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Bible
#2 of 16,861 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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My experience with biblical texts is that they provide inexhaustible sources of wisdom. If I find something in them that acts as an obstacle, it's because there's something within me that has yet to be transformed.
Pierre Poilievre · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Jan 2025 Listen at 11:41 What they say about it
- Reads the Bible for wisdom“there is so much wisdom here”4


- Bestselling book of all time“bestselling book of all time”2
- Taking the Bible out of schools2

The best things said about it
And what's so beautiful about the original design of Jesus, you got to read this book, Chris. I'm telling you, because it'll change your entire life because you literally can read God's original design for man and woman.
How much better would the world be if like elementary school just taught the Bible and not even in a religious way, but just for those lessons?
There are three books that built this nation. The Bible, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
My friend of mine who was a former tier one operator and he's run some of my security stuff like he encouraged me to start reading the Bible and I was like wow there is so much wisdom here.
Andrew Huberman This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · May 2025 What I'm saying to you is that the Bible holds wisdom start there just read the Bible as if you're reading an academic book right.
Candace Owens Candace · Oct 2024 If people haven't read the Bible they should if they consider themselves educated and you could read proverbs and find from end s wisdom in there that cannot be scientifically proven.
Where and when it comes up
How it comes up
104 people who brought it up
- Angela Halili9 mentions · 4 recs
Candace Owens12 mentions · 2 recs
Jordan Peterson6 mentions · 1 rec- Sophie Cunningham2 mentions · 1 rec
Andrew Huberman1 mention · 1 rec
Dr. Ramani Durvasula1 mention · 1 rec- Glenn Beck1 mention · 1 rec
- Jess Elofson1 mention · 1 rec
Laird Hamilton1 mention · 1 rec- Roger Nam1 mention · 1 rec
- Rosalind Picard1 mention · 1 rec
- Ryan Zink1 mention · 1 rec
Why people recommend it
The Bible is a foundational anthology of sacred texts and scriptures central to both Judaism and Christianity, detailing narratives of creation, prophetic guidance, historical accounts, and moral teachings that have shaped Western civilization for millennia. The text receives frequent attention and recommendation across various podcast platforms. On This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, Sophie Cunningham encouraged listeners to educate themselves by reading the text to understand faith and representation. A host on The Charlie Kirk Show similarly urged listeners struggling in their marriages to seek guidance and read the scripture rather than abandon their commitments. On the same show, the host closed an episode by encouraging audiences to spend time in prayer and scripture reading. Jess Elofson suggested on The Tucker Carlson Show that elementary schools should teach the book for its timeless practical life lessons. Furthermore, Ryan Zink cited the text alongside the Constitution and the Bill of Rights as the foundational documents that built the United States. Angela Halili praised the text on Modern Wisdom for its unchanging nature, strongly recommending it to help readers understand God's original design for human relationships and proper submission.
Every mention
Angela Halili And what's so beautiful about the original design of Jesus, you got to read this book, Chris. I'm telling y… 9
“Like we follow Jesus, we follow the Bible.”
“The Lord is compassionate and merciful. He's slow to get angry and he's filled with unfailing love.”
“And so religion is basically reading the Bible and being like, "Okay, A, B, C, and D."”
“And that's the beautiful thing about Jesus, about the Bible is that it never changes.”
“Everything in this Bible that God taught and again it's not like rules and regulations. It's anything that separates you from God.”
“And what's so beautiful about the original design of Jesus, you got to read this book, Chris. I'm telling you, because it'll change your entire life because you literally can read God's original design for man and woman”
“that's not what we're talking about. You know what I mean? And so, yeah, these are things that you have to educate yourself on, that you have to read on, that you have to read the word of God so you actually understand”
“People who have never opened up a Bible in their lives will hear scripture, will hear the word of God on a 30-se secondond reel.”
“Well, you can um follow us at GirlsGoneBible. If you don't want to do that, don't worry. I, if I were you, would go pick up a Bible and I would open it and I would give my life to Jesus if I were you”
Candace Owens what I'm saying to you is that the Bible holds wisdom start there just read the Bible as if you're reading… 12
“And if every day you are interpreting the Bible for the masses, and in this instance, and I'm going to show you, she literally flips scripture on its head.”
“She continues to demonstrate this inability to just give her opinion without then trying to make it righteous and saying, well, how many times does the Bible actually say that what I'm saying is right?”
“That's, it is actually, in each and every time that she's referring to the do not fear scripture, the Bible is commanding you to be courageous.”
“I hear, I hear the Bible, do not fear as in, no, you should not be doing that. You should be courageous.”
“No, we should, because when you see true evil, it inspires you to be good. And the Bible asserts that we need to be courageous when confronting it.”
“It says, here's a verse about widows or whatever it is. What do you mean, don't even consider? What is the Bible a story of? What is the Bible a story of?”
“You know, there's a reason that the Bible says fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. I mean, think about that. What are we getting at there?”
“Do not pretend that your perspectives are biblical. Spyro writes, if this plot got any thicker, referring to Slenderman's last Waluigi on the rooftop, it might actually stop a 30-odd-six.”
“It began when they in America when they removed the Bible out of the classroom. It used to be taught at public schools the Bible so that you knew your history.”
“what I'm saying to you is that the Bible holds wisdom start there just read the Bible as if you're reading an academic book right”
“people that read the Bible are not cool Christians are back bad and backwards and Antiquated”
“And I try to, if I can prescribe anything upon the world, it would be read the "Bible." Not because you need to be religious, but because it has good values.”
Jordan Peterson The book is available to everyone, from Shakespeare to modern education and science to civilization itself.… 6
“He is the temple; he is the Torah; he is the covenant; he is prophecy fulfilled.”
“There's another scene in Exodus where that's actually laid out. It becomes part of the principle of subsidiarity, which is a core element of Catholic social doctrine and a fundamental element of genuine conservatism.”
“I was very much struck by how the translation of the biblical writings jump-started the development of literacy across the entire world. Illiteracy was the norm; the pastor's home was the first school, and every morning began with singing.”
“The book is available to everyone, from Shakespeare to modern education and science to civilization itself. It is the most influential book in all of history, and hopefully people can walk away with at least a sense of that.”
“so you take a text like hamlet and you get a hundred students to write an essay about you know a particular stanza a set of stanzas soliloquy and a hundred of them have a hundred different opinions”
“and if you don't understand shakespeare then there's a whole bunch of books you can't understand and then you might say well having to to understand shakespeare what should you have read and the answer to that could easily be well you probably should have read the bible”
Sophie Cunningham Like that's up to you now to like kind of educate yourself and read the Bible of like good bad how are you… 2
“Like that's up to you now to like kind of educate yourself and read the Bible of like good bad how are you going to represent?”
“And like people who love history, love science, like talk to these people who are like I I don't know. They're just um experts when it comes to uh the Bible and that's what they do for a living.”
Andrew Huberman my friend of mine who was a former tier one operator and he's run some of my security stuff like he encoura… 1
“my friend of mine who was a former tier one operator and he's run some of my security stuff like he encouraged me to start reading the Bible and I was like wow there is so much wisdom here”
Dr. Ramani Durvasula But above all else, I want to always remind people, as hard as this all sounds, it's not—you is really a bo… 1
“But above all else, I want to always remind people, as hard as this all sounds, it's not—you is really a book that tells you anyone can heal, and you can heal, and what's on the other side is actually really good.”
Glenn Beck It is going to be a nightmare; read the book—uh a nightmare! What he was saying about evil, you can feel it! 1
“It is going to be a nightmare; read the book—uh a nightmare! What he was saying about evil, you can feel it!”
Jess Elofson How much better would the world be if like elementary school just taught the Bible and not even in a religi… 1
“How much better would the world be if like elementary school just taught the Bible and not even in a religious way, but just for those lessons? Yes. Like that's why that has been so applicable to everybody's lives for 2,000 years, right?”
Laird Hamilton and for a long time I was like well the I spent a lot of time reading the Bible and and only and it was lik… 1
“and for a long time I was like well the I spent a lot of time reading the Bible and and only and it was like the only book I ever had I think I read I might have read it twice um read it like read the thing and read it read it it was like I go I”
Roger Nam if you want to read a really wild book about immigration you might start with the Bible 1
“if you want to read a really wild book about immigration you might start with the Bible”
Rosalind Picard if people haven't read the the Bible they should if they consider themselves educated and you could read pr… 1
“if people haven't read the the Bible they should if they consider themselves educated and you could read proverbs and find from end s wisdom in there that cannot be scientifically proven”
Ryan Zink There are three books that built this nation. The Bible, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. And they… 1
“There are three books that built this nation. The Bible, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. And they all three play off of each other. And that is my platform because the United States was designed to be run underneath the men who have the respect for the Bible. And if you don't have that, then your oath means”
Ted Cruz look the natural answer is is the Bible and that that I think is true 1
“look the natural answer is is the Bible and that that I think is true”
Robert Evans the best book to read is the Bible, which as a professional writer, I have not found the Bible particularly… 20
“It's also worth noting that the this last couple that they live with owns a church, right? And so these brothers are forced to go to Bible study and attend church regularly.”
“There's two Bibles in each cell. It's the only sort of entertainment they're allowed. It just sounds like a torture camp.”
“But Hiles is a fundamentalist; he taught that people could not be born again unless they were brought to Christ using the King James Bible, which is a big thing for, I don't know, like a fifth of Christians in the country today.”
“He saw the tremendous need for exposing evolution as a dangerous religious worldview and for arming Christians with scientific evidence that there are no contradictions between true science and the Bible.”
“the best book to read is the Bible, which as a professional writer, I have not found the Bible particularly helpful. Not saying it's not useful. It's a it's a an incredibly important historic document.”
“Uh, his father was well educated and made a living translating the Bible so from a fairly early age, he’s both taught that it’s important to learn how to read and specifically to be able to read the Bible like this is something that he’s going to do obsessively from a very young age.”
“Okay, anyway, this bulletproof source cites statements from Joshua that as a child he would read the entire Bible every two months. Quote: "Every two months, I would have read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation!”
“Quote: "Every two months, I would have read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation! I was the only subject that interested me in primary school”
“He starts reading the Bible. And this is a weird thing for him to do. People don't read the Bible back then, right? Normal people do not. Most of them are illiterate for one thing, and there's also a strong understanding, sometimes enforced through law, that the word of God is not supposed to be consumed directly by worshipers.”
“I mean, I can't think of anything that matters less in terms of public religion than what's actually in the Bible. It seems as though why would that matter? Are y'all reading what I'm reading?”
“He repeatedly forced his followers to repeat a definition of the word family that he said he'd found in the Bible. He would ask, "Who are my mother and father?"”
“Sasha knew if she searched the Bible, she could find scriptural justifications for everything Alexander had done. That's why she'd come here in the first place, wasn't it?”
“You know what the Bible says, Sasha? There is no getting around that. The scriptures were clear. Well, maybe they're wrong then.”
“A 3-ft tall white stone statue of Christ on a cross and two small in tables, each with a couple of dogeared Bibles. Manny sat down, bereft of any better idea. He grabbed a Bible and flipped it open to a random page.”
“Sasha rooted through her bag and pulled out a small leatherbound Bible she'd received as a Christmas gift from her dad 2 years ago. She opened it at random and found herself in the book of Jonah.”
“The mission of the Bible Museum was at first to inspire confidence in the absolute authority and reliability of the Bible. Green later modified this slightly to invite people to engage with the Bible.”
“Which is that all that matters is what they think of the Bible and not preserving historical antiquities or avoiding funding terrorism in foreign countries because that has nothing to do with Christianity in America.”
“I see a book kissed here which I suppose to be the Bible or at least the New Testament that teaches me that all things whatsoever that I would that men should do to me, I should do even so to them.”
“He was holding his Bible up above his head and hollering by his own description at them. And they shot an arrow through his Bible.”
“it's managed to get into whether or not it was a sign from God when the Bible got shot. I'm pretty sure it was a sign from whoever shot at it”
Bill Burr how about I end the podcast with what I promised to do last week which is I was going to start reading segm… 4
“how about I end the podcast with what I promised to do last week which is I was going to start reading segments from the Bible now granted”
“this is why I don't read the Bible I just don't I don't [ __ ] get”
“The Bible I'm going look up the Bible”
“underrated the bible the bible all right”
Chris Williamson Presumably he's read it. But even if he hasn't, look how big that is. No one knows what No one knows all of… 4
“We have a book that explains it. This is a good blueprint for you to follow.”
“there's only one sentence in the Bible about choosing a partner and it says uh choose somebody that you could go to war with.”
“Presumably he's read it. But even if he hasn't, look how big that is. No one knows what No one knows all of the words that are in the Bible. Like no one knows all of it.”
“They spent 60 minutes on like three passages and this is what they just work through the Bible slowly. So I was like, "Oh, people really know what's in the Bible."”
James Talarico I I mean that's that's the one I just gave to you about what is the punishment? 4
“I I mean that's that's the one I just gave to you about what is the punishment?”
“We have four gospels with tons of teachings from Jesus and none of them are about this.”
“The longest conversation Jesus has with anybody in the whole Bible is with the Samaritan woman at the well.”
“Thomas Jefferson created his own Bible where he took out all the miracles.”
Ryan Holiday Catholic Church has banned books, but also, historically, one of the most banned books is the Bible. 4
“Catholic Church has banned books, but also, historically, one of the most banned books is the Bible.”
“By the way, some of the efforts, mostly by Republicans, to restrict and change academic standards if applied equally would also make the Bible inappropriate and inaccessible to kids.”
“Do you know what is the most repeated phrase in the Bible? It's be not afraid. Over and over again, these words appear a warning not to let first impressions rule the day.”
“It reminds me of this quote from William Blake that says we both read the Bible day and night but you read black where I read white”
Theo Von Oh, it's a Bible. Is it? Hey. Yeah, it's got my name engraved on it and it it says Romans 8:28. And we know… 4
“Oh, it's a Bible. Is it? Hey. Yeah, it's got my name engraved on it and it it says Romans 8:28. And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God.”
“Oh, the first Christian martyr was stoned to death outside Jerusalem for his faith as described in Acts seven of the Bible.”
“i think i think yeah look at the bible even yeah they want they want they have to take down someone that's at the top”
“and then we listen to guys like Eckhart Tolle and in [ __ ] holiday right Ryan holiday the the stoic books and who's the awareness guy oh I think de Melo Anthony de Mello”
Billy Carson and evidence of this of these wars can be found in the book of Deuteronomy in the modern day bible 3
“like I I haven't read it but is there any references to anything that's similar like Anunnaki type characters the Nephilim or anything like that in the Dead Sea Scrolls they show up everywhere in the dead SE Scrolls and the enish and the eatris uh of course even in the Bible they're known as the anak”
“and evidence of this of these wars can be found in the book of Deuteronomy in the modern day bible”
“now in the Bible what does it say it says that my seed shall not abide in Man Forever his year shall be 120 that was taken from the Samaran tablets even further back than that thousands of years before the Bible was written when and when Yahweh AKA and liil shows back up sees the human beings building a”
Charlie Kirk should we care about politics or not care about politics and the bible says a lot about these things 3
“should we care about politics or not care about politics and the bible says a lot about these things”
“can anyone tell me in the 66 books of the bible the word of god can anyone find an example in scripture where god encourages us to ignore what's happening in the world around us”
“now you look throughout the bible god used broken vessels for his purpose joseph job samson rahab the samaritan woman noah jeremiah jacob david jonah naomi peter martha zachaius and paul”
Dave Ramsey but it's also important that you do both according to God's love letter to me which is called the Bible my… 3
“and retirement compared to Eternity is shortterm and the Bible says you should save for your needs. In The House of the wise are stores of choice food and oil”
“so the Bible very clearly teaches to tithe to invest money into God's kingdom where moth and rust does not destroy and the Bible teaches to save and invest”
“but it's also important that you do both according to God's love letter to me which is called the Bible my heavenly Father which if we being evil know how to give our kids good gifts”
Joe Rogan The Bible's all you need an amazing story book yeah it is written in story book form 3
“he goes he goes ain't nobody read that [ __ ] hey go he goes he goes you might have read like part of it but you didn't read the whole Bible he goes Nobody stopping at book three for bro he was cooking last night”
“The Bible's all you need an amazing story book yeah it is written in story book form”
“well they didn't have the foresight when they were writing the Bible to take out genetic diversity testing or whatever the [ __ ] they're doing what what would they be doing”
Johnny Chang that he's like, you know, a true Muslim reads the Bible, too. And I was like, interesting. So he started ag… 3
“that he's like, you know, a true Muslim reads the Bible, too. And I was like, interesting. So he started again teaching me everything. these are the books before it. We got to pull from Moses and all this”
“And he showed me Romans 7:15. Romans 7:20 basically says that there are people that do things that they don't want to do. Like they want to be happy, they want to be loving, but then they end up addicted and they do the things that they don't want to do.”
“However, it's about the word. So what I've learned I've read the Bible front to back 27 times. It's not to flex. What my pastor taught me was you have to go to the word always.”
Stephen Dubner think about the Bible it is the most read book in the history of the universe 3
“think about the Bible it is the most read book in the history of the universe”
“think about the Bible It is the most read book in the history of the universe”
“The term originates as far back as the Bible. And in ancient Israel, the people of Israel were expected to give a tenth of their income”
Steven Bartlett I have this book here, the Bible. Yes. And I also have some photos showing, I think you as a young boy here… 3
“I have this book here, the Bible. Yes. And I also have some photos showing, I think you as a young boy here, at eight years old at St. Andrew's Church.”
“It's not about checking off, "Oh, I read the Bible this many times."”
“In 2025, Bible sales hit a 21-year high in the United States with 19 million units sold.”
Thomas Massie Some of these are actually passages in the New Testament, which would be banned by this international defin… 3
“Some of these are actually passages in the New Testament, which would be banned by this international definition of anti-Semitism.”
“For instance, saying that Jews kill Jesus, which is, you know, in the Bible; he was not welcome among his own people.”
“They show, but the members of Congress who, you know, go to church on Sunday, who've just voted to ban the New Testament on campus, make it illegal to quote from the New Testament, the Christian Bible; like how did they square that?”
Will Smith i read the bible because we would celebrate christmas and i'd feel guilty that we celebrated christmas but… 3
“i read the bible because we would celebrate christmas and i'd feel guilty that we celebrated christmas but i didn't hadn't read the bible”
“and i just remember seeing her bible was mark you know how i do my books”
“and we started with the the bible and i just remember seeing her bible was my you know how i do my books now you see how like all my books are highlighted all the way through”
Andrew Gold For example, you couldn't translate the Bible into English; it was either in Greek or Latin. 2
“For example, you couldn't translate the Bible into English; it was either in Greek or Latin.”
“You couldn't go home and read the Bible; you had to go to church, which kept church attendance up.”
Arielle Reitsma And um she showed me the Bible and she spoonfed it to me every day and it started healing my mind. 2
“And um she showed me the Bible and she spoonfed it to me every day and it started healing my mind.”
“And I just hope that we can start building communities that people can go to and learn about the Bible and have friends that can help them.”
David M. Friedman and the Bible still sells more books than, last time I checked, it sells like 2,400 books an hour. - Hmm. - 2
“and the Bible still sells more books than, last time I checked, it sells like 2,400 books an hour. - Hmm. -”
“If you, you read the Bible, right? The Bible sells more books on Amazon than any other book.”
Dennis Prager I have a Bible commentary out there on the Torah and and they call me an anti-semite because they can't ima… 2
“I have a Bible commentary out there on the Torah and and they call me an anti-semite because they can't imagine if you're conservative”
“when people were much poorer was derived from a book called The Bible which is never offered as a possibility”
Emily Jashinsky Fundamentalist means you actually believe what's in the holy book. I mean there's the Quran, there's the Bi… 2
“Yes. It says, Wives submit to your husbands. Uh submit yourselves to your husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, his body of which he is the savior. Now, as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands”
“Fundamentalist means you actually believe what's in the holy book. I mean there's the Quran, there's the Bible, and they're both full of nonsense. But we have learned to wink at the Bible in the West.”
Ethan Kross you know bestselling book of all time the Bible one of the most famous stories in that book story of Adam a… 2
“you know bestselling book of all time the Bible one of the most famous stories in that book story of Adam and Eve it's a story of emotion disregulation”
“the bestselling book of all time one of the most famous stories in that book The Bible it's the story of Adam and Eve is a story of having difficulty managing our emotions”
James Lindsay and just as you know the poor Israelites you know go through this cycle dozens of times through the through… 2
“and just as you know the poor Israelites you know go through this cycle dozens of times through the through the books of the Bible”
“when I don't know you know how should I think about this I will find myself turning to go ask the Bible rather than to just sit and chew on it myself or pick up n or some lunatic”
Jeffrey D. Sachs And it boasts of genocides. Uh, and uh, this text has now been taken on in a kind of religious zealatry and… 2
“And it boasts of genocides. Uh, and uh, this text has now been taken on in a kind of religious zealatry and fervor that you see the Bible tells us you can commit genocide.”
“All of this is to say, Tucker, Israel in its current form, in its quest for greater Israel, uh, in what um, sorry to say, our US ambassador, uh, Mr. Huckabe said, uh, reading some line of the Bible in the most, uh, unbelievably naive way”
John Ramsey the only other explanation I heard was Psalm 118 is right in the middle of the middle of the Bible 2
“the only other explanation I heard was Psalm 118 is right in the middle of the middle of the Bible”
“and that struggled to to understand why why this would happen you know I I was just a Christian”
John Rich They believe they read the Bible and they go, 'Okay, yeah, I mean, I believe that.' 2
“They believe they read the Bible and they go, 'Okay, yeah, I mean, I believe that.'”
“The problem with that is if you believe that the words of the Bible are true—which I do—it says, 'All your righteousness is as filthy rags in the sight of God,' meaning there is no such thing as a good person.”
Megyn Kelly Is that how you started just reading the Bible? I did. I did. I started trying to read it from front to bac… 2
“Is that how you started just reading the Bible? I did. I did. I started trying to read it from front to back and and uh I wasn't really getting anywhere.”
“it's all it's all in that book everything we're seeing happening right now is in that book is that how you started just reading the Bible I did I did”
Rod Blagojevich And I got to tell you, and this is not baloney, am I on right now? Yeah, the Bible. I mean, I was so alone… 2
“and then I reached for the Bible you know that my wife gave me to leave for prison to take with me to prison they don't let you bring anything else in but they'll let you bring the Bible in I've always had a belief in God I always believed in prayer I was raised in the Serbian Orthodox Christian”
“And I got to tell you, and this is not baloney, am I on right now? Yeah, the Bible. I mean, I was so alone in the beginning and I reached for that Bible in a way I never did before.”
Russell Brand I thought I was too smart. I thought somehow that I knew what was in the Bible even without reading it. 2
“I thought I was too smart. I thought somehow that I knew what was in the Bible even without reading it.”
“And like you said, I mean, I’m studying that Bible; there's nowhere where he says specifically, 'Russell, I want you to overthrow the government.'”
Sean Stone I mean, we draw upon, in the book, we draw upon some films that are a little bit closer to us time-wise. Bu… 2
“I mean, we draw upon, in the book, we draw upon some films that are a little bit closer to us time-wise. But yeah, a lot of the stories that I draw upon are from the East, the Bhagavad Gita, a lot from the Bible, a lot of Bible stories, the Christ story, and then obviously ancient Greece.”
“And that's why, you know, there's such a, again, this, this, this book keeps relating back to those stories about starting with the fall, like failure and falling is okay. That's a necessary aspect of reality. The story of, of Job in the Bible is so powerful for that reason, right? A man who's loses everything and yet sustains his”
Shaan Puri I was uh raised Catholic so I went to Catholic School my whole life so I had to read the Bible all the time 2
“I was uh raised Catholic so I went to Catholic School my whole life so I had to read the Bible all the time”
“like in the room where he was in there's a bible and he kind of sees it and he grew up in a super religious household and then has you know become basically like a sinner um and he just sort of picks up the book and you know he's hungover one day and he starts reading it he's reading”
Tim Pool that's why in the Bible it says leave your family and cleave to your wife 2
“that's why in the Bible it says leave your family and cleave to your wife”
“I just hope we don't live through Revelations, man, come on, don't do this. We are in Revelations right now, that's what the internet is, it's kind of part of that tool of revealing.”
Adam Broomberg You're given a Bible and and you're told that that's your guide book. Literally, you like you traverse you… 1
“You're given a Bible and and you're told that that's your guide book. Literally, you like you traverse you traverse this this place and following the stories of the Bible and that's meant to be like your holy land.”
AJ Gentile But I have found myself coming back to the Bible more and more. I do Bible stories on the channel all the t… 1
“But I have found myself coming back to the Bible more and more. I do Bible stories on the channel all the time.”
Alex Heath what about on the customer's side though when they're asking a priest power user questions about the Bible.… 1
“what about on the customer's side though when they're asking a priest power user questions about the Bible. I mean, if you want to put the whole Bible in there, why not? But can your product search for it?”
Arnold Schwarzenegger I said do you have the Bible at home do you let your kids read it I said well you know this is the most vio… 1
“I said do you have the Bible at home do you let your kids read it I said well you know this is the most violent book there is probably ever been published”
Bishop Martin The Bible says this: faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 1
“The Bible says this: faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Byron Donalds Because I think sometimes up here on Capitol Hill, people are like, "Oh, well you just got here", or, "Oh,… 1
“Because I think sometimes up here on Capitol Hill, people are like, "Oh, well you just got here", or, "Oh, you're really young." You know, the Bible always says, "Don't despise a man because of his youth."”
Chris Schuhmacher and I had turned to God very early on when I was in the county jail even and so I continued on that path wh… 1
“and I had turned to God very early on when I was in the county jail even and so I continued on that path while I was in prison which is not very popular in prison you know I think the majority of guys say that anybody going to church while they're in prison is hiding behind the Bible”
Dave Rubin Now, you could make the argument, you know, swearing in on the Bible, you should be swearing in on the Cons… 1
“Now, you could make the argument, you know, swearing in on the Bible, you should be swearing in on the Constitution. I've made that argument many times”
David Sacks I go back to like if you want to quote the Bible, right? There's a There's a beautiful passage in the Bible… 1
“I go back to like if you want to quote the Bible, right? There's a There's a beautiful passage in the Bible, the book of John.”
Dennis Kucinich For some fake interpretation of the Bible that somebody says, 'Well, this is my land. This is my home. This… 1
“For some fake interpretation of the Bible that somebody says, 'Well, this is my land. This is my home. This is my property.'”
Dewayne Noel um you you know when I was young come home from work how was how was your day today honey I didn't I didn't… 1
“um you you know when I was young come home from work how was how was your day today honey I didn't I didn't get in a fight so it was a good day you know and but that is a victory um it's a you you know I I study and and I well you name your podcast you”
Donald Hoffman Well, David Marr, again my advisor at MIT, in his book 'Vision' suggested that the more primitive sensory s… 1
“Well, David Marr, again my advisor at MIT, in his book 'Vision' suggested that the more primitive sensory systems were less realistic, less veridical.”
Douglas Murray It's probably that, and in my case, the great good fortune of being brought up with the King James Bible an… 1
“It's probably that, and in my case, the great good fortune of being brought up with the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. If you have them in your head and recite them every Sunday, it gives you a pretty good idea of how to cadence the English language.”
Dwarkesh Patel I just think the world does have people who read the Bible and are like, “I'm inspired by these ideals to d… 1
“I just think the world does have people who read the Bible and are like, “I'm inspired by these ideals to do certain things”.”
Emily Austin I'm not super religious, but I'm definitely spiritual and like if you open a book like the Bible, this is t… 1
“I'm not super religious, but I'm definitely spiritual and like if you open a book like the Bible, this is the end of times we're living in.”
Erica Kirk It's a beautiful beautiful not even a story I mean, it is a story, but it's a beautiful book on how to live… 1
“It's a beautiful beautiful not even a story I mean, it is a story, but it's a beautiful book on how to live your life, and it and it has nothing to do with being feminine or being masculine.”
Esau Cooper but I learned through a 12-step program and eventually Through the Bible that that is the answer to all our… 1
“but I learned through a 12-step program and eventually Through the Bible that that is the answer to all our problems”
Gene Simmons our people uh gave that book to everybody in the world it's called the Bible even in the New Testament it's… 1
“our people uh gave that book to everybody in the world it's called the Bible even in the New Testament it's all Jews”
George Kamel one of my favorite Proverbs from the the Bible can wealth gained hastily will dwindle but whoever gathers l… 1
“one of my favorite Proverbs from the the Bible can wealth gained hastily will dwindle but whoever gathers little by little will increase it”
Hannah Claire Brimlow It reminds me a little bit of this story about the school district in Utah a liberal parent said well you I… 1
“It reminds me a little bit of this story about the school district in Utah a liberal parent said well you I I think you should ban the Bible because the Bible talks about sex and the Bible's pornographic scenes”
Jade Warshaw I mean it's why the Bible says that it's I mean really in simple terms it says it's stupid to cosign you're… 1
“I mean it's why the Bible says that it's I mean really in simple terms it says it's stupid to cosign you're a fool”
Jason Calacanis if building an app as a developer um and a designer was the equivalent of that monk yeah rewriting the book… 1
“if building an app as a developer um and a designer was the equivalent of that monk yeah rewriting the book and it took them a month or say took them three months to rewrite the Bible okay now they could make a hundred Bibles in a day”
Jay Shetty and and i've i've had beautiful experiences reading the bible and the quran 1
“and and i've i've had beautiful experiences reading the bible and the quran”
Jerrod Carmichael Now I’m internalizing, though, that philosophy and seeing it as philosophy I had to remove the magic from t… 1
“Now I’m internalizing, though, that philosophy and seeing it as philosophy I had to remove the magic from the Bible, right? And this is what works for me; I’m saying this cautiously, because I know I can still see the ears of my mother perking up, so I’m saying that this is what has helped me.”
Jiang Xueqin I teach the Bible. And my students love it. 1
“I teach the Bible. And my students love it.”
Jordan Harbinger Now, do secrets even show up in the Bible? 1
“Now, do secrets even show up in the Bible?”
Kanika Batra So I started feeling the urge to read Bible again cuz my parents are Christian and I purposely did not beco… 1
“So I started feeling the urge to read Bible again cuz my parents are Christian and I purposely did not become Christian. I read the Bible properly like I through context and everything.”
Kat Timpf But you learn, you read the Bible, right? Leviticus is Old Testament. So it's like not, it's not chill, it'… 1
“But you learn, you read the Bible, right? Leviticus is Old Testament. So it's like not, it's not chill, it's like, and the New Testament comes in, is like supposed to be about forgiveness and chill and all, you know, more easy going. Leviticus is extremely fire and brimstone text.”
Kat Von D and so that that's kind of what you know how I I in a a weird artsy way just kind of came back and I just t… 1
“and so that that's kind of what you know how I I in a a weird artsy way just kind of came back and I just the last five years have just been studying the Bible and um and now like at this church like we have our Women's Bible study and stuff that I that I attend”
Laila Mickelwait In that moment, I felt inspired to grab my childhood Bible, and the first thing I read was a Psalm describi… 1
“In that moment, I felt inspired to grab my childhood Bible, and the first thing I read was a Psalm describing my picture. It was about not letting floodwaters overwhelm or swallow me up.”
Leif Babin and I remember just reading the Bible having Bible study um me you were having Bible study totally in buds… 1
“and I remember just reading the Bible having Bible study um me you were having Bible study totally in buds totally yeah wow Andrew Paul and I on our team uh several others you know”
Leigh Bortins 90% used to do it when the only three resources they had in their home was the Bible Shakespeare and the lo… 1
“90% used to do it when the only three resources they had in their home was the Bible Shakespeare and the local newspaper”
Lon Harris And so Piers Morgan says, well, you brought your Bible here to the studio. Uh I believe this is the same Bi… 1
“And so Piers Morgan says, well, you brought your Bible here to the studio. Uh I believe this is the same Bible you were reading in court.”
Martin Seligman So here's an example from the Bible, from Hebrew. In the Torah, go beyond the Torah. After the Torah, the w… 1
“So here's an example from the Bible, from Hebrew. In the Torah, go beyond the Torah. After the Torah, the word teshuvah occurs for the first time. Teshuvah means repentance, that you can redo your life.”
Matt Gaetz and that broad application of anti-semitism to say anti-ionism is anti-semitism um to uh to say that even s… 1
“and that broad application of anti-semitism to say anti-ionism is anti-semitism um to uh to say that even some things in the Bible may be deemed anti-semitic if they're critical of Jews at any point. Uh it's it's so it has created such a curiosity among young people to test those mores and challenge those dogmas.”
Maxime Germain But the air receptionist that he filled he filled with tons of data from the Bible and like specific things… 1
“But the air receptionist that he filled he filled with tons of data from the Bible and like specific things that he wants uh you know uh the receptionist to say”
Mia Wong Here's Rokkey talking about his ideal society. Quote, "Rendering to the king what is owed to the king, but… 1
“Here's Rokkey talking about his ideal society. Quote, "Rendering to the king what is owed to the king, but also giving to God what belongs to God."”
Mosab Hassan Yousef This is how I spent my time; when I was released, I opened up to Christianity, especially the Bible, and th… 1
“This is how I spent my time; when I was released, I opened up to Christianity, especially the Bible, and the Bible had a huge impact on my life, especially the New Testament and the teachings of Christ.”
Naftali Bennett The Bible is all about action, and generally, Judaism — the Jewish faith cares little about your feelings.… 1
“The Bible is all about action, and generally, Judaism — the Jewish faith cares little about your feelings. So, you know, here and there there are blips, but by and large, you are measured by what you do, not by how you feel.”
Nick Irving um like I read the Bible and the the ruler of this world is is Satan you read the Bible every day every day 1
“um like I read the Bible and the the ruler of this world is is Satan you read the Bible every day every day”
Pete Hegseth instead of the bottle, right? I think I'm going to use that. It actually is. Like, I've read the Bible before. 1
“instead of the bottle, right? I think I'm going to use that. It actually is. Like, I've read the Bible before.”
Pierre Poilievre My experience with biblical texts is that they provide inexhaustible sources of wisdom. If I find something… 1
“My experience with biblical texts is that they provide inexhaustible sources of wisdom. If I find something in them that acts as an obstacle, it's because there's something within me that has yet to be transformed.”
Richard Haier Murray went on to write some additional books, two in the last couple of years; one about human diversity w… 1
“Murray went on to write some additional books, two in the last couple of years; one about human diversity where he goes through the data refuting the idea that race is only a social construct with no biological meaning.”
Saeed Al Nazari That's something we really appreciate in our Islamic culture and tradition, as that story is in our Quran,… 1
“That's something we really appreciate in our Islamic culture and tradition, as that story is in our Quran, the Bible, and many other texts.”
Sam Altman I don't believe the I'm not like a literalist on the Bible 1
“I don't believe the I'm not like a literalist on the Bible”
Scott Stapp one thing good out of it is I was made to write the Bible for punishment and I would write the Bible and th… 1
“one thing good out of it is I was made to write the Bible for punishment and I would write the Bible and then have to write commentaries on what each chapter meant to me”
Sean Davis but when we have david you know whose whose kingdom is what uh christ on earth descended from he traced tra… 1
“but when we have david you know whose whose kingdom is what uh christ on earth descended from he traced traces his earthly uh uh royal lineage to david and when we have david saying lord i hate your enemies with complete hatred”
Sean Spicer In the month of September, compared with a year earlier, sales of the Bible jumped 36%. That's clearly a po… 1
“In the month of September, compared with a year earlier, sales of the Bible jumped 36%. That's clearly a post Charlie surge, people do feel deeply moved by his message of faith.”
Shirley MacLaine And then I, of course, I have to be fairly well-read and like Genesis and the Bible. The Bible is the book.… 1
“And then I, of course, I have to be fairly well-read and like Genesis and the Bible. The Bible is the book. It's right there. It's written all about the otherness of otherworldly truths.”
Stephen Wilson Jr. I joke around that you know my you know my dad um you know he was he was named after a martyr in the Bible… 1
“I joke around that you know my you know my dad um you know he was he was named after a martyr in the Bible like my grandmother named him after a guy that was um had rocks thrown at him until he died in the Bible.”
Tammy Peterson if we're not going to read the Bible let's read the Quran I mean we have to we have to know what we're up a… 1
“if we're not going to read the Bible let's read the Quran I mean we have to we have to know what we're up against and we've left the Bible we've left the Bible and we're not going by those values anymore and so we're going to be lost”
Tayler Hansen That is your book of faith that is God's word and and you're not going to read your Bible 1
“That is your book of faith that is God's word and and you're not going to read your Bible”
Tommy Robinson We have the Quran and we have the Bible in the same draw. Which one do you think's on top of which? 1
“We have the Quran and we have the Bible in the same draw. Which one do you think's on top of which?”
Tony Aguilar Someone that... has spent his entire life... self serving with PR firms and 389.1 selling Bibles and whatev… 1
“Someone that... has spent his entire life... self serving with PR firms and 389.1 selling Bibles and whatever else it is he does on the side.”
Tony Cowden I've read the Bible twice I need to read it again I need to start reading it instead of like reading it cov… 1
“I've read the Bible twice I need to read it again I need to start reading it instead of like reading it cover to cover like I did you know when I was younger”
Vince Everett Ellison Our Bible tells us, if you honor your father and your mother, God promises you threescore and ten years. 1
“Our Bible tells us, if you honor your father and your mother, God promises you threescore and ten years.”
Vivek Ramaswamy In some ways, we are running contrary to our nature as man, which leaves a vacuum in its wake that leaves u… 1
“In some ways, we are running contrary to our nature as man, which leaves a vacuum in its wake that leaves us lost, like the Israelites in The Book of Exodus.”
Wesley Huff from my investigation, I'm convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that there's actual evidence for the existen… 1
“from my investigation, I'm convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that there's actual evidence for the existence of God, the historical reliability of the Bible, and the philosophical explanations for meaning and purpose.”
Willie Robertson And so I just tried to go through and tell stories and I pull stories from the New Testament, just conversa… 1
“And so I just tried to go through and tell stories and I pull stories from the New Testament, just conversations like especially in the Book of Acts.”
Yuval Noah Harari so with the Bible you have a first block of text uh the Hebrew Bible which um is copied and lots of people… 1
“so with the Bible you have a first block of text uh the Hebrew Bible which um is copied and lots of people around the world”
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“The Bible is, like, the most metal thing that exists. 100%. It's crazy. Just before we jump into it fully, guys, the whole point of reading Genesis there is just to show, first, that is a translation which became the new international version of the English version of the Bible, right?”
“When I was a young man, and all my friends are drinking and doing drugs and, you know, being sexual with each other and all this stuff, I was seeing that as this temptation and evil thing, right? Because that's what this book, this old book tells you.”
“And it says in the book, in the Bible, those who blessed you will be blessed and those who cursed you will be cursed.”
“if you find yourself in this you know you're frustrated in marriage seek help talk to a pastor read your bible pray ask god to save your marriage do not bail because some podcaster and some lesbian from hollywood tells you that you can get better”
“He could choose one Bible verse, and that's what he chose. And this is arguably the godfather of NASA, so it seems like he was trying to give us some sort of...”
“So if we go back to the Bible, I think it kind of proves more to what Dave is saying. No, you wouldn't call that proof, because that's just a book that some guy said a thing happened.”
“go touch grass go be with your family um and take some time pray read your bible”
“And you know this course goes straight to the Bible as well. In Revelations there's a lot of talk about the arch angels archangels battling a great dragon. In this case the dragon is Satan.”
“How can someone who intends to live by logic also hold true to the supernatural elements and beliefs in the Bible without feeling as though you're betraying logic?”
“Maybe because it's just a book like Slick Sith was trying to tell me that too he's like he said I'm like who said he's like the book it's in the book I'm like okay so a book said it”
“and why he's the son of God is because the resurrection is not scientifically possible or provable but he came to earth and it's miraculous and said I'm gonna die in the book in the book which is the recordings of the people who lived with him is what you were told”
“the apostles of Jesus the stories the miracles we're talking about a resurrection of a human body versus a guy's existence I've given you some evidence of Alexander's existence now you give me some evidence of the resurrection of a human body from the dead that's what I want 500 witnesses the Bible”
“and the bible is very clear about not beating down a widow”
“Sat n the story of what we have faced in America is a question that started in the first book of the Bible with the first siblings.”
“So this very much was a Christian nation where you put your hand on the Bible and swore because people were God-fearing. They would not lie with their hand on the Bible.”
“We've accelerated that, but we started in 1964 by taking the Bible out of the schools, right?”
“You might I don't know if you're aware of this or not, but um in the Bible, are you familiar with I am Legion for we are many?”
“there's this book it's called the Bible you could look in there you can find some really ù inventive punishments to enact on people if you want it just saying pretty violent text”
“I mean the Protestant Reformation one version of it is to blame it on the accessibility of literature and the printing press and the ability to read the Bible and go wait a minute I don't agree with this right”
“go read your gospels”
“I believe now you could go to the Bible, and one thing's going to say one thing, another thing may be contradicted in a way. And then the pastor has to unpack it.”
“So, it's just this idea, and here's where here's where it gets tantalizing and complicated, and I'm saying this as a black man, you know, is you open your Bible and at the back of every Bible got a map and you looking at it and you going, "Well, this where the take place, right?"”
“Steven thinks that the Bible is quote the most read book in the history of the universe”
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“In the Bible, they talk about how returning kindness to cruelty is like, in a way, the ultimate punishment. It's like pouring hot coals on their head.”
“that's why he spent years studying the classics the american founding and the bible through hillsdale colleges free online courses he would rave about these courses all the time”
“It's vampire rules, man. Yeah. So Jack has his jimmies about him at this point. He goes, now you listen here. I'm not letting you out until you vow that you're going to give me at least 12 more months of living.”
“part of the reason I wanted to write about emotions is I'm looking at the myths and I'm reading about the stories and the plays and you see the same emotions, right? In in the in the in the classics, not to mention the ancients. You see in the Bible”
“You know, there's a theory about that on the that's what the whale represents, the belly of the whale in the Bible that you're that you're living in the um uh you're living in the ruins of a civilization that you can no longer build.”
“You ever see the Book of Eli, right? No. You ever seen book of Eli? I'm familiar with. You got to see that movie. It's such a good movie. Yeah. Is it about like the bald man and the gold?”
“So I get the Bible and I'm reading the Bible and I'm trying to get out of the room.”
“Well, real quick, I like that he brought up a Bible.”
“before he ever stepped onto a debate stage or behind a microphone charlie understood something really important that if you want to lead you first have to learn charlie believed that ideas shape character conviction and courage that's why he spent years studying the classics the american founding and the bible”
“With emergencies of biblical proportions. I will send swarms upon you and upon your people. That's one of the plagues for the Bible.”
“That is what God told us to do. That is what is written in the Bible. And that's what we were born to do.”
“Charlie believed that ideas shape character, conviction, and courage. That's why he spent years studying the classics, the American founding, and the Bible through Hillsdale College's free online courses.”
“where you hear your life is what your thoughts make it, which, by the way, came first from the Bible, but then you find in every philosopher said that.”
“And it reminds us also of that line from Apaca Lipto where people are talking about how humans have a hole inside them, right? The cats in the movie? The Bible talks about that.”
“my favorite line in the Bible is the truth shall set you free”
“My name is Alex and when I was but a humble young boy, I read a book called Bible and one thing that I talked about was mana coming down from heaven.”
“We are all his children. But when I say children, I mean like the Holy Blessed Trinity, which is why I hold the Bible.”
“There's a book that's sitting in your house somewhere that could use some dusting off. There's a man who died for all our sins hanging from the cross.”
“I think if you're if you're going back to religious purposes or the Bible, I could care less what a book says.”
“Now, Semi-Analysis is like the Bible for anybody that's watching data center build out or AI chips.”
“I've never read the Quran. I never even read the Bible.”
“In the past month, we've seen a surge in people turning to faith. Sales of the Bible are through the roof right now.”
“I also failed to mention that in his second of the three trips when he was arrowed at, and I believe this was in his diaries, a young boy actually, uh, shot an arrow through his waterproof Bible that he was holding up.”
“It was really bad turbulence and everyone was panicking, but Daryl was reading his Bible in the back.”
“And then it like tells him to open the Bible and choose any page, any passage.”
“By the way, when people go to church and read the Bible, Yes. they're not all hearing the same sermon. They're like when you go to a gospel church in the South, it's not the same experience as going to a Catholic church in San Francisco, right?”
“which is why Jesus was never able to buy the Green Bay Packers, which if you've read the Bible properly, you'll understand was his ultimate goal.”
“I was like, God, this dude's on 40 days. Put this dude back in the Bible.”
“and when once we started removing faith and I'm talking about removing the Bible from the classroom which was done in uh the early 70s if I'm correct”
“has he read uh is a book out there it's called the Bible has he looked into that”
“they say that La is soft and then whenever people around the country see our weather they start quoting the Bible and like the end of the Bible too like Revelations”
“This idea failed with Malthus at the beginning of the 19th century, and it was a murderous idea applied by the Egyptians against the Jews, famously recorded in the book of Exodus.”
“I thought my book, titled "Girl Mom," would only be read by women, but surprisingly, a lot of men reached out, sharing that they felt seen by it, wanting additional connection in their lives.”
“Your book on boys and men was chosen by President Obama to be on his summer reading list, how was that like?”
“It was all show, flash bulbs sparked the air, people cheered, police swarmed, and the show opened by reading excerpts from Brown America, the book written by Rosenwald.”
“So there's a guy named Peter Dale Scott who actually wrote the book on the deep state and brought like the concept over from Turkey to here. And if you talk to him, he was really involved or wrote about or covered the attempts to assassinate Castro.”
“Our new ten-part series on the Gospels examines the accounts of the New Testament.”
“You see some women—the guest wrote something in the book about this—you see women whose team wins in sports or they win an election.”
“We also talked about the psychological and theological or spiritual implications of the song, because the song itself, 'Revelation,' is a revelation of the spirit of the book by that name.”
“It's depicting what's going on on the other side of what the Bible calls the veil.”
“I mean, even in the Bible it says, 'I'd rather you be hot or be cold, but if you're lukewarm, I'll spit you out of my mouth.'”
“But you keep coming, and the bigger point of that is when you do what the Lord tells you to do, and it is a difficult thing to do, but you do it anyway, he's told us time and time again in the word, 'If you'll do what I tell you to do, go where I tell you to go”
“So, the Holy Spirit—it says in the Bible that he will send to his children, the real ones, the ones that have turned it over to him, that he will send the Holy Spirit to help you and guide you and navigate for you.”
“if you look at the Christopher Columbus the Bible or whatever and we left”
“Genesis 6:3 says, 'God right before the flood put a cap of 120 years on us.' My understanding from cursory scientific review is that the average human being has a potential lifespan of 190 years before absolute collapse.”
“I did see that Ephesus was an important city in the Bible because I think Paul came and was preaching there and started a riot because everybody's like, 'Oh man, your God sounds so great that it's going to undermine our Emis, and our local economy is going to fall to pieces.'”
“That's this one, Red Sky Morning.”
“Yeah, they wrote his life the way he wrote the Bible.”
“That was one of my favorite books to write, 'The Year of Living Biblically,' and I had always thought, 'Well, I could do a very similar book about the Constitution.'”
“It's going to be America's savior. And Trump over here is literally being a Bible salesman. It's so nauseatingly obvious and slimy.”
“so then TB Joshua's first line of defense was something he cribbed from a character in his favorite book The Bible”
“And so TB Joshua’s first line of defense was something he cribbed from a character in his favorite book: the Bible!”
“the Bible is the root of all wisdom inspiration and spiritual nourishment”
“The Hallow app also helps you connect with a community of like-minded individuals, sharing experiences, insights, and encouragement along the path to spiritual growth. Download the app for free at hallow.com/Jordan.”
“from the parable of the sour told by Jesus or Jesus and record it to the New Testament of the Bible the term appearing in Matthew 13 colon 4”
“The Bible is the root of all wisdom, inspiration, and spiritual nourishment.”
“To quote my friend Doomberg, the Bible offers fundamental wisdom, inspiration, and nourishment for the soul.”
“This will provide you with full access to my new in-depth series on marriage, as well as guidance for creating a life vision and my series exploring the book of Exodus.”
“This provides you with full access to my new in-depth series on marriage, guidance for creating a life vision, and my series exploring the book of Exodus.”
“This will provide you with full access to my new in-depth series on marriage, as well as guidance for creating a life vision and my series exploring the book of Exodus.”
“From February 27th, a flatmate saw my Bible and said, "That book is a fairy tale." So, I threw my empty mug at his head, broke on the wall behind him.”
“I've never read the Bible I've never read the Bible”
“the second half of the Bible all of that comes through it does”
“I was very much struck by how the translation of the biblical writings jump started the development of literacy across the entire world”
“It's like the Bible where you can just kind of pour over endlessly — What does this mean? What does this mean? You're always told to write very clearly, you're told to write succinctly”
“someone posted a there's a Bible tweet I'm sorry I can't remember remember who posted it”
“None of us knew what Jesus did because we're not allowed to read the Bible in this period. Yeah. Um which is actually not wildly far from the truth. So, Columbus grows up believing all this.”
“And the then the question is back to well why didn't evolution give us lifespans of a thousand years like back in the Bible people in the Bible used to live for a thousand years why don't we I mean that probably didn't really happen”
“and i think somewhere in the bible it says something about like an idol mind is yeah devil's playground or something like that”
“The former general butt naked flees to Ghana where he lives in a refugee camp. And he claims he learns to read and studies the Bible during this time.”
“You know, and all of that's in the Bible. Yeah, they have you. You can tell because they cite three passages. Not if we say that.”
“So, of course, maybe there's a Bible. Maybe you see them on signs occasionally.”
“Apparently that's not a thing he did repeatedly in the Bible. That's not a stupid part of the gospels that didn't happen. Jesus set up a a fish stand where he sold fish and chips for, you know, a tidy profit”
“Um, you know, even like the [ __ ] Bible is more graphic than the gender queer graphic novel. Um, but when conservatives say pornography, what they just mean is a is any display of queerness, right?”
“William Tyndall in the early 16th century did one of the first translations of the Bible from the original Greek and Hebrew into English”
“Oh, look, these days we're in corvette times, we're in the last chapter of the Bible, I feel like. And I don’t know what it is, Ephesians or whatever, you know?”
“and then like the only thing you can really do is read like a bible or go to church”
“bill just heard your podcast where you talk about people getting their favorite poem bible verse or inspirational quote tattooed on them”
“There was still a Bible in his hands. That probably would have been enough for Roland. Manny had no doubt the posthuman could kill a dozen men with a book, more if it was hardcover.”
“The Bible was filled with decent men doing awful things in times of war. The gallows weren't pretty, but they were hardly without biblical precedent.”
“She couldn't sleep, food had no taste, and her hands were too grubby and generally snotty to allow her to read the Bible.”
“if you look back through time even only on the first few pages of the bible is men naked and then one of the men kills the other men and then at that point they said damn we got a blouse up”
“Bible the Bible”
“i thought it was from the dang bible when i read it on a menu i said well damn is it you know is this the does the church run this place”
“he's been trying to convert the hadza to catholicism for 20 years and he's like they use the the bible pages to smoke weed”
“so the only answer to give he gives me is read the Bible or premarital sex is a sin what do you think”
“He called the Bible his owner's manual. What does he mean by owner's like that God owns him?”
“The Turkman government ordered a prominent display of the Runama, not only in bookshops and official buildings, but also in mosques and churches, sharing its place with the Quran or the Bible.”
“tried to wave his Bible at a people who do not have the written word.”
“So, this is like the book that's his his I don't know what's another influential book. Uh, the Bible. This is his the Bible.”
“reading NFL rules is it's like reading the Bible it's like what are they talking about all right NFL that's why you have a preacher for all the dummies out like I actually do my times I've sat down when I was younger and I tried to read the Bible it's like can we can we update this [ __”
“They'd go out to the Quran. They'd go out to the Bible, the Torah, all our religious books, and just be like, 'Yeah, they read this thing.'”
“Like the when when you swear the US president to office, he swears on the copy of the Bible.”
“and it's almost removing the the the screen when that you know that put us at yeah like the chapter wasn't really a standardized function of the novel until the Bible”
“and if you're looking for the answer to a question that you have this go look in the books you know the books could be you know the Bible”
“And then I was like, well, maybe I can translate a book in emoji. I was like, okay, what books would work? And I was like, well, it has to be in the public domain”
“for a moment I thought about the Bible and I was like that's too obvious what's like what's like totally even more inappropriate the movie dick games yeah they came to mind”
“It was like a spiritual it turned for me it turned into a spiritual retreat because I I I took some books in there including the Bible and I really really started a search for”



