{"id":444,"date":"2011-09-07T18:29:52","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T18:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/preacherskid\/?p=444"},"modified":"2011-09-07T18:30:39","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T18:30:39","slug":"bibles-on-smart-phones-just-be-glad-moses-didnt-have-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/preacherskid\/2011\/09\/bibles-on-smart-phones-just-be-glad-moses-didnt-have-one.html","title":{"rendered":"Bibles on smart phones: Just be glad Moses didn’t have one"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Behold His mighty, er, Text!"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ah!<\/em>\u00a0 What Moses could’ve done if he’d had an iPhone or Droid in his hands.<\/p>\n

Then again, maybe it’s a good thing the Lawgiver of Old<\/em><\/a> did not have such high-tech options. As it was, we got Ten Commandments few people (well, none) are able to completely follow.<\/p>\n

Can you imagine what he may have downloaded from Mount Sinai with not two stone tablets, but gigabytes of data storage available? Oy Vey.<\/em><\/p>\n

OK, probably a poor attempt at humor. Forgive me. You know, you’re supposed to do that, if you are a believer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n

All of this is a long way of getting into this particular blog’s topic: The ways that technology has made the scriptures of all the world’s major religions available to read on smart phones, e-readers, laptops, touch pad computers, etc.<\/p>\n

But to keep our heads from spinning too much, let’s stick to smart phones.<\/p>\n

Bottom line, you have no excuse not to read your Bible<\/a>, Talmud<\/a>, Qu’ran<\/a><\/em>, the Tibetan Book of the Dead<\/a><\/em>, etc., anymore. There are, indeed, apps for that.<\/em> Or those. And many of them are free.<\/p>\n

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Word of God -- in the "cloud"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Personally, I use Tecarta’s<\/a><\/em> software on my Droid X and Nook Color e-reader alike. With a single touch, I can switch between, say, the New International Version<\/em> to the King James<\/em>, or compare a passage in the popular Message<\/em> paraphrase. Many other translations and commentaries, devotionals, etc., are available for download, some free some for purchase.<\/p>\n

I am also a fan of YouVersion<\/a><\/em>, the brainchild of LifeChurch.tv<\/em>. This works best over a solid 3G or better network and, in that sense, operates out of a “cloud.” Although the term refers to data, given the spiritual nature of all this, you’ve got to love the imagery.<\/p>\n

YouVersion<\/em> currently offers 113 translations of the Bible in 41 languages. The app download is free.<\/p>\n

There are many, many other options, too, among them such favorites as OliveTree<\/em> <\/a>and Laridian.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.tecartabible.com\/Home\/Mobile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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