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Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box

From RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box
Date 2025-04-17 23:37 +0000
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On 2025-04-17, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> On 2025-04-17 04:50, RonB wrote:
>> On 2025-04-16, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>> On 2025-04-16 08:50, RonB wrote:
>>>> On 2025-04-16, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>>>> On 4/15/25 21:05, rbowman wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:57:01 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I know that it probably won't interest most people, but I thought that
>>>>>>> was pretty cool. Knowing that a distribution provides not only the Bible
>>>>>>> but notes to help you study the content is neat. Maybe if our resident
>>>>>>> homosexual gets acquainted with it, he will have a chance of avoiding
>>>>>>> Hell.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you talking about UbuntuCE?  If you're looking for enlightenment out
>>>>>> of the box:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.bodhilinux.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bodhi Linux appears to be more of a minimalist philosophical statement
>>>>>> rather than any specific Buddhist content.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually, I was referring to Xiphos which allows you to download your
>>>>> choice of Bible version from within the software.
>>>>
>>>> Apparently no Catholic Bible with the deuterocanonicals. I'm guessing their
>>>> notes are skewed against the Catholic Church. Hopefully they're not relying
>>>> on the Scofield Bible notes in any way.
>>>
>>> That is quite possible. I downloaded the New English Translation, but I
>>> have no idea whether it skews in one way or another. According to some
>>> experts I've read from, Bibles vary from one region to another with some
>>> having more chapters than others, but their meaning is essentially the
>>> same. Apparently, there are about forty differences in the wording used,
>>> but the meaning isn't altered in any way.
>>>
>>> I trust the Bible, but I don't trust the interpretations made by
>>> homosexuals or progressives.
>> 
>> The deuterocanonicals are an important part of the Bible. They clearly
>> pointed to Christ, which is why the Jews eventually threw them out, and
>> Protestants followed their example.
>> 
>> Here's an excerpt from Wisdom 2:12-20. This may help explain why the Jews
>> rejected the deuterocanonicals (they were originally in the LXX or
>> Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible).
>> 
>>     12. “Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient
>>     to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law,
>>     and accuses us of sins against our training. 13. He professes to have
>>     knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord. 14. He became to
>>     us a reproof of our thoughts; 15. the very sight of him is a burden to us,
>>     because his manner of life is unlike that of others, and his ways are
>>     strange. 16. We are considered by him as something base, and he avoids our
>>     ways as unclean; he calls the last end of the righteous happy, and boasts
>>     that God is his father. 17. Let us see if his words are true, and let us
>>     test what will happen at the end of his life; 18. for if the righteous man
>>     is God’s son, he will help him and will deliver him from the hand of his
>>     adversaries. 19. Let us test him with insult and torture, that we may find
>>     out how gentle he is, and make trial of his forbearance. 20. Let us
>>     condemn him to a shameful death, for, according to what he says, he will
>>     be protected.”
>> 
>> This was written centuries before Christ's death on the cross. There's also
>> a lot about the Virgin Mary in the deuterocanonicals, as interpreted by
>> Catholic saints.
>
> The fact that such a thing would be written centuries before Christ and 
> that the events would unfold in almost exactly the same manner only 
> confirms that Jesus was exactly the Messiah the Jews were waiting for. 
> Their continued resistance to Him is ridiculous.
>
> Where would I be able to find the deuterocanonicals?

In Catholic Bibles. I like the Douay-Rheims version, but there are also more 
modern versions.

https://www.drbo.org/

https://www.catholic.org/bible/

-- 
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien

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Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-15 19:57 -0400
  Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-16 01:05 +0000
    Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-15 21:15 -0400
      Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-16 06:00 +0000
        Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-04-16 11:05 +0000
          Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-16 18:24 +0000
            Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-04-16 22:13 +0000
              Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-16 23:41 +0000
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-16 19:48 -0400
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-04-17 01:06 +0100
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-17 08:44 -0400
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-17 04:13 +0000
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-17 08:49 -0400
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> - 2025-04-17 13:58 +0000
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-17 10:11 -0400
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-17 23:25 +0000
        Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-04-16 11:09 +0000
          Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-04-17 11:35 +0000
            Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-17 14:21 +0000
            Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-04-17 08:13 -0700
              Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-17 23:28 +0000
        Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-16 08:50 -0400
          Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-17 08:19 +0000
            Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-17 08:57 -0400
      Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-16 12:50 +0000
        Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-16 09:03 -0400
          Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-04-16 14:55 +0100
            Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-16 10:07 -0400
          Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-16 19:01 +0000
            Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-04-16 21:14 +0000
              Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-04-16 22:19 +0000
          Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-17 08:50 +0000
            Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-17 09:00 -0400
              Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> - 2025-04-17 13:56 +0000
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-17 10:08 -0400
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-18 00:11 +0000
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-17 23:19 +0000
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-04-18 20:50 +0000
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-18 21:20 +0000
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-19 00:24 +0000
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-18 00:05 +0000
              Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-17 14:30 +0000
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-17 12:20 -0400
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-04-17 19:17 +0000
                Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-18 00:11 +0000
              Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-17 23:37 +0000
        Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-16 18:42 +0000
          Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-17 09:02 +0000
            Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-17 14:16 +0000
              Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-04-18 00:15 +0000
  Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-04-16 22:10 -0400
  Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-04-17 19:26 +0000
    Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-17 17:36 -0400
  Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-04-18 20:54 -0400

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