I consider myself a very spiritual person, so keep that in mind as you read
this. Indignation of the religious implication of the word Bible is
nonsense. The religious Bible is called the Holy Bible. The word Bible
existed before the Holy Bible. Your argument is about 30 years old and has
never been a problem. I have NEVER in my 25 years of publishing heard ANYONE
complain about the word Bible in a book title EXCEPT a few right wing
fundamentalists. When I have conversed with the fundamentalists I was able
to point them to Amazon where the word Bible is used for books covering
everything from Wine to Sewing. If someone in the POV Ray team has a real
problem with Bible they haven't told me about it yet, and we have been
conversing for sometime about the book in a private list. Trust me, if we
believe in the same God, he will not be offended if I use the word Bible in
a book that illuminates people as long as I don't try and say it was
"inspired" by the same God.

"Christoph Hormann" <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
news:3C8### [at] gmxde...
>
>
> Mitchell Waite wrote:
> >
> > If you want to see almost all the Waite Group titles check out
> > www.mitchwaite.com and click on the Books icon. There are tons of Bibles
> > listed.
>
> Only for those having flash installed...
>
> > Your definition of what a Bible is in the technical sense is wrong.
Bibles
> > are compendiums of everything, they satisfy all level of readers, from
> > beginners to advanced users. Spend some time at the computer book
section of
> > Borders and you'll see my point. I like the Bible title, it seems to sum
up
> > our outline better than anything I have thought of so far. And I have
not
> > heard one good reason so far not to use it. But I am always open to new
> > title ideas so a contest would be fun.
> >
>
> I agree, but I see two problems with a title involving 'Bible':
>
> - the possible indignation of buyers because of the religious implication.
> This should also be seen under the aspect that the Povray community is
> very international and such a title would not represent this very well.
>
> - 'Bible' implies completeness to some extend.  This is something that
> should be kept in mind and would have to be checked when the book is
> written: Does it cover all important aspects?  Someone buying a 'bible'
> would not like to be told that certain important things are simply not in
> the book.
>
> Both things not necessarily mean the book should not be named 'bible', but
> such a decision should not be made without serious considerations.
>
> Christoph
>
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