THE BIBLE, THE GOOD BOOK, THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, YOUR CHOICE
Heaven knows there is no shortage of Bibles, the Gospel, the Good Book, the Holy Scriptures in this world. The big hurtle is finding just the right one. There are so many versions available these days it’s hard for one to make a choice. Where do you start? There has been so many different ones published you need a program guide. A scan quickly brings up hundreds of different bibles, each adapted for everyone from a one-legged pervert to a non believing, redneck illiterate. Well, maybe they span a gap wider than that.
The point is, you can pick and choose one to your liking. Select a year, a reading level, or if you can’t read, there are numerous audio versions available. You have a 50-50 chance of getting the Bible you want, or if there are none you like, write your own, it seems to be the fad these days.
One wonders if they all claim to be the word of God. Probably, God seems to be speaking to everyone and anyone willing to listen. Turn the TV on and tune in a religious station, of which there are as many as there are different versions of the Bible. You can be assured that within a few minutes the preacher is ranting on about talking to God who told him something or other. It must be one of the requirements of being a preacher. If God doesn’t talk to you at least a dozen or so times a day, you must be a heathen.
It’s amazing. It’s no wonder the world is in the shape it is i.e. all these religious wars raging on. With everyone talking to God and him answering and making decisions for them, “Should I do this, Lord, or do you think I should go here to do my mission work, Father?” If there really is a deity out there, do you think he’s really interested in all that malarkey?
It’s no wonder the Bible is the most popular book sold. There are a blue million versions of it, and like any other book the publisher is out to get his share of sales. Most of them are bought by churches, and given away, or motels and hotels who have one or two in every room. I’ve never bought one in my life, but if I did a thorough search of my residence, I could probably produce at least a dozen.
Way back yonder, when the religious leaders began to develop the GOOD BOOK, the Holy Bible, the Word of God, they deciphered the writings of all who claimed God told them what to write, picked out what they thought would and would not be included in the these Sacred Writings and burned everything else. Suddenly, we were in the middle ages where everything was going haywire. They finely had a nice big fat book. Yet no one seemed happy with it. It just didn’t fulfill what everyone thought it should. It wasn’t quite what they thought God meant, it didn’t fit exactly their beliefs.
Everyone and his brother wanted their own version, so they rewrote it to their liking and they never stopped. It’s evolving today at a record breaking speed, and will probably continue until a day when humankind finally realizes there are too many Gods, too many Bibles, too many deaths in the name of religion, and decides to fall back and regroup.
Imagine a day when we all have the same beliefs about who we are and where we are going. A day when religious sects, filled with love for only those of their following, are dissolved, a day when the world is filled with people who truly believe everyone is their brother and sister and instead of being filled with fear of their beliefs and fear and hatred of anyone with beliefs different than their own, and suspect others of wrong or evil doing. Won’t that be a blessed day? This may happen sometime in June in the year 4012.
Wow, I’m a Prophet already. Peace and happiness to all. Keep the faith. Don’t forget to mark your calendar now.
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