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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A comprehensive manual that describes something. (e.g, handyman’s bible).
- n. A holystone.
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin biblia, from Greek, pl. of biblion, book, diminutive of biblos, papyrus, book, from Bublos, Byblos.
Examples
“So far you have claimed that the bible is accurate, but I proved the bible says the earth is flat and no more than a few thousand years old.”
“As a christian i believe the bible is the word of God and in Malachi 2: 16 "I hate divorce," Says the Lord God of Israel .........”
“When will people realize that the bible is a made up book.”
“IF you two believe that the bible is the true word of GOD and there is none other -- then READ IT.”
“If you ask them, they believe the bible is the literal word of God - all of it, but they never think about the bible all at once, just in bits and pieces so it works out for them.”
“Even if you think the bible is a total fabrication from the first word on, you can't deny that it is absolutely central to western thought and -- more specifically -- western literature.”
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“As such, taking a crack at the bible is attacking the status quo, attacking the Koran is aiding in the persecution of a minority.”
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“As such, taking a crack at the bible is attacking the status quo ...”
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“In fact, you say that by last spring, "The Harbour Report," which you call the bible of car-making statistics, said Toyota factories needed 30 hours to assemble a vehicle while GM required 32.”
Leo W. Gerard: Q&A with auto industry expert William J. Holstein
“He seems to be of the "the bible is a newspaper written to us personally yesterday" school of biblical exegesis.”
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of or relating to books
bibliophile, bibliography, bible, bibliophagist, bibliophage
zaggan WORD!!!(true that!!) May 26, 2009
reesetee ;-) Jun 16, 2008
bilby He misread number 21, rt. Jun 13, 2008
reesetee How come you're screaming, O? ;-) Jun 12, 2008
oroboros THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE BIBLE – ANSWERS TO A ROMAN CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEST – WERE WRITTEN BY CHILDREN. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RETOUCHED OR CORRECTED.
1. IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, GUINESSIS. GOD GOT TIRED OF CREATING THE WORLD SO HE TOOK THE SABBATH OFF.
2. ADAM AND EVE WERE CREATED FROM AN APPLE TREE. NOAH'S WIFE WAS JOAN OF ARK. NOAH BUILT AND ARK AND THE ANIMALS CAME ON IN PEARS.
3. LOTS WIFE WAS A PILLAR OF SALT DURING THE DAY, BUT A BALL OF FIRE DURING THE NIGHT.
4. THE JEWS WERE A PROUD PEOPLE AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH UNSYMPATHETIC GENITALS.
5 . SAMPSON WAS A STRONGMAN WHO LET HIMSELF BE LED ASTRAY BY A JEZEBEL LIKE DELILAH.
6. SAMSON SLAYED THE PHILISTINES WITH THE AXE OF THE APOSTLES.
7. MOSES LED THE JEWS TO THE RED SEA WHERE THEY MADE UNLEAVENED BREAD WHICH IS BREAD WITHOUT ANY INGREDIENTS.
8, THE EGYPTIANS WERE ALL DROWNED IN THE DESSERT. AFTER WARDS, MOSES WENT UP TO MOUNT CYANIDE TO GET THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
9. THE FIRST COMMANDMENTS WAS WHEN EVE TOLD ADAM TO EAT THE APPLE.
10. THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT IS THOU SHALT NOT ADMIT ADULTERY.
11. MOSES DIED BEFORE HE EVER REACHED CANADA .. THEN JOSHUA LED THE HEBREWS IN THE BATTLE OF GERITOL.
12. THE GREATEST MIRICLE IN THE BIBLE IS WHEN JOSHUA TOLD HIS SON TO STAND STILL AND HE OBEYED HIM.
13. DAVID WAS A HEBREW KING WHO WAS SKILLED AT PLAYING THE LIAR. HE FOUGHT THE FINKELSTEINS, A RACE OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN BIBLICAL TIMES.
14. SOLOMON, ONE OF DAVIDS SONS, HAD 300 WIVES AND 700 PORCUPINES.
15. WHEN MARY HEARD SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF JESUS, SHE SANG THE MAGNA CARTA.
16. WHEN THE THREE WISE GUYS FROM THE EAST SIDE ARRIVED THEY FOUND JESUS IN THE MANAGER.
17. JESUS WAS BORN BECAUSE MARY HAD AN IMMACULATE CONTRAPTION.
18. ST. JOHN THE BLACKSMITH DUMPED WATER ON HIS HEAD.
19. JESUS ENUNCIATED THE GOLDEN RULE, WHICH SAYS TO DO UNTO OTHERS BEFORE THEY DO ONE TO YOU. HE ALSO EXPLAINED A MAN DOTH NOT LIVE BY SWEAT ALONE..
20. IT WAS A MIRICLE WHEN JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND MANAGED TO GET THE TOMBSTONE OFF THE ENTRANCE.
21. THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOWED THE LORD WERE CALLED THE 12 DECIBELS.
22. THE EPISTELS WERE THE WIVES OF THE APOSTLES.
23. ONE OF THE OPPOSSUMS WAS ST. MATTHEW WHO WAS ALSO A TAXIMAN.
24. ST. PAUL CAVORTED TO CHRISTIANITY, HE PREACHED HOLY ACRIMONY WHICH IS ANOTHER NAME FOR MARRAIGE.
25. CHRISTIANS HAVE ONLY ONE SPOUSE . THIS IS CALLED MONOTONY Jun 12, 2008