old-fashioned Bible

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(10-20-2011 11:10 AM)Rob S Wrote:  Let's travel back to the 1500's:

Peasant 1: "Did you hear that old Jew, Gutenberg, has made a machine to copy the Bible?"

Peasant 2: "What does a Jew have to do with the Bible? I wouldn't trust it, probably lots of mistakes."

Peasant 1: "Verily. If it is not copied by hand, it certainly cannot be accurate."

Peasant 2: "The Priest has told us that unless the scribes write the scriptures out, it can not be trusted."

Peasant 1: "They are saying that more people will be able to own a copy of the Bible."

Peasant 2: Heresy! God does not want us to own the Bible. We need the Priest to help us understand the words."

And so it goes...

Haha! True story. I have always found it ironic how similar fundies are to the type of "dreaded catholics" that they come up with. (No bibles in the people's vernacular, men that are to be worshiped and NEVER disagreed with, absolute lack of tolerance, etc.)

(10-21-2011 11:06 PM)Phatchick Wrote:  So, getting a NIV on my Kindle would be a double sin?

Lol yes indeed. For God hath such ordained that no technological advance be accepted. (Or wait... is that an Amish or a Fundy belief? I get them mixed up sometimes...)