sean wookie said:
C3PX said:
Bingowings said:
It may also be a fun experiment to chuck out all those nasty laws against seafood, tattoos and clothes of more than one twine that sort of thing.
Then like I said, might as well toss the whole thing. That is like wanting to read the Qur'an with all the versus regarding etiquette in wife beating and the killing of infidels removed. Or reading the owner's manual for your car with all the bits about the importance of changing your oil removed. Those "nasty laws" such as not eating shrimp, pork, or other foods (which I fail to see as "nasty" in any way) and the practice of male genital mutilation (which I find particularly nasty), were an integral part of that religion.
Hmm, if you really want to know what is going on in what you read, Sean, the KJV isn't the way to go. How does the 3G work on that Kindle? Still has experimental web browsing, right? Then you could just load biblegateway.com and view just about any version you could want.
It has expiramental web browsing but it needs a lot of work (it sucks). The 3G is fine I really have no problem with it. The book functions wouldn't work on the web browser.
I like to get it on an EPUB or a PDF, something I can convert for the Kindle.
I ordered a free physical bible from the Mormon Church. I think we have a few at home plus tons of Jehovah's Witness books (my Grandmas). Though I believe it might be the JW translation.
The Mormons give out the KJV, so it will be the same thing you got from Gutenberg. There has got to be fully downloadable versions of more modern translations someplace on the web.
As for hard copies, I can dig through my books and see if I can find a decent one for you, if you like. I think I have a TNIV around someplace.
EDIT: Found one for download. The New English Translation is really good, has a few quirks, but it is quite accurate and pretty easy to read. Comes in a large variety of formats, ought to be able to find one that is easily converted to Kindle.
http://bible.org/article/net-bible-download