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Which do you love more: the bible or a close friend of yours?
Which would you give up first?
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Which would you give up first?
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God wouldn't tell us to choose the Bible itself over a person. We are supposed to be a body of believers, not a bunch of isolated individuals.
But we certainly need to know His Word, for our own sakes. Whether we get that from the Bible, or from those who've read the Bible*. In other words, it is more important to know what the Bible says, then to just simply have the Bible.
I was starting to think that many/most Christians value the church building and bible more than some random person.
Friends don't have a multitude of copies that can be easily and inexpensively obtained. That said, I'm not sure I understand what you're really asking.
I think it would depend on what exactly you mean by "The Bible." Is it the book itself or the message within the book? Depending on which one, would cause the answer to be completely different. If it was choose the life of a friend or choose to save the destruction of The Bible, the physical book, I would choose friend without so much as a second thought. Bibles are probably about $20, I'd guess, I haven't shopped for a new one in a while.
Being serious about the Bible, including publishing a book, is more like $20,000. If I argue with a friend about money, from whom I get money and where I put I don't let friends win who argue that I should give up the Bible, even if it hurts their feelings. They should know not to argue with me about such things in the first place and they do. I don't "waste" on anything else, I'm pretty frugal:
What Bible cost $20,000? (that you can actually buy). My university has a Bible that is probably worth that, but it's locked in a display case.
Without attempting to fill every hole in Your library within this category, a decent library with everything You need for research is around $10,000 or at least close to when You include related things - and no that doesn't include every possible source text. Publishing a book is $8,880 incl. marketing when it's done in both print and digital format at the same time. That's for one book:
Again, please show me a copy of the Bible that cost that much to buy.
Do You want me to list my entire library within this area? Everything related to the Bible somehow:
I think you and I are talking about two completely different things. I'm not talking about a theological research library, I'm talking about one average copy of The Bible that you can buy at any bookstore.