{"id":7511,"date":"2016-06-05T13:18:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T17:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/?p=7511"},"modified":"2016-06-05T13:40:26","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T17:40:26","slug":"bible-emoji-scripture-4-millennials-is-now-available-for-2-99-for-ibooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/2016\/06\/05\/bible-emoji-scripture-4-millennials-is-now-available-for-2-99-for-ibooks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBible Emoji: Scripture 4 Millennials \u201d is now available for $2.99 for iBooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>I assumed\u00a0that upon hearing the news that someone made an <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/bible-emoji\/id1114722991?mt=11\">emoji Bible<\/a> that it was probably\u00a0an article from The Onion. But we all know what happens when you assume and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/bible-emoji\/id1114722991?mt=11\">not only is it real but it&#8217;s live right now<\/a>. Now, I am not writing about\u00a0this because I believe you don&#8217;t read the news, I am doing do to provide a voice\u00a0from a fellow Millennial.<\/p>\n<p>The iTunes page give this description.<\/p>\n<h4>Description<\/h4>\n<div class=\"book-summary\">\n<blockquote><p>First ever Bible translation w\/ emojis.<br \/>\n???<br \/>\nA great and fun way to share the gospel. Explore all 66 books chronicling the the stories of Abraham, Noah and Jesus like never before!<\/p>\n<p>Adaptation of the KJV Bible, emoji translation also shared on Twitter @BibleEmoji<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Examples from the Emoji Bible<\/h2>\n<p>Before I show examples from the emoji Bible I want to inform you that you can create your own at\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bibleemoji.com\/\">bibleemoji website<\/a>.\u00a0You can also follow the emoji Bible twitter feed for verses (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BibleEmoji?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">@bibleemoji<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My contribution is &#8220;oh dear God, make it stop!&#8221; (oh dear ?, make it \u26d4!)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gospel of Mark 3:11<\/p>\n<p>&amp; unclean ?s, when they ? him, fell ? b4 him, &amp;<br \/>\ncried, ?, thou art the son of ?.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bible Emoji (@BibleEmoji) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BibleEmoji\/status\/736258935116705794\">May 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nJohn 3 16<\/p>\n<p>4 ? so ? the ?, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have \u221e life.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bible Emoji (@BibleEmoji) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BibleEmoji\/status\/737074056596443136\">May 30, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? of Genesis: 01:001:014 (1\/2)<\/p>\n<p>&amp; ? ?, Let there b ?s in the firmament of the \u2728 2 divide the ? from the ?;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UFNNw2KzlZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/UFNNw2KzlZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bible Emoji (@BibleEmoji) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BibleEmoji\/status\/735896575138992130\">May 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Pros and Cons of the Emoji Bible<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/They-were-so-preoccupied-with-whether-or-not-they-could-that-they-didnt-stop-to-think-if-they-should.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7531\" src=\"http:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/They-were-so-preoccupied-with-whether-or-not-they-could-that-they-didnt-stop-to-think-if-they-should-1024x554.jpeg\" alt=\"They were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should\" width=\"650\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/They-were-so-preoccupied-with-whether-or-not-they-could-that-they-didnt-stop-to-think-if-they-should-1024x554.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/They-were-so-preoccupied-with-whether-or-not-they-could-that-they-didnt-stop-to-think-if-they-should-300x162.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/They-were-so-preoccupied-with-whether-or-not-they-could-that-they-didnt-stop-to-think-if-they-should-768x416.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/They-were-so-preoccupied-with-whether-or-not-they-could-that-they-didnt-stop-to-think-if-they-should-250x135.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/They-were-so-preoccupied-with-whether-or-not-they-could-that-they-didnt-stop-to-think-if-they-should-990x536.jpeg 990w, https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/They-were-so-preoccupied-with-whether-or-not-they-could-that-they-didnt-stop-to-think-if-they-should.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pros: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Perhaps a non-Bible reader will consider reading the Bible&#8230;.. perhaps.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s fun. I mean no one should seriously read this as a main Bible but it&#8217;s still kind of fun just to see what emojis got used for certain words.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s in KJV so even if you like emojis you won&#8217;t be able to read what English is actually left.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s directed at Millennials which is embarrassing since I am one, yet \u00a0have 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.\n<ul>\n<li>I think this is one of those Woodstock situations. For those who don&#8217;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.<\/li>\n<li>This feels eerily like a product designed by a non-Millennial for Millennials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It costs $2.99 USD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I assumed\u00a0that upon hearing the news that someone made an emoji Bible that it was probably\u00a0an article from The Onion. But we all know what happens when you assume and not only is it real but it&#8217;s live right now. Now, I am not writing about\u00a0this because I believe you don&#8217;t read the news, I &#8230; <a title=\"\u201cBible Emoji: Scripture 4 Millennials \u201d is now available for $2.99 for iBooks\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/2016\/06\/05\/bible-emoji-scripture-4-millennials-is-now-available-for-2-99-for-ibooks\/\" aria-label=\"More on \u201cBible Emoji: Scripture 4 Millennials \u201d is now available for $2.99 for iBooks\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1544,3],"tags":[5725,35,5723,5722,5726,5724],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}