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[Deleted member 17706]

Man... this is such a goddamn Verge article.

I don't think I can handle this hipness.

 

[fraktur]

it might be an improvement, but i'm not impressed by his typography.

 

[Agnostic]

I might throw some money at this project.

 

[JJDinomite]

I might throw some money at this project.

Dude's already almost made a million lol

 

[Zombine]

What this offers is just a different way to digest the text that is within these books. I would say that this is a good idea regardless of what you think of the book itself.

 

[Mariolee]

There, fixed.

Similarly, this is how my brain is feeling reading this post.

 

[kai3345]

I'll definitely be copping a set of these for my parents

 

[Brakke]

There, fixed.

I remember when I was fourteen.

 

[CharminUltra]

You guise just jelly cuz the babile is the beast selling book eva dats rite take dat an eet it JFK rawlin

 

[Zombine]

I'm atheist, so correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the bible say if you try to change the words of the bible, sins you haven't done will be added to your list? lol

I think you're being a bit literal here. All this guy is doing is updating the language so it is easier for people to read. He's not adding a final battle with Jesus and Judas where they duel to the death. That is already in the Action Bible.

 

[Mariolee]

I think you're being a bit literal here. All this guy is doing is updating the language so it is easier for people to read. He's not adding a final battle with Jesus and Judas where they duel to the death. That is already in the Action Bible.

Pretty much.

 

[Raonak]

I think you're being a bit literal here. All this guy is doing is updating the language so it is easier for people to read.

You're gonna need a lot more than that to fix the bible.

 

[Zombine]

You're gonna need a lot more than that to fix the bible.

While I agree that there are people that use biblical passages to hide their own bigotry, I do think this book deserves to be read and studied and preserved for future generations (along with all the other religious texts.) I give a ton of credit to this guy to devote so much time to a book he wants to share with those who do have interest in the text to begin with. Yes, the book is far from perfect, but he's doing a good thing.

 

[John Rabbit]

leading looks a little cramped with his sample page, but that's my preference. typography designers are uber dorks; its such a niche and fascinating field of study.

 

[Gattsu25]

I'm atheist, so correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the bible say if you try to change the words of the bible, sins you haven't done will be added to your list? lol

Nah, that's specifically toward people who add stuff to the bible.

Updating the language to no longer be 'thine old english' isn't mentioned.

 

[GorillaJu]

Meh, I will pass I heard that it's goes downhill when Jesus dies.



Ha ha.

Whooooa spoilers.

 

[Aaron]

Whooooa spoilers.

Don't worry. They bring him back a few verses later. Typical Bible 'death.' Though the worst is when the young Jesus and Mary are brought in from the past to boost sagging sales numbers.

 

[Yagharek]

I'm atheist, so correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the bible say if you try to change the words of the bible, sins you haven't done will be added to your list? lol

I believe that was referring to the sin of rewriting the Bible in comic sans.

I dont personally have any fondness for the Bible, but I think it would also be a good idea to do this kind of thing to lots of old books that are important literary artifacts too. Things like writings from Renaissance authors, or the ancient Greek poets and no doubt many more things my uneducated literary mind does not know about.

 

[HalfwayOrb]

Don't worry. They bring him back a few verses later. Typical Bible 'death.' Though the worst is when the young Jesus and Mary are brought in from the past to boost sagging sales numbers.

wth, man!
Spoiler tag that shit!

 

[CornBurrito]

Nah, that's specifically toward people who add stuff to the bible.

Updating the language to no longer be 'thine old english' isn't mentioned.

Though unless you can get a perfect 1:1 translation (which, I don't think really exists) something will be lost or maybe even added as modern words might have different connotations. Translations can add just as much as they can subtract. Even if the change is subtle.

 

[PhantomHound]

A redesigned bible sounds pretty cool. I'm not that religious, but i'll probably pick up a set of these.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

I think you're being a bit literal here. All this guy is doing is updating the language so it is easier for people to read. He's not adding a final battle with Jesus and Judas where they duel to the death. That is already in the Action Bible.

Precisely.

I've decided to back a set for my fiancee and I to go through at some point after we move in together. Good stuff.

 

[Liamario]

Considering that there are so many variations of the bible out there, what makes this the one to own? Technically it looks impressive, but surely the content is far more important.

 

[Stat Flow]

I'm atheist and I think this is pretty fucking snazzy. I may just check it out. I've always thought that [parts of] the bible are good readin'.

 

[daveo42]

Well I'm in for one set. I'm actually impressed by the sheer amount of work and detail going into this project and it seems like a pretty worthwhile investment, especially for those who want to read the bible more from a literary perspective and not from a theological one.

 

[victreeb3l]

Dang this looks really nice. I love well designed books. Those illustrations for the rewards look awesome as well.

 

[titusandronicus]

It has that Christian hipster vibe, which is so under exploited. Christians love OS X, coffee beans, fixed gear, graphic design etc.

 

[Zaptruder]

As an atheist and a designer... all I can say is, wish I thought of this shit.

I'd love the ironic satisfaction of capitalising on commerically oriented christians.

 

[Tamanon]

Hopefully he can solve a lot of societal problems by patching out Leviticus.

 

[FelixOrion]

Look's like he's hit his million dollar stretch goal, get ready for all that sweet Apocrypha.

Spoiler

His next stretch goal should be the Book of Mormon, lol

But seriously, ignoring the editing work he's doing, the visual design work looks amazing, especially the custom embossing/bookplates and the 12x12 prints.

 

[Mr.Monitor]

Ordered a set for my mother; I showed her the video and kickstarter page and she was instantly interested. She's not huge on graphic design, but was still floored by the amount of detail going into the project. I'm agnostic and even I'm excited to look through them and appreciate the craftsmanship. Also man are those prints beautiful.

 

[iamblades]

He could just slap Helvetica all over it and call it a day.

Except Helvetica (and Sans typefaces in general) are absolute shit for long form reading.

For headers, logotypes, small magazine articles, sure, Helvetica is nice and clean, but for a book the size of the bible? There is a reason most books are still printed in Serif faces.

Also the grotesque family of sans typefaces is especially bad for body text IMO. There is a reason even places where sans type is predominant(like the web) have been moving to use humanist typefaces instead of Grotesque derived typefaces.

 

[RevDM]

I hear the film adaptation is splitting The New Testament into two movies to maximise revenue. Going to include some apocrypha to pad out the runtime.

bazinga

 

[PatDH]

Oh man I have tears in my eyes. This got me good haha.

 

[appaws]

Already done:
Conservapedia:The Conservative Bible Project


http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:The_Conservative_Bible_Project

I find this disturbing, and I am a conservative. These people think they can top St. Jerome.

 

[Justin]

Bumping this two and a half year old thread to say I received mine yesterday and it is absolutely beautiful. The build and care that went into this is inspiring and was worth the two year delay.

Also the video of the books being made is pretty good.
https://vimeo.com/190010754