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I never think about the Bible as a 'book' for some reason. But I've read it more than any other.

by illuminerdy 4y ago

mod 4y ago
It's probably just your accurate idea of what's being asked for. The Bible isn't it.
- waynecochran 4y ago
  What if I said Gospel of John? I've probably read that single book 50x.
  - mod 4y ago
    Oh I'm not saying it's not a book, I'm just saying I don't think OP was asking for religious texts.
    - waynecochran 4y ago
      It seemed like a pretty opened ended question -- no caveats I see.
waynecochran 4y ago
Yeah ... it's a collection of books with a unified theme.
rsj_hn 4y ago
By that definition, "The Lord of the Rings" isn't a book, either :P But we can be gracious and understand what people mean. When asking a question like which books have you read multiple times, you would expect a lot of answers like "The Bible", it's certainly the book I've read most often, far more than any other book. Unfortunately there just isn't too much of a reason to re-read books other than absolute classics, for example Shakespeare also falls into the category of "should re-read", or perhaps favorite collections of poems, but again these would typically be classics (modern poetry, like modern literature, tends not to have a broad audience, or even bother with trying to reach a broad audience). With the rise of alt-texts such as social media, blogs, online information sources - books have definitely taken a beating, as have the institutions that produce books. It only takes 10,000 book sales in one week to make a NYTimes best seller. There are 385,000 Bibles sold each week - and many more given away, 100 million Bibles are printed each year. I wonder if, in the future, there will be bible-based video games and other entertainment that will take up the time people spend reading the Bible as there have been things like television and video games that have replaced many people reading things like detective stories or adventure/romance stories.

I never think about the Bible as a 'book' for some reason. But I've read it more than any other.

mod 4y ago

It's probably just your accurate idea of what's being asked for. The Bible isn't it.

waynecochran 4y ago
What if I said Gospel of John? I've probably read that single book 50x.
- mod 4y ago
  Oh I'm not saying it's not a book, I'm just saying I don't think OP was asking for religious texts.
  - waynecochran 4y ago
    It seemed like a pretty opened ended question -- no caveats I see.

waynecochran 4y ago

Yeah ... it's a collection of books with a unified theme.

rsj_hn 4y ago

By that definition, "The Lord of the Rings" isn't a book, either :P But we can be gracious and understand what people mean. When asking a question like which books have you read multiple times, you would expect a lot of answers like "The Bible", it's certainly the book I've read most often, far more than any other book. Unfortunately there just isn't too much of a reason to re-read books other than absolute classics, for example Shakespeare also falls into the category of "should re-read", or perhaps favorite collections of poems, but again these would typically be classics (modern poetry, like modern literature, tends not to have a broad audience, or even bother with trying to reach a broad audience). With the rise of alt-texts such as social media, blogs, online information sources - books have definitely taken a beating, as have the institutions that produce books. It only takes 10,000 book sales in one week to make a NYTimes best seller. There are 385,000 Bibles sold each week - and many more given away, 100 million Bibles are printed each year. I wonder if, in the future, there will be bible-based video games and other entertainment that will take up the time people spend reading the Bible as there have been things like television and video games that have replaced many people reading things like detective stories or adventure/romance stories.