been a predominant language, did they switch to Latin for all contracts. In another 1000 years, they’ll switch to Mandarin, by which point we’ll be speaking duck.
Well, I can't imagine hell does a lot of innovating in the humanities. At least not any that isn't a form of punishment. They probably just take whatever inventions humans come up with that suit their needs.
The oldest lenguage still in use is Basque, it's straight from the stone age. All words that have to do with cutting or separating, have as their root word stone.
Well, thers hebrew, greek, farsi which are actually spoken. Ancient greek is still sifferent than modern greek as, i assume, is the same for the others.
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OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 103d
Probably cuz the religion was invented 2000 years ago
thenextguy@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 103d
What if the Romans got Latin from Satan?
RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 103d
Satan did tempt Eve with knowledge.
FrChazzz@lemmus.org · 25 pts · 103d
Theory: this is latent Protestantism showing itself. Protestants hated the Latin Mass and vilified anything associated with Roman Catholicism. And so depicting Latin as the language of the Devil was part of this project.
Maeve@kbin.earth · 9 pts · 103d
I mean, Nero was considered an antichrist.
OrganicMustard@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 103d
Yup, specially the Beast with the 666
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 103d
Maybe Latin is just a simplified form of Infernal that us humans can pronounce
xkbx@startrek.website · 12 pts · 103d
Maybe Hell is just so full of red tape that it was only thousands of years after it had been a predominant language, did they switch to Latin for all contracts. In another 1000 years, they’ll switch to Mandarin, by which point we’ll be speaking duck.
saltnotsugar@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 103d
Quackity quack? Quack!
xkbx@startrek.website · 7 pts · 103d
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 103d
Hell still runs on cobol.
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 103d
It's why it still works.
darklamer@feddit.org · 7 pts · 103d
The real Satan speaks Sumerian, that's a well-known fact.
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 103d
Makes sense, Satan's a lawyer
X@piefed.world · 6 pts · 103d
Satan: No idea why you’d think I wouldn’t move on from Latin. Probably something to take up with movie directors, hey?
ArseAssassin@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 102d
gibmiser@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 103d
Well, I can't imagine hell does a lot of innovating in the humanities. At least not any that isn't a form of punishment. They probably just take whatever inventions humans come up with that suit their needs.
Latin was the language most conducive to evil.
Zerush@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 103d
The oldest lenguage still in use is Basque, it's straight from the stone age. All words that have to do with cutting or separating, have as their root word stone.
Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 102d
Good stands with Constantinople, evil stands with Venice.
Kowowow@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 103d
Latin is like the second oldest language still in use or something isn't it?
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 103d
Well, thers hebrew, greek, farsi which are actually spoken. Ancient greek is still sifferent than modern greek as, i assume, is the same for the others.