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Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

Those that die
You justify


imo

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dead prez
Sep 22, 2019

Everytime I look around, I see
So much drama goin down
Everytime I look around, I see
So much fakeness goin down
unless you don't like them
then you crucify
them

Stex T
Mar 7, 2005

Shut the fuck up and get out. Have fun being a slave of the rich and powerful.

quote:

John 3:16 Hawai‘i Pidgin (HWP)

16 “God wen get so plenny love an aloha fo da peopo inside da world, dat he wen send me, his one an ony Boy, so dat everybody dat trus me no get cut off from God, but get da real kine life dat stay to da max foeva.

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
I think Pidgin Bible should be the official sermon bible imo

coolskull
Nov 11, 2007

i’m glad the word of jesus christ king of kings is available to all people that they might find salvation through him :)

shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

Colonel Cancer posted:

I think Pidgin Bible should be the official sermon bible imo

Bummed out that it's only the new testament, I really wanted to see Ecclesiastes

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
I wanna see the Book of Revelations :black101:

shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

Revelation 6 posted:

Da Baby Sheep Guy Broke Open Da Numba One Seal

6 Den, jalike one dream, I wen see da Baby Sheep Guy broke open da numba one seal from da seven seals on top da paper. Den I wen hear one a da four tings dat stay alive talk wit one loud voice dat sound jalike thunder. He tell, “Start now awready!” 2 Den, eh! I wen look an see one white horse. Had one guy on top um wit one bow fo shoot arrow. He wen get one crown. An he wen go out jalike one army guy fo fight an win agains da guys dat hate him.

Da Numba Two Seal

3 Den da Baby Sheep Guy wen broke open da numba two seal. An I wen hear da numba two ting dat stay alive, he tell, “Go awready!” 4 Den one nodda horse wen come out. Dat horse was red jalike fire. Da guy dat sit on top um get da power fo make da peopo all ova da world no stay good wit each odda, so dey fight an kill each odda. He get one real big sword.

Da Numba Three Seal

5 Den da Baby Sheep Guy wen broke open da numba three seal. An I wen hear da numba three ting dat stay alive tell, “Go awready!” I wen look, an had one black horse, an da guy on top um get one scale fo weigh stuff inside his hand. 6 Den I wen hear someting dat sound jalike one voice dat stay come from da four tings dat stay alive. Da voice say, “No goin get nuff food! Two pound wheat flour cost one dayʼs pay, an six pound barley flour cost one dayʼs pay. But no mess up da oil from da olive trees o da wine from da grape vines!”

Da Numba Four Seal

7 Den da Baby Sheep Guy wen broke open da numba four seal. An I wen hear da numba four ting dat stay alive say, “Go awready!” 8 I wen look, an eh! Had one nodda horse. Look jalike ready fo mahke kine color! Da guy dat stay ride on top um name Mahke Die Dead, an da boss fo da Mahke Peopoʼs Place wen follow behind him. Dey get da power fo wipe out bout one quarta a da peopo inside da world cuz get war, cuz no mo food, cuz everybody sick, an cuz da wild animals kill um.

Da Numba Five Seal

9 Den da Baby Sheep Guy wen broke open da numba five seal. An by da altar place I wen see all da spirits, da one da bad guys wen kill cuz dey Godʼs peopo, an dey wen tell wat God wen say, an dass was da trut. 10 Da spirits wen talk loud, an say, “Eh Boss, you get all da power! You spesho, an you tell da trut! How long mo we gotta wait till you come fo judge all da peopo hea on top da earth an punish dem? Cuz dey wen kill all us guys!”

11 Den God wen give all da spirits white robe fo put on. An he wen tell um, “Rest an wait litto bit moa. Cuz yoa bruddas, dey still stay working fo me jalike you guys was. Da bad guys goin kill dem too jalike dey wen kill you guys. Den da time goin come fo punish da bad guys.”

Da Numba Six Seal

12 An jalike one dream, I wen watch wen da Baby Sheep Guy wen broke open da numba six seal on top da paper. Right den an dea da earth wen shake real hard all ova! Da sun wen come real dark, an da moon wen come red jalike blood. 13 An da stars wen fall down from da sky to da earth, jalike da fig kine fruit dat not ripe yet fall down from da tree wen da strong wind shake um real hard. 14 Da sky wen move away, jalike wen you roll up one paper! All da mountains an all da islands wen move to diffren place. 15 Den everybody all ova da world, da king guys, da odda leadas, da army bosses, da rich peopo, da guys dat get power, an all da slave guys, an da guys dat not slaves, dey all wen go hide inside da caves, an unda da rocks on top da mountains. 16 Dey wen yell to da mountain an da rock, “Fall down on top us an hide us, so dat God who stay sit on top da throne, he no can see us! Hide us from da Baby Sheep Guy, cuz he no take da bad kine stuff we stay doing! 17 Cuz da time stay come awready wen dey goin punish us. Auwe! Fo shua, no mo nobody goin come out alive!”


Julius CSAR
Oct 3, 2007

by sebmojo
The real answer is "none of them"

Les Os
Mar 29, 2010
please rename me to da Baby Sheep Guy

evilmiera
Dec 14, 2009

Status: Ravenously Rambunctious

Barudak posted:

They also make emoji bibles and bibles with hip cool asides in it and talks about like, skateboarding and radical stuff if you like your difficult to read books made even worse.

Also do consider getting a copy of the Quran to go with it, and while obviously the American classic option is to go with George Sales translation as it is the one used to officially swear in the first Muslim congressperson and was Thomas Jefferson's personal translation, I'm a fan of The Holy Qur'an: Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali because a) its really good b) it includes commentary on the passages which are quite interesting and provide contextual information you might be missing c) isn't the version created and espoused by the Saudi government

Or better yet don't. Not because the book isn't historically significant or has information relevant to understand why people believe what they do, it is and it does, but because its possibly the most boring book I have ever read, including the Book of Mormon.

I mean the Bible isn't a page turner either but at least it had chronological stories at various points and sometimes actually got kinda funny. I've said it before, but I have read phone books while I was waiting for a stamp collector's club meeting to be over that were more interesting than the Quran.

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007



Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

Oh man, the MOST cringe worthy high school moments of the one and ONLY Hawk Nelson??

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

I bet he poo poo his pants for Jesus and said a rosary out of shame, I know that's what I do every day and I'm not even IN school any more!!

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

Big Beef City posted:

Oh man, the MOST cringe worthy high school moments of the one and ONLY Hawk Nelson??



Mr Ice Cream Glove fucked around with this message at 14:12 on Dec 10, 2019

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

....wow thats awful


I never knew I became a crack addict because I didn't take to running hurdles. This explains so much.

Big Beef City fucked around with this message at 14:33 on Dec 10, 2019

tango alpha delta
Sep 9, 2011

Ask me about my wealthy lifestyle and passive income! I love bragging about my wealth to my lessers! My opinions are more valid because I have more money than you! Stealing the fruits of the labor of the working class is okay, so long as you don't do it using crypto. More money = better than!
The Book of Arnold, which chronicles the arrival of Joseph Smith from the Starship Enterprise is clearly the correct choice.

Alternately, as previously mentioned, The Book of Mormon, because it's part three or the "Return of the Jedi" of the Bible.

tango alpha delta
Sep 9, 2011

Ask me about my wealthy lifestyle and passive income! I love bragging about my wealth to my lessers! My opinions are more valid because I have more money than you! Stealing the fruits of the labor of the working class is okay, so long as you don't do it using crypto. More money = better than!

evilmiera posted:

Or better yet don't. Not because the book isn't historically significant or has information relevant to understand why people believe what they do, it is and it does, but because its possibly the most boring book I have ever read, including the Book of Mormon.

I mean the Bible isn't a page turner either but at least it had chronological stories at various points and sometimes actually got kinda funny. I've said it before, but I have read phone books while I was waiting for a stamp collector's club meeting to be over that were more interesting than the Quran.

Mark Twain once famously wrote that if the phrase "and it came to pass" was removed from the Book of Mormon, it would be a pamphlet. I found the Book of Helaman very long winded and dry.

evilmiera
Dec 14, 2009

Status: Ravenously Rambunctious

tango alpha delta posted:

Mark Twain once famously wrote that if the phrase "and it came to pass" was removed from the Book of Mormon, it would be a pamphlet. I found the Book of Helaman very long winded and dry.

Yeah, its notoriously boring and pointlessly longwinded.

It barely edges out the Quran (translated) in terms of reading material. I Imagine the original rhyming in Arabic would at least make the act of reading itself interesting, even if the actual material is just as boring.

Grevling
Dec 18, 2016

The original king james version of the bible.

That Robot
Sep 16, 2004

ask me anything about robots
Buglord
esperanto bible

Sophy Wackles
Dec 17, 2000

> access main security grid
access: PERMISSION DENIED.





The Action Bible

https://www.amazon.com/Action-Bible-Doug-Mauss/dp/0781444993/

pop fly to McGillicutty
Feb 2, 2004

A peckish little mouse!
"Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire."

Bombadilillo
Feb 28, 2009

The dock really fucks a case or nerfing it.

pop fly to McGillicutty posted:

"Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire."

James ain't got time for the rich.

"Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice."

"Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun."

"And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind."

Bombadilillo fucked around with this message at 22:19 on Dec 10, 2019

feedmegin
Jul 30, 2008

Don't be a basic bitch OP learn koine greek

tango alpha delta
Sep 9, 2011

Ask me about my wealthy lifestyle and passive income! I love bragging about my wealth to my lessers! My opinions are more valid because I have more money than you! Stealing the fruits of the labor of the working class is okay, so long as you don't do it using crypto. More money = better than!

evilmiera posted:

Yeah, its notoriously boring and pointlessly longwinded.

It barely edges out the Quran (translated) in terms of reading material. I Imagine the original rhyming in Arabic would at least make the act of reading itself interesting, even if the actual material is just as boring.

I can speak enough Arabic to get by, but I have the reading level of an infant. Even knowing Arabic, I'd have to be pretty familiar with Middle Eastern cultural metaphores for the Quran to read well.

This is also why the original KJV is so hard to read; a lot of the phrasing makes a lot more sense to a nomadic agrarian culture than a casual 21st century audience.

Bombadilillo
Feb 28, 2009

The dock really fucks a case or nerfing it.

tango alpha delta posted:

I can speak enough Arabic to get by, but I have the reading level of an infant. Even knowing Arabic, I'd have to be pretty familiar with Middle Eastern cultural metaphores for the Quran to read well.

This is also why the original KJV is so hard to read; a lot of the phrasing makes a lot more sense to a nomadic agrarian culture than a casual 21st century audience.

Kjv keeps the word order of the foreign language which is why its a weird cadence.

Why I recommend esv, it tries to keep this but not when it makes things sound weird.

e-dt
Sep 16, 2019

my mum is a christian pastor and she says the NRSV is best. NRSV is basically the same as the ESV though i think

Bombadilillo
Feb 28, 2009

The dock really fucks a case or nerfing it.

e-dt posted:

my mum is a christian pastor and she says the NRSV is best. NRSV is basically the same as the ESV though i think

RSV was updated to ESV.

RSV was updated to NRSV by a separate group of scholars.

So yeahish

rsv was an updated of ASB.

So

NASB
ESV
NRSV

are all the 3rd revision Asb which was the non-britishefied Formal Equivalence (which is kjv)

The revisions being scholarly discovery and language changing over time

Bombadilillo fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Dec 11, 2019

e-dt
Sep 16, 2019

also make sure you read the apocrypha/deuterocanon, theyre cool and some of them are called "maccabees"

Darth Brooks
Jan 15, 2005

I do not wear this mask to protect me. I wear it to protect you from me.

JW Library is an app with Kingdom Interlinear, Byington, American Standard, King James and New World translations and has a ton of other languages available. It has a search bar, bookmarks and you can highlight verses and make notes and it's free.

Servoret
Nov 8, 2009



Bart Ehrman recommends the HarperCollins Study Bible, an annotated edition of the NRSV.

Ventral EggSac
Dec 3, 2019

Tony Hawk's Pro Bible 4

rockinricky
Mar 27, 2003
The Skeptic's Annotated Bible. It points out all the crazy stuff. It's available as both an actual book and the original website. The website also has the Quran and the Book of Mormon.

What I want is Robert Crumb's illustrated Book of Genesis.

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

kjb as read by bobcat g

LGD
Sep 25, 2004

rockinricky posted:

The Skeptic's Annotated Bible. It points out all the crazy stuff. It's available as both an actual book and the original website. The website also has the Quran and the Book of Mormon.

What I want is Robert Crumb's illustrated Book of Genesis.

It’s actually p. bad, generally incredibly smug surface level criticism frequently interspersed with what appear to be deliberate misinterpretations of incredibly obvious metaphors, and mocking poetic language for not conforming to a pendantic interpretation of modern science

funny way to spell
Nov 4, 2012

e-dt posted:

also make sure you read the apocrypha/deuterocanon, theyre cool and some of them are called "maccabees"

I bought a Cambridge press KJV that has the apocrypha stuck between the new and Old Testament. Cost me like 150 bucks but it was worth it to read about Daniel feeding a dragon some poison bread until it exploded

Bombadilillo
Feb 28, 2009

The dock really fucks a case or nerfing it.

LGD posted:

It’s actually p. bad, generally incredibly smug surface level criticism frequently interspersed with what appear to be deliberate misinterpretations of incredibly obvious metaphors, and mocking poetic language for not conforming to a pendantic interpretation of modern science

Let's see....let's go mid historical books.


Hmmm thanks for annotating the wives as "women" and one being named Hannah is aparently an "absurdity".

Cool commentary bro's. Also not everything highlighted has like text explaining why so it IS just highlighting her name as an absurdity. (At least on the website version)

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LGD
Sep 25, 2004

Bombadilillo posted:

Let's see....let's go mid historical books.


Hmmm thanks for annotating the wives as "women" and one being named Hannah is aparently an "absurdity".

Cool commentary bro's. Also not everything highlighted has like text explaining why so it IS just highlighting her name as an absurdity. (At least on the website version)

yeah, the annotation is definitely not done in a consistent style, and often seems to be arguing against an imagined opponent who only accepts literal hermeneutics and has simultaneously also never actually read the thing and thus will be scandalized by the revelation that the bible contains references to SEX

but even when it has more extensive commentary it's often stuff like this:





(from Ecclesiastes)

admittedly these both made me laugh, but as critical commentary it's self-evidently worthless

while I don't want to discount the SAB entirely, it's very much not the only possible way to realize that Genesis contains two entirely separate creation myths


e: I should also point out it uses the King James version and is very obviously more interested in dunking on it where the KJV translation came out garbled/weird/difficult to interpret than in figuring out what was actually intended to be communicated by, say, looking at other translations

LGD fucked around with this message at 21:58 on Dec 18, 2019

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