Comments on: One Billion Minutes: Reading the Mobile Word

By: Kyle Reed

Kyle Reed — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:46:28 +0000

Can't do the digital, read the physical bible.
But, when I am at church or other places I will bust out youversion.

By: human3rror

human3rror — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:08:04 +0000

people don't like change.i'm not against it. I just have a preference.:)

By: human3rror

human3rror — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:18:03 +0000

haha.

… sorry.

By: andydarnell

andydarnell — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:16:16 +0000

My Pocket ESV is much easier to use. Course I still have a stupid TMobile Curve.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:13:28 +0000

Why do you think some people have a negative reaction towards reading the Bible on a mobile device? I understand personal preference of paper vs. screen, but surely there's nothing moral or spiritual at stake here, right?

I wonder if people were upset about paper Bibles when that change was made, or maybe they were upset when the book format replaced the scrolls. "These flat paper Bibles aren't heavy enough. People should spend more time reading on parchment or papyrus. This just doesn't feel right."

I try to read through the Bible at least once a year, and for the the past year I've probably only used a "physical" Bible around twenty times.

By: dannyjbixby

dannyjbixby — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:04:51 +0000

Neat milestone indeed. I'm on youversion periodically, but when I'm on the computer (which is most waking hours) I'll usually use http://www.blueletterbible.org over youversion...or a print Bible for that matter. I'm a sucker for their tools, especially the linked Hebrew/Greek lexicon for every word of every verse. Biblical nerdery.

By: stephenbateman

stephenbateman — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:42:00 +0000

Well 1 billion minutes is 1902 years. So if we'd had a reading marathon back in time, we could almost actually go talk it up with John while he wrote Revelation…It's worth a try

By: bondChristian

bondChristian — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:10:37 +0000

I've read zero minutes of Bible on a mobile device. I hope everyone's like you and reads more physical Bible than mobile device Bible because compared to everything else we do, one billion minutes isn't that much.

Thanks for the milestone reminder though. I wouldn't have known otherwise.

-Marshall Jones Jr.

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By: human3rror

human3rror — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:15:03 +0000

very cool.