“Bible Emoji: Scripture 4 Millennials ” is now available for $2.99 for iBooks


I assumed that upon hearing the news that someone made an emoji Bible that it was probably an article from The Onion. But we all know what happens when you assume and not only is it real but it’s live right now. Now, I am not writing about this because I believe you don’t read the news, I am doing do to provide a voice from a fellow Millennial.

The iTunes page give this description.

Description

First ever Bible translation w/ emojis.
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A great and fun way to share the gospel. Explore all 66 books chronicling the the stories of Abraham, Noah and Jesus like never before!

Adaptation of the KJV Bible, emoji translation also shared on Twitter @BibleEmoji


Examples from the Emoji Bible

Before I show examples from the emoji Bible I want to inform you that you can create your own at the bibleemoji website. You can also follow the emoji Bible twitter feed for verses (@bibleemoji).

My contribution is “oh dear God, make it stop!” (oh dear ?, make it ⛔!)


Pros and Cons of the Emoji Bible

They were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should

Pros:

  • Perhaps a non-Bible reader will consider reading the Bible….. perhaps.
  • It’s fun. I mean no one should seriously read this as a main Bible but it’s still kind of fun just to see what emojis got used for certain words.

Cons:

  • It’s in KJV so even if you like emojis you won’t be able to read what English is actually left.
  • Words are placed with emojis so you have to actually know the underlying English text to understand what the emoji represents. It would be better if emojis were adding inline with the text rather than replacing text.
  • It’s directed at Millennials which is embarrassing since I am one, yet  have not met a single Millennial who thinks this is a good idea. I can only assume that the creator is not, in fact, a Millennial. The actual creator has remained anonymous but the iTunes page gives credit to Zach Swetz.
    • I think this is one of those Woodstock situations. For those who don’t know, Woodstock was not put together by hippies. It was a business venture FOR hippies, not BY hippies. But they obviously hit the mark.
    • This feels eerily like a product designed by a non-Millennial for Millennials.
  • It costs $2.99 USD.

 


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