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SMS Bible launched in Australia BBC news article
The Bible has been translated into text message-speak in Australia to allow its lessons to be disseminated more easily.
"In da Bginnin God cre8d da heavens & da earth," it begins
more at the BBC link above and at
SMSBible at the Australian Bible Society where they say...
SMSBible allows you to send Bible verses of your choice together with your own personal message (up to about 150 characters total) to groups of people.
Ideal for Church leaders, Youth Leaders, Teachers and Home Group leaders to send verses of encouragement, reminders of bible study themes, reminders of Sunday sermons.
Each verse is translated into 'SMS Language' - the full Contemporary English Version (CEV) with a modern twist! True meaning and order of words retained - 100% faithful to original text.
The purpose of this program is to provide a tool to the Christian community which will assist and encourage engagement with the Word of God.
FREE Download as a service of the Bible Society In Australia Inc. to the Church.
It is our prayer that many would be touched with the Word of God through this program.
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V800 K700i[ This Message was edited by: masseur on 2005-10-07 12:54 ]
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Posted: 2005-10-07 13:51:39
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Haha! Now I've seen everything.
Can't beat the NIV for it's combination of readability AND accuracy though.
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Posted: 2005-10-07 14:46:38
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Funny, i always thought the bible began
"Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away..."
Its a good idea, anything to get tha kidz readn deez dayz as got 2 b gud
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Posted: 2005-10-07 15:38:51
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there an australian bible society?
omg why wasnt i notified....how do i join?
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Posted: 2005-10-07 17:06:21
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Obviously they dont SMS entire books of the bible at a time, i take it they do it verse by verse? Must cost a fortune!
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Posted: 2005-10-07 17:14:00
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what about predictive text (T9)
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Posted: 2005-10-07 17:20:39
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What about having a whole bible in ur phone, it's available for java enabled phones.
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Posted: 2005-10-08 01:15:31
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