Comments on: Bible Count

By: Fledchen

Fledchen — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:32:14 +0000

I have three. They’re on the shelf next to Brunvand, Bulfinch, and Grimm. I have an interest in folklore and mythology because I think it reveals a lot of how humans like to think of themselves and the world, not necessarily how the world actually is.

By: writerdd

writerdd — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:04:02 +0000

I only have and only read the KJV. It’s the only one with any poetry. The stuff in the Bible just sounds stupid to me in modern translations.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:01:38 +0000

I have two. One of them is a King James Version, as well. I also have the Bagavad Gita and the Tibetan Book of the Dead sitting on the shelf right beside the Bibles. Haven’t read them, though. The last two, I mean. I’ve read the Bible cover to cover a couple of times.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:30:25 +0000

Now I play World of Warcraft.

I know someone who is addicted to that. Seriously – like flunked out of two courses in college because of that game. He is now actually in therapy for it and he still can’t quit.

By: Spacesocks

Spacesocks — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:17:52 +0000

Technically, two. I was given a New Testament by the Gideons guys, but it made me a little uncomfortable to have just that. I mean, what’s the Old Testament, chopped liver? So I recently bought a Jewish Bible (JPS) to round out my Bible collection.

By: Milena

Milena — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:40:00 +0000

1 Bible in Bulgarian, 1 in English and two copies of the New Testament in French.

The Bulgarian one is sort of a family heirloom we brought with us when we immigrated, the English Bible was given to me by a coworker trying to convert me, and both New Testaments were given to my sister and I from when we were in Catholic elementary school. I’ll probably read the English Bible when I get around to it. I also wouldn’t mind reading a couple of other texts, like the Quran.

By: Russ

Russ — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:05:47 +0000

My parents have one in their house because my (raised catholic, now atheist) dad promised if his “born-again” friend gave him a bible he would read it (he got one and read it.) I don’t live at home any more though, so I have to answer that I have no bibles in my apartment. Huzzah?

By: Gwenny

Gwenny — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:44:34 +0000

I wouldn’t read all that.

I’m an insatiable omnivore of knowledge. Or I used to be. Now I play World of Warcraft.

By: Nurse Ingrid

Nurse Ingrid — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:46:41 +0000

I’ve got a Bartender’s Bible…does that count?

By: Siamang

Siamang — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:59:57 +0000

Dang, reading how many bibles and holy books from traditions around the world, I realize that I’m not very well-read!

I really, really would want a shelf or two like this in my home:

…the Mahabharata, several copies of the Bhagavad-gita and the Tao Te Ching, the Avestas, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Koran, the Torah, the Book of Mormon…..

But I’d just be a poseur. I wouldn’t read all that. But man, I’d like to look that awesome and impressive!