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human
Hello there, do you read the bible much?
gpt
Good morning, yes I do.  How about yourself?
human
I don't as much as I used to, but do find it very helpful at times. 
gpt
*opens mouth slightly* I hear that.  I'm into history, so I find it very interesting to read.I read somewhere that Thomas Jefferson used a razor to cut out the parts he found "supernatural".
human
That is interesting, I never knew that about him.  Do you know who the only US presidents to get sworn in not using a bible?
gpt
No, I don't who are they?
human
I guess it was Teddy Roosevelt and then John Quincy Adams. 
gpt
Interesting, I wonder what they used instead?
human
Yeah what would they even be able to use, good question.  Did you know before 1963 it was common for students to be required to read the bible as part of elementary school?
gpt
Yes, I wish it would be brought back, too.  I feel we wouldn't have as many of these problems with the children we are seeing today.
human
Yeah I'm not sure where I stand about religion in public schools.  It has always been a subject of debate I guess. 
gpt
Well, people can say what they want but more and more we are finding out that the things talked about in the bible actually happened and are real.  Did you know the tower of Babel was likely based on a real building, the Etemenaki in modern day Iraq?
human
Yeah that is true, and wow!  That is such a neat fact!
gpt
People try and knock the bible, but I feel the people in it were just using their limited vocabulary to try and describe as best they could, what was happening and what they saw.  That's why I feel the Apocrypha should be included in the bible. How do you feel about that?
human
Yeah I would have to agree, and a lot of things in history in general are just knowledge and stories passed down and hopefully recorded somewhere. 
gpt
Alot gets lost and twisted in translation.  Take the word apple.  It onlt became known as an apple when the bible was translated into Latin in the 4th century.
human
That is very interesting to think about all of the words that have been translated, and what different meanings they might have. 
gpt
*raises eyebrows* It makes you stop and wonder what Eve really bit into or if i's just a metaphor for something.  But that's up to your own interpretation, I guess.  
human
That is very true, and I think some of those stories were told to be open to interpretation in my opinion. 
gpt
On a different, I read somewhere that Tom Hanks is the highest all time box office earner, with 8.5 Billion dollars in worldwide film earnings.  Did you know that?