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Old 11-16-2008, 06:34 PM   #1
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God to take action on illegal Bible distribution
Just spotted this on Newsbiscuit

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Bestselling author God has reacted with fury on learning that his book, The Holy Bible, is being made available for free in hotel rooms around the world. He made the discovery on a European book tour to promote The Bible: The New International Version – the latest volume in the long-running franchise that has captivated generations of readers and spawned a string of Charlton Heston movies...
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Old 11-16-2008, 06:39 PM   #2
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God now plans to take legal action against unauthorised versions and ‘smite’ those who are found responsible. ‘They will face prosecution, court orders to pulp any versions breaching copyright law, and their lands shall be ravaged by locusts and famine for seven years.’
people should have listened when they were told piracy was evil.
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Old 11-16-2008, 06:41 PM   #3
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Old 11-16-2008, 06:43 PM   #4
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Obviously a hoax. No deity would endorse the New International Version.
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Old 11-16-2008, 06:43 PM   #5
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Old 11-16-2008, 06:44 PM   #6
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Huh ... really?? I thought he died ages ago and his book would have been out of copyright.

So, has he written anything interesting lately??
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Old 11-16-2008, 06:45 PM   #7
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I thought the Bible was licensed under the GPL?
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Old 11-16-2008, 08:09 PM   #8
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people should have listened when they were told piracy was evil.
All of the Bibles found in Hotel rooms are purchased copies.

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Old 11-16-2008, 08:16 PM   #9
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But they are DRM'd so you can only read them in That Hotel room!
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Old 11-16-2008, 08:44 PM   #10
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But they are DRM'd so you can only read them in That Hotel room!
Actually you can take them with you and they will be magically replaced. Ask a Gideon.

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Old 11-16-2008, 09:28 PM   #11
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I think God has a sense of humour and got a kick out of that web page... I wonder if he's still on dial up though....
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Old 11-16-2008, 10:25 PM   #12
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Well... as Gideon I can only say:

Patricia is right. No deity would support such a translation. I shall move to have the suit dismissed as the plaintiff has no standing.
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Old 11-16-2008, 11:19 PM   #13
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I heard that J.K.Rowling is going to sue God for the Bible on the basis that she is emotionally devastated to discover that he used his omniscience to write the Bible by plagiarising her unpublished novel, Harry Potter and GIVE ME YOUR MONEY, YOU THIEVING PIRATE BASTICHES!.

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Old 11-17-2008, 02:08 AM   #14
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Obviously a hoax. No deity would endorse the New International Version.
There is always TNIV (www.tniv.org), "Todays New International Version"...
But seriously, there are more versions of the Bible out there than is decent, even with different books in them.
My favourite is King James edition - search it for "pisseth against the wall" and prepare to be surprised
Addition: A baptist preacher on this phrase: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDxcyqeRc-4
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Old 11-17-2008, 02:13 AM   #15
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There is always TNIV (www.tniv.org), "Todays New International Version"...
But seriously, there are more versions of the Bible out there than is decent, even with different books in them.
My favourite is King James edition - search it for "pisseth against the wall" and prepare to be surprised
Surprised about what? The Bible is full of that kind of stuff - it's not a "children's" book .
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