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Show HN: Bible Semantic Search

• crehn 4y ago
  Hey, I got the original idea from this HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31733673 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31733673 The main intention was to support more translations for better results. Code is here: https://github.com/hoffa/bible-search https://github.com/hoffa/bible-search
• gnicholas 4y ago
  You might consider prepending "Show HN: " to the title of your post.
  • crehn 4y ago
    Thank you! Added.
• bfung 4y ago
  I had to be that troll: (But the tech seems good, good work!) search: abortion Results Leviticus 18:29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. Read Leviticus 18 Numbers 12:12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. Read Numbers 12 …
  • throwaway_j45 4y ago
  • kgwxd 4y ago
    The book is as disgusting as Mein Kampf. Why does any decent person think they'll find morality within it?
    • seibelj 4y ago
      It’s a super old book that guided a large portion of humanity through pre-enlightenment time. The historical references are pretty factual based on other sources and archaeological finds. The Bible is an interesting artifact.
      • quartesixte 4y ago
        It also is the basis of modern, Western literary culture and with it its philosophical tradition.
        • trasz 4y ago
          Same way alchemy and astrology are.
      • LittleShaman 4y ago
        You use "guided". It still guides the largest religion and another important one. Even though it does give insight to its historical context, it is much more than an artifact. Criticism of its morals are still relavant.
        • seibelj 4y ago
          I was trying to write in a specific way for the HN audience. But yes - it remains a very important moral text for many people, including on HN.
    • turing_complete 4y ago
      So, you read neither of them?
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  • trasz 4y ago
    Note that this seriously misrepresents the subject. For reference: https://reverbpress.com/religion/bible-supports-abortion/ https://reverbpress.com/religion/bible-supports-abortion/
    • tubignaaso 4y ago
      Here’s a counter argument source of what the second largest contingent of Christians believe: https://www.assemblyofbishops.org/news/2022/human-life-sacredness https://www.assemblyofbishops.org/news/2022/human-life-sacre...
      • trasz 4y ago
        The "second largest contingent" would be a good argument for something that's based on consensus, eg some science. Otherwise - like in this case - it's just https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum.
• ggeorgovassilis 4y ago
  "Computer" -> "Behold, I know your thoughts, The devices with which you would wrong me." Suggestion: Can I link to queries, search result pages and individual query-result items?
  • spleeder 4y ago
    "What is computer?" -> "its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay." (Daniel 2:33)
  • tmm84 4y ago
    "smartphone" -> "Colossians 2:21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;" Good advice.
• asimpleusecase 4y ago
  I’m getting a blank screen.
• olivierestsage 4y ago
  This is a very useful tool -- thank you.