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Permalink Reply by Steph S. on January 25, 2012 at 6:24pm

All of them are bad. They have the bible online -- if you really want to read it. It will make you a stronger atheist.

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Permalink Reply by booklover on March 7, 2012 at 9:53am

I've never understood how someone could read the bible and then call it "the good book".  It's horrible.  Horrible stories, bad writing, etc.  Why would anyone even WANT it to be true.  Sick.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Fleming on January 25, 2012 at 9:17pm

I agree, KJV is the best version for consistency. Its funny how such a derivative piece of fiction got so many remakes. 

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Permalink Reply by Matt VDB on January 26, 2012 at 3:23am

When it comes to consistency to the source material, that's really not true though. The KJV is several centuries old; modern Bible translations have the advantage of centuries of scholarship into Ancient Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic.

The KJV is probably the most poetic version, but for the same reason it's also one of the least close to the source material by modern standards.

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Griffin on February 17, 2012 at 7:03pm

I really like the full, unedited version of the KJB. I live in a remote area and sometimes run out of TP.

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Permalink Reply by Regina Goodwin on February 17, 2012 at 7:37pm

TP.  ROFLMAO

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Permalink Reply by heretic zero on February 22, 2012 at 4:34pm

One problem, with any bible, is that many people have the reading comprehension of an 8th grader. Upper level readers, in college, read at a 10th grade education level. This is an obstacle for those who read their bibles, they have no comprehension of what they read. Many gloss over many scriptures that would prove Christianity a false religion, such as the Book of Jeremiah. Others do not read beyond their religious books to understand that the Book of John, introduction, is a plagiarized version of the writings of the pagan Greek philosopher Heraclitus who wrote of The Logos 500 years before the common era. He was writing about creation through the power of Zeus. Christians stole this philosophy and wrote it into the intro to the book of John. Many people read texts at face value without really investigating the origin of their reading materials. So, it really doesn't matter what Bible one uses because most Christians only read the parts that satisfy their own church doctrine and ignore the rest of the bible.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Sarbeck on February 22, 2012 at 6:15pm

I've read maybe 10% of KJV; only sentences in other versions.

After 12 years of next-worldly Catholicism, Song of Solomon is pleasantly this-worldly.

I found more value in collections of quotations, and works on pragmatism and existentialism.

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Permalink Reply by Tiffany on February 27, 2012 at 8:50am

When I was taking biblical scholarship classes in undergraduate, we used the New Revised Standard version of the bible.  Most scholars consider this version to be the most accurate.  As others have said, while the KJV is more poetic, it is by no means the most accurate translation.  A good rule is that the older the manuscripts used in translation, the better.  (However, this is assuming that the older translations don't have deliberate 'corrections' or changes.)  

I haven't read my copy of the bible in awhile, but I found the translation to be pretty readable and accessible.  HTH!

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Permalink Reply by Richard ∑wald on February 29, 2012 at 6:04pm

The Lego Bible...

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Permalink Reply by Pat on March 6, 2012 at 7:27pm

R. Crumb's The Book of Genesis Illustrated.  Shows, in graphic detail, the absolute assinine ancient  fables that lead to the evil which is present day Abrahamic religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

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Permalink Reply by Richard ∑wald on March 6, 2012 at 8:33pm

Excellent!

I'd forgotten about this...

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