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One of the popular Bible apps on the IOS appstore is made by a friend of mine. He's Southern Baptist.

The first mobile Bible App I ever used was the "Pocket e-Sword" developed for PocketPC in 2000. I used it in a very conservative Baptist church back in about 2001, and no one thought it was strange. That was 11 year ago.

Obviously, you did not get your BBA / MBA from a strict Christian University, and there are quite a few of those around. They teach that its not a sin to make money, what you focus on is conducting your business in a fair and ethical way, and don't engage in practices that hinder your faith.

In this summery, however, the problem is that the investor is 1) ignorant of what he is investing in, 2) obviously doesn't share their views, and, probably most importantly, 3) is trying to find a way to make money off of something that places like http://www.biblegateway.com/ http://www.e-sword.net/ and others, give away for free. I mean, let's face it, Bible.com isn't exactly a Microsoft, no matter how badly the investor wants to think it is.

Here's my list: OpenOffice, e-Sword, Firefox, Google Desktop, TightVNC, Thunderbird, Picasa, AVG Anti-Virus, GIMP, IrfanView, VLC Media Player, FileZilla, 7zip

Stupid lame filter nuked my <ul>

King James Version:
Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

New American Standard Version:
Rev 13:16 And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,
Rev 13:17 and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.

For those who are interested, there is a free bible-studying program (for windows) with free bible-versions, dictionaries, commentaries etc. at http://www.e-sword.net/

Many, many versions of the Bible can be downloaded for free and read using e-sword (list of Bibles here). That's free but not libre. Open source readers are available from Crosswire

Many, many versions of the Bible can be downloaded for free and read using e-sword (list of Bibles here). That's free but not libre. Open source readers are available from Crosswire

I'm a big enough fan that I actually paid for the e-Sword CD. It's only $15 for almost everything.

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