[WikiEN-l] Bible websites

Cary Bass cary at wikimedia.org
Mon Jul 6 22:45:25 UTC 2009


Magnus Manske wrote:
> 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
Magnus: that is awesome. 

Cary



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