[WikiEN-l] Bible websites

Magnus Manske magnusmanske at googlemail.com
Mon Jul 6 22:37:25 UTC 2009


On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Matthew Brown<morven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Magnus
> Manske<magnusmanske at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Come to think of it:
>>
>> The bible is either wrong, in which case it shouldn't be cited.
>>
>> Or it's true, which would mean that it was dictated by God himself.
>> Wouldn't that make it original research?
>
> The Bible is a well-known ancient work with great cultural
> significance.  Its status as fiction or fact is almost beside the
> point.  It is accurate about what it itself says, which can be cited
> as appropriate to inform articles where what it said was/is relevant.
>
> (And I know I'm taking a joking suggestion seriously, prolonging the joke!)


You're right. To atone for my sins, here the auto-comparing toolserver
tool I hacked since my first mail:

http://toolserver.org/~magnus/biblebay.php?bookname=John&range=3%3A16-3%3A18

Magnus



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