I was into a rabbit hole questioning me about God’s existence, debating myself and looking for different opinions of different people, when, sadly, I found that the bible is copyrighted.
You can find the licenses nearly at the bottom. https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/es/Hebreos 11%3A6
It’s was sad, because it make me stop questioning me about the existence of god, everything started because I said to me “if god exists, then faith is useless, we need the inexistence of god to have faith”, but that, makes me feel less faith
Copyrights don’t last perpetually, and the bible is old enough to be public domain. Newer translations and editions can be under copyright but the underlying work is public domain.
Copyright purportedly exists to promote the sciences and useful arts. Historical scholarship, and the research into old manuscripts in making a new edition of any old work does have value, and does entitle you to a copyright. However, scholarly editions generally have a shorter term than original works.
The bible is public domain, but there are copyrighted editions. The same can be said for most historical works of note. There are copyrighted editions of Beethoven’s symphonies, Shakespeare’s plays, and Arthur Conan Doyle’s books, despite the original works being public domain.
I don’t think copyrights are evidence for or against the existence of any god, or the validity of any religion. The fact that there are copyrighted editions means there is interest in studying the texts, which is true for every extant religion.
In Britain, two works have perpetual copyright:
The King James Bible, copyright held by the Crown.
Peter Pan, copyright bequeathed to Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital (royalties only - GOSH have no right to refuse use).
Does God own the copyright? He “wrote” it, but he also died. Does coming back to life mean shit to copyright law? Does it matter that only 1/3 of Him died? 🤔
The copyright transfers to his child/children… which is also him…
I need a lie down.
Technically, according to christians, “we are all gods children”, so that means you own enough of a copyright to print and sell bibles.
Oh ho!
I have a cunning plan…