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Swearing on a Digital Bible?

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Recently, an ambassador for the United States was sworn in on a Kindle version of the Holy Bible, prompting some to question if that was an acceptable decision.

Suzi Levine, U.S. ambassador to Switzerland, was sworn in last month on a Kindle due to there not being a paper Bible immediately available.

G. Brooke Lester, assistant professor in Hebrew Bible and director for Emerging Pedagogies at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, told The Christian Post that a swearing-in ceremony may prompt a question of symbolism.

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"We're used to seeing the Bible as a single, bound book, and that appearance achieves a lot of symbolic value for many people," said Lester.

"At a swearing-in, that kind of symbolism might matter, even to people who don't really object to Kindle Bibles."

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/are-digital-bibles-as-holy-as-paper-bibles-123342/

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