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Knuth 3:16.

I'd argue that Christianity is also batshit insane, despite how culturally accustomed we may be to that particular type of insanity, but I take your point.

I can't claim to understand Gödel's religious views and as I've said, without any supporting arguments for it, I'm not interested in his religious views. But I think it's worth pointing out that by their own admission very few theists believe what they believe based on evidence and reasoning, instead it's faith which underlies most theists' beliefs. Childhood indoctrination strongly insulates religious beliefs from critical analysis or questioning. Even intelligent, well educated theists can compartmentalise their religious ideas and protect them from the rigorous treatment they'd give to any other ideas they hold.

I suspect that this also applies in Gödel's case, although since (to my knowledge) he never wrote about his religious beliefs, we'll never know. If you're interested, Donald Knuth is an extremely well-known and respected computer scientist who arguably rivals Gödel on matters of logic. He's also a theist who has written about the basis for his religious beliefs and a textual analysis of the bible.

3:16 by Knuth

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

“Love One Another, As I Have Loved You.”

"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you."

"But to you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic.
Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you. For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same."

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I'd say that it may be out of the scope of this particular project.

I can't imagine anyone who would recommend AGAINST learning Biblical Hebrew and Koine Greek, but it's a pretty big undertaking (as is learning any new language). You have the added obstacle of being culturally and chronologically separated from original authors, meaning that you still ought to seek input from "experts" concerning the meaning of a particular passage (failure to do so can lead to this.).

While I'm not a mod or originator of this project, my understanding is that it is at least partially aimed at "Bible Novices," who may not have the time/motivation/background to commit to learning two ancient languages.

That all said, it is possible for neophytes to do "spot translations" of certain passages. One of my heroes, Don Knuth embarked on a translation project where he used resources like Strong's Concordance to do his own translations, but he has also commented that the project took several hours a week for a single verse.

Now, when I rule the world (and I will someday), churches everywhere will offer courses in Biblical languages to their congregants, simply because there is a world of benefits and few drawbacks to doing so. However, I don't think it's an appropriate exercise here.

Donald Knuth wrote a book about the Bible, as well.

3:16 by Donald E. Knuth.

Donald Knuth books? I wonder if this counts: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0895792524?pc_redir=1395648537&robot_redir=1

And for bonus points, my dad has played volleyball with him.

To contrast that with Donald Knuth's 3:16 book, an example of a guy who actually does know that verse pretty well. The odd thing about that book is that Knuth was rather disappointed in the Book of St. John as it proved to be rather boring compared to the rest of the books of the Bible.

Too bad more people who use the Bible don't put as much effort into actually studying the book. Sort of like the clown who posted the original comment on Steam.

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Maybe he's just a really big Donald Knuth fanboy?