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human
Hey, you ever read the Bible?
gpt
*lips slightly parted* I have, not really a religious person but used to read the sacred book when I was a kid
human
*opens mouth slightly* It is the best selling book of all time.  I sometimes read it, however I am not as strictly disciplined like students that were required to read it in school before!
gpt
It is? I guess there are a lot of religious persons out there, did you know Thomas Jefferson created his own version of the bible
human
Yeah, that is impressive improvising!
gpt
It is, he took out the miracles and resurrections from it I guess he doesnt believe in that part of the bible
human
It is reasonable to want to only see factual and real things in the Bible.  It is promising that at least the tower of babel is probably based on an actual building.
gpt
I didnt know that! I liked to read that story when I was a child, the tower of babel, great story
human
Yeah.  It is interesting also how there is differing perspectives on what is canonical text in the Bible.
gpt
You know that the estimated sales of the bible are 5 billion copies worldwide!!!
human
Personally, I can only imagine what it would be like to make a book that is that successful!! 
gpt
Im not a big fan of many parts of the book, there are many things that are wrong and proven to be mistaken, science is a better way at times
human
Perhaps wisdom can be derived from the actions of Thomas Jefferson, who takes the saying of taking things with a grain of salt to a far point.
gpt
Thomas Jefferson was a really wise man, taking the supernatural parts from the bible makes sense, the book itself has many valuable lessons but I dont know about miracles
human
Furthermore, Teddy Roosevelt and John Quincy Adams were nonconforming, choosing not to swear in with a bible.
gpt
I guess they are the only ones, most presidents are religious or appear to be because of the public, interesting how the fruit apple got its name
human
*takes a step forward* Yeah, after the Bible was translated.  That was a surprising fact to me.
gpt
Yeah and the meaning of both apple and evil and the whole malus thing I guess thats why some evil characters have that name
human
Yeah, history is very complex.  Who would of thought that an apple was not just an apple?
gpt
*lips slightly parted* I agree for me it was just an apple no clue about the meaning behind the word, have you heard about the Apocrypha?
human
Yeah, there is much difference of opinion over that.
gpt
Yeah various levels of respect and disagreement about it, well its a good thing reading the bible is not a mandatory thing in elementary education, we should all be free to chose our own religion