I’m absolutely sure that everyone should read the Bible. It doen’t matter at what age. I’ve appreciated the article and the way the narrator expresses his attitude towards religion. Open source religion is a very fresh and inspiring idea.
And afted reading some of the comments I became a little bit disappointed in people.

Who decided that St. Paul’s stuff should be in the Bible?
While I find his words inspiring, I don’t see why some folks want to give HIS interpretations the same weight as the (alleged) words of Jesus.

Then you’ve got the Nag Hamadi stuff and other Gospels (Thomas, Philip, Magdalene, Judas)

Of course religionists aren’t interested in the alleged revelatory updates such as Seth, Urantia, ACIM, CWG et al, even though these use language that can be understood by modern humanity.

This only bugs me because some people find value in The Book of Revelations which was just some guy’s “vision”—-yet they’re telling me that all this channeled stuff is hokum?

My reading of contemporary channeling has greatly enhanced and deepened my understanding and appreciation of The Bible (though I do not try to make the bible into a “golden calf” either)

Check out Open Source Theology as well.

I just want to warn everyone out there, that if you are not worshiping Jesus Christ as he demands, then you are really worshiping Satan.

Listen to the words of Pat Robertson, who actually has conversations with God!

“There is the god of the Bible, who is Jehovah. When you see L-O-R-D in caps, that is the name. It’s not Allah, it’s not Brahma, it’s not Shiva, it’s not Vishnu, it’s not Buddha. It is Jehovah God.”

That means you can’t “make up” some new version or twist on a religion (e.g. Open Source Religion), it just means you are pissing off God and you are probably going to have some hurricanes heading your way!

Pat Robertson Decries “Demon Worship” (Alah, Budda, Shiva etc)

Save your soul! Stop this madness, and support the RNC!

LAK

Yeah, this whole “open-source” thing may apply to computer programs, but it has NOTHING to do with “religion”. How do I know? Simply because there is only ONE God, and He is the very same God that created ALL things, and makes ALL things known to those that seek Him. But in order for those that seek Him to really know what God wants us to know, then we have to FIRST accept Jesus as our own personal Lord and Savior. THAT’S the real truth, and there’s NOTHING that needs to be added to or taken away from that. Good luck trying to convince every single person that this “open-source” approach to “religion” is something that’s viable and relevant, but don’t be surprised if you fall flat on your face.

@airshowfan

See www.feastupontheword.org

This wiki uses the King James Version of the bible as it’s text.

in a global village like ours, we truly need a better understanding of faith and religions. not only that of our parents, but also that belong to humanity in general.

easiness of information sharing is bringing us a broad sharing of faith and religious issues. this will enable all of humanity to derive benefit of the collective wisdom that all religions bring to us.

did christ ever said, he is only for them who call them christians? did buddha claimed to be for the buddhist monks? no, they all are healers and teacher of huamnity.

the approach of open source religion may have its short-comings, but it surely will help us share the essential wisdoms in a more integral way.

peace and blessings be with you all

inspirations and creative thoughts

I think Richard hit it right on the head. It would be nice for people to abandon these Bronze-Age concepts and move on with your lives.

Now regarding the article, I think the more people who actually get to learn about a particular religion the better. Teach, don’t preach. Once people start reading these archaic texts, as opposed to having someone interpret them for them, they will see how silly and contrived they are. Read for yourself, most of these ancient texts are scary bedtime stories.

This is a great idea.

Two quick observations: One; Here is a similar project, one that I like a lot:

http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/

And two; Wouldn’t this be better solved by a wiki rather than a blog? Someone must have started a Bible-commentary wiki somewhere, it’s too good an idea to NOT do. (I say this despite being an atheist - the Bible is very interesting!)

Quick Google search and…

http://bible.tmtm.com/wiki/Books_of_the_Bible

http://biblewiki.net/Main_Page

http://openbibleproject.org/Genesis_Chapter_1

I love technology… =]

In the age of the Internet you’d think people would be leaving religion behind, not trying to keep it alive. Let it die its long overdue death and move on with your life.

Typical, first comment is Spam.

Loved this article, first time I’ve come across the idea of “Open Source Religion”. I’ve started on the same kind of quest to read the Bible, I’d love to be able to discuss things with other like-minded folks.