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31 Jul 2010, 9:14 am

In the Book of Revelation of the New Testament of the Bible, Jesus Christ is said to return to judge the living and the dead. The idea is that Jesus will open a hardbound book/whatever and then go through a list of names from A - Z sorting everyone out.

Based on population statistics today, the book Jesus would use would likely have to be very large/thick to hold 7,000,000,000 names plus.

Is it possible that Jesus will opt for modern technology and use an e-book instead to hold the names?

World 6,859,395,324

14:08 UTC (EST+5) Jul 31, 2010 - http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html

Discussion - Will Jesus use modern technology - an e-book - to fulfill Scripture or will he opt for a hardbound book which lists the names of those who are classified as sheep (residents of heaven) or goats (residents of heck)?



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31 Jul 2010, 10:50 am

Hard-cover, just he'll use miraculous powers to avoid the whole "I turned to the wrong page" or "I looked across the right page but couldn't see the name". A hard cover book just has the right symbolism.



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31 Jul 2010, 11:41 am

Awesomelyglorious wrote:
Hard-cover, just he'll use miraculous powers to avoid the whole "I turned to the wrong page" or "I looked across the right page but couldn't see the name". A hard cover book just has the right symbolism.


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In this movie which was just made a year or so ago, the hardcover version is referred to.

http://www.pilgrimsprogressthemovie.com/

(Part of the Interpreter's House scene)