Just for grins, how many of us still have bibles laying around the residence?
I have four. Two go back several generations and are a gold mine of information for my geneology work. Two others are quite old.
It is my desire to get my hands on one at least 200 years old to see how much "editing"has been done over time to suit the political climate.
Lol I only see them in motels- and I leave a message on the inside “ the greatest book of fairytales “
@Stargazer13 ahhhhhh the temptation is way to high - and I still don’t get it why they even put in motels ??
@Stargazer13 ?????
I have several bibles. To be honest, however, I find the bible such an odd collection of poorly translated books and letters, mash-ups of varied versions of stories, and countless contradictions that is hard to follow. I know many people read the whole thing cover to cover, alone, in churches, and in bible study groups, but I'm not sure how they are able to get through it.
I'm pretty sure I have one taking up space on one of the bookshelves with other assorted stuff
I have multiple bibles, a Quran, Book of Mormon, Torah, etc.
I don't have any, never had or will. No desire whatsoever to spend time on it. (Gee, spending time to type this on my phone seems like too much time wasted on the subject). I don't even read novels of any kind. I like to read facts not nonsense fiction. There are way more biographies to read than time I have left.
I had a friend (died a few years ago at 94) that had quite a collection. Every edition had edits of the last and they all claim to be from "the original scrolls". The new easy to read bibles have changed the wording so much that the meaning is no longer the same. He had an Italian bible dating back several hundred years, problem is he did not know Italian. Many religions use the newer bibles to support their perversion of their religion. I would recommend obtaining a full concordance of the bible also, I have a Strong's exhaustive and it seems pretty good
A dusty one on top of the bookshelf from my confirmation
I have never believed in the bible, but it is kind of handy to have around, because it is the most influential book in the world and it is good to know what the crazies are thinking. There is a lot of really messed up crap in the bible, I'm glad most religious people are actually hypocrites and hardly read the thing, or the world would actually even be much worse.
None.
Never owned or read that particular manual for abuse.