what religion are you and what translation of the bible do you use?

Christian..

NIV & KJV

I'm an atheist but lately I've been reading the Bible since it is an important part of the culture in which I live, and it helps me to better understand the beliefs of people who I currently disagree with. I have a parallel Bible that I got from a used book sale, it has the KJV, RSV, Modern Language Bible, and Living Bible. I mainly read the RSV but sometimes look at the other texts if I need something clarified.

I'm a Baptist. When reading the Bible in English translation I tend to use the Access Bible, published by Oxford University Press. It has the New Revised Standard Version translation, and excellent notes by top notch Biblical scholars.

As an eclectic believer, I can use ANY translation. I have an old saying, "Folklore gives a hint." That means I look for common threads in religions.

Keep in mind, the Bible is a cannon. That means it was decided by human vote which parts would be accepted or rejected as part of the cannon. Even more suspicious, these votes generally came out UNANIMOUS. Does that usually happen in real life? Sound like someone was under pressure. Or their life was under threat.

My overall conclusion is that God gave the power of choice along with the ability to figure out stuff by our self. "God says" is an excuse to make it about ego and opinion.

I'm a Jew and use

1. The JPS Jewish Study Bible

2. The URJ Revised Edition by Plaut

3. The Stone Edition

4. The Five Books of Moses, Everett Fox

5. Commentary on the Torah, Richard Elliott Friedman

6. The Soncino Press Pentateuch & Haftorahs edited by Dr. J.H. Hertz

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I'm a Jehovah's Witness.

And I use the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures and the King James Version.

I also use spanish bibles as well.

I use the KJV, ESV, NKJV, NASB, HCSB, Geneva, and Jerusalem translation. I also recommend having some good Hebrew and Greek lexicons. I am a Christian but that is not really a religion, however I am Baptist by conviction as I believe they come the closest to following the Scriptures in their practice of the faith.

I'm an Orthodox Jew, and to Jews, there is no "Old Testament." The books that Christians call the New Testament are not part of Jewish scripture. The so-called Old Testament is known to us as the Written Torah.

Also, we read the Chumash

Jewish scriptures are sometimes bound in a form that corresponds to the division into weekly readings (called parshiyot in Hebrew). Scriptures bound in this way are generally referred to as a chumash.

The word "chumash" comes from the Hebrew word meaning five, and refers to the five books of the Torah.

Sometimes, a chumash is simply refers to a collection of the five books of the Torah. But often, a chumash contains the entire first five books, divided up by the weekly parshiyot, with the haftarah portion inserted after each week's parshah.

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Okay - I've said my say. How about you? What faith are you of....and do you read the Torah?

Catholic

New International Version

I am a Christian. I use a side-by-side bible with THE MESSAGE translation next to the NIV. Having instant access to both really is helpful in understanding what I'm studying. ;)

I'm a Baptist, and while I prefer either NIV or NKJV for studying, my favorite just to read or to give to others who think that the language of the Bible is to lofty for them to understand is The Message. It is more of a summerization than a translation, but it is fun to read.