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.
I have two and they're very well read. I once argued with a creationist over evolution, saying, you don't know anything about evolution yet you claim you know it's not true. At the very least you could take the time to investigate your claims before you make them. He rightfully turned that back on me, saying I was doing the same thing with God. Now he can't claim that because I have researched God, I feel better than most Christians and the God Hypotheses of Yahweh still fails to convince me. Actually, I'm more convinced than ever it's not true after reading the Bible.
At present I have at least one that is in a stack of other books waiting for me to schlep them down to Half Price Books and sell them. When I need a bible now I look it up online . Sometimes I like to beat believers up with what "the word" actually says.
I think I still have one somewhere. I have many religious texts that were used for religious studies and philosophy discussions. I've moved so am not certain if I still have them all or where they are.
The nits may have run off with them
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.
Pfftt. No (smugly looks up from fingernails and rolls eyes)
I have like 2, they make great sig rolling papers when i run out and well rolling other things too just saying lol
Where's the 'none' option? I've never had a bible, even as a child in my parent's house. My family is Jewish, so it's not something they'd keep around.
None.
Never owned or read that particular manual for abuse.
A dusty one on top of the bookshelf from my confirmation
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
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.
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 and the study books and courses that go with them. If I got rid of them now it would be like I was all angry or something. I do have anger but not at these books. My anger is in being lied to and taken advantage of. What can I say? My parents didn't know either. They went with what was passed on to them.