I watched the video.

Yea..it's pretty well exactly what I thought it was. I said "marketing gimmick" and it is.

I bought one (haven't received it yet) for the sake of just having it.

btw...he didn't mention something I would have evaluated. I am guessing the book will have a cheap paper smell. I like smelling the pages of a new book. High quality paper has a certain smell. Cheap paper has a certain smell.

Also, you can sort of tell if a book is genuine leather from pictures. I already had it pegged to be vinyl.

It's pretty well exactly what I thought it would be.

As far as being offended, personally, if the book had been edited I would have been offended.

But...what I want to know is why he got his and I haven't!

Laura,

From the video I think the reviewer was more upset about the cost and poor quality, considering he devoted so much time talking about just that.

I received my copy today.

The paper does not smell cheap. It has a good clean pleasant book smell. No pages are stuck together. It does not indicate it is leather but it does have a pleasant feel.

It is overpriced if you compare it to other study Bibles that come with annotations, a concordance and maps.

Also, Bibles have a problem because there are so many pages in one book the paper is very thin and sometimes you can see the backside of each page.

And it gets even worse with large print copies because the number of pages increases. This book is large print.

This one does have bleedthru minimally. I've seen much worse with Zondervan expensive copies.

The guy's review is reasonable.

I feel better now.

Going to my son's today to eat with his family. He is a fine man and has brought up good children.

Its King James.

Its just too difficult for me to understand what's its saying.

Proverbs 29:1. Huh?

Hardeneth?

Proverbs is an excellent first book to read. But it helps if you an understand it.

Tony,

Accusing people of judging others can be tricky.

When you accuse someone of judging...well...you're judging.

Funny how that works.

"oh..I'm not judging..I'm just pointing out the truth"...yea...forget it...you can't get there from here.

I've been a Christian a long time and seen and heard a lot.

It's always been a delicate walk living in this secular world, being part of it yet not being part of it.

Judging others yet managing to keep your own hands clean.

We're all sinners which is what it really boils down to.

Sometimes I think that is the point Jesus is making so often when he told us how we should live.

We can't do it...we can't please God on our own....so we need Jesus to mediate on our behalf on judgement day.

Timothy 2:5, which states, "For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus."

Truth,

"I am no sinner."

If you're so sure of yourself, why do you get upset and offended?

Doesn't sound as if you are at peace with your beliefs.

Snoofy,

No...I figured out the magic number of Bibles you have to own and you're quaranteed a spot in heaven.

Yeppers...you can buy your way into heaven.

Snoofy,

People been doing it for centuries.

Legal,

"Courts literally judge others. Religion is nonsense."

Interesting the court system for centuries has had you swear in on a Bible to tell the truth.

In England, the courts were swearing in on a Bible going back to the Middle Ages.

Some jurisdictions still do today.

You might call religion nonsense but the courts haven't thought so.

Clown,

Seems to me atheism has evolved into such an organized group, they have evolved into a "religion".

They have a manifesto and deserve the same treatment as any other religion.