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I have Bible Study softwares that I've paid for, several of them. I have two actual large main accounts that I use myself. Then I have one of some size that I could give away, plus one that might be best shared. Additionally I have two with few books.
The question pertains mainly to the one of some size that I could give away and one of the accounts that has few books. Is it a good or bad idea to prep with these accounts, in order to be able to give them to a friend and/or to a spouse, to entice them and inspire them to become theologically research-minded?
I know from experience that it's not that difficult to make someone interested, especially if they have some Biblical original language skills.
The thing is that all this costs me some money. EDIT: TODAY Friday I would be looking at spending another approx $438 to complement the account I can give away, with an added bonus of a few books to the account that would be best shared. That $438 would include among other things a good Greek-English lexicon. EDIT: Haven't finalized the price yet, if the seller and me don't agree it's no deal, I'm not willing to pay more than that, what complicated things was that I said after I had already placed a bid without, that I wanted the Boice-set as well. You can see a recent discussion here on CF about this: what are the best academic biblical commentaries and why? biases, credentials, etc.,
You who are preppers, even if You don't use actual real Bible Study software yourself, what do You think of the idea that I really want to meet a friend and/or future spouse (and preferably have these accounts fully ready) and be able to give the accounts?
A note: It does take maximally 1-2 Weeks almost full-time work for someone to start from scratch, buying all the stuff, it's that complicated to know what to buy. By that I mean a cold-start when You are unfamiliar with basically all titles, since before. True, there are some discounted packages sold, but there are several such differing options that it's not necessarily a time-saver to buy one of those, nor do I necessarily recommend such packages that are curated by and heavily promoted by the Bible Study software companies, one of the reasons being they usually contain lots and lots of fluff.
After this $438 I wouldn't be spending more. It's used digital books btw. No, they are not e-books. E-books have no tagging. These have tagging so that they have functioning links between books, many search possibilities, and it's also possible to either manually or half-automatically organize them.
Either way I'm trying to get in touch with Christians.
No, I'm not going to let several people share either one of the two accounts I would give away, that's neither allowed nor feasible.
It may sound obvious to You to say: No, don't do it. But after all the experience I've gathered during several Years, the process of hand-curating libraries flows fairly smoothly now, when I do it, and I can't think of some other more relevant gift.
I've thought several times about what titles are the necessary ones. I've also been looking for deals for a while, especially used items.
The question pertains mainly to the one of some size that I could give away and one of the accounts that has few books. Is it a good or bad idea to prep with these accounts, in order to be able to give them to a friend and/or to a spouse, to entice them and inspire them to become theologically research-minded?
I know from experience that it's not that difficult to make someone interested, especially if they have some Biblical original language skills.
The thing is that all this costs me some money. EDIT: TODAY Friday I would be looking at spending another approx $438 to complement the account I can give away, with an added bonus of a few books to the account that would be best shared. That $438 would include among other things a good Greek-English lexicon. EDIT: Haven't finalized the price yet, if the seller and me don't agree it's no deal, I'm not willing to pay more than that, what complicated things was that I said after I had already placed a bid without, that I wanted the Boice-set as well. You can see a recent discussion here on CF about this: what are the best academic biblical commentaries and why? biases, credentials, etc.,
You who are preppers, even if You don't use actual real Bible Study software yourself, what do You think of the idea that I really want to meet a friend and/or future spouse (and preferably have these accounts fully ready) and be able to give the accounts?
A note: It does take maximally 1-2 Weeks almost full-time work for someone to start from scratch, buying all the stuff, it's that complicated to know what to buy. By that I mean a cold-start when You are unfamiliar with basically all titles, since before. True, there are some discounted packages sold, but there are several such differing options that it's not necessarily a time-saver to buy one of those, nor do I necessarily recommend such packages that are curated by and heavily promoted by the Bible Study software companies, one of the reasons being they usually contain lots and lots of fluff.
After this $438 I wouldn't be spending more. It's used digital books btw. No, they are not e-books. E-books have no tagging. These have tagging so that they have functioning links between books, many search possibilities, and it's also possible to either manually or half-automatically organize them.
Either way I'm trying to get in touch with Christians.
No, I'm not going to let several people share either one of the two accounts I would give away, that's neither allowed nor feasible.
It may sound obvious to You to say: No, don't do it. But after all the experience I've gathered during several Years, the process of hand-curating libraries flows fairly smoothly now, when I do it, and I can't think of some other more relevant gift.
I've thought several times about what titles are the necessary ones. I've also been looking for deals for a while, especially used items.
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