Jesus goes mobile......

SMS Bible launched in Australia

The entire Bible would be more than 30,000 messages
The Bible has been translated into text message-speak in Australia to allow its lessons to be disseminated more easily.
"In da Bginnin God cre8d da heavens & da earth," it begins.

The entire 31,173 verses can be downloaded for free and sent by mobile phone, said a spokesman for The Bible Society in Australia, Michael Chant.

"The old days when the Bible was only available within a sombre black cover with a cross on it are long gone," Mr Chant said.

The Bible Society in Australia scripture director George Rodriguez said only the spelling of the Bible had been changed for the project, not the language.

"It's a logical step. Our aim at the Bible Society is to get the Bible out there among the people and this is a very effective way of doing it," he told the French news agency AFP.

His son Michael spent six weeks translating the Bible into text messages.

There have been several attempts to make the Bible more accessible in recent years, including another Australian version which referred to the Virgin Mary as a "pretty special Sheila", and one launched in the UK two weeks ago which its author claims can be read in less than two hours.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk


ummm im not sure what to say....im not christian, but does the virgin mary really need to referred to as a reptty special sheila....haha i mean im know she was..but...

EDIT: this is not about a religious debate, just thought it was an interesting way of looking at something.

[bindi]

Originally Posted by EL_Advanti

including another Australian version which referred to the Virgin Mary as a "pretty special Sheila"...

EDIT: this is not about a religious debate, just thought it was an interesting way of looking at something.

OMG that is hysterical! Pretty special sheila! Bwahahahahahahaha!

What an interesting way to preach to the masses... :evil_laug

[Stav]

I didnt see the article.In a time of so much negativity and unrest with state of the world.The truth and the way can be found for christians in the bible.Getting the messasge out there is half the battle.But unfortunately many people dont understand...

[bindi]

I thought this was kinda relevant... what people do in the Name of the Lord:


LONDON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush allegedly said God told him to invade Iraq and Afghanistan, a new BBC documentary will reveal, according to details released here.

Bush made the claim when he met Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas and then foreign minister Nabil Shaath in June 2003, the ministers told the documentary series to be broadcast in Britain later this month.

The US leader also told them he had been ordered by God to create a Palestinian state, the ministers said Friday.

Shaath, now the Palestinian information minister, said: "President Bush said to all of us: 'I'm driven with a mission from God.

'God would tell me, 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan'.'

"And I did, and then God would tell me, 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq...' And I did.


Rest of the story here: http://au.news.yahoo.com/051007/19/w93h.html

[Falcon Coupe]

People don't do do anything in the name of the Lord, they merely use it as an excuse, if George Bush says God told him to invade Iraq, he is even more unstable than i thought.....i wonder if little Johnny Howard hears voices. :togo:

[Rodp]

Great, so instead of dealing with the door knockers and being hassled in the street, I'm a chance to receive bible spam now. Hopefully my Slayer ringtone will reject it. :P

[Melz]

George Bush must have been talkin to iGod.

I guess its one way of getting people to read the bible, but i read what they had written in the paper yesterday in relation to this, they wrote the first versus and it took me forever to understand it!!! (just as well i went to sunday school!!)

Wait for the SMS confessions... look out shane warne!! :newangel:

[The MaDDeSTMaN]

Originally Posted by Melz

Wait for the SMS confessions... look out shane warne!! :newangel:

Hahaha, that's GOLD!

I guess it's a sign of the times...