# Bible --- More than one book

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-more-than-one-book/170235>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 22, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-more-than-one-book/170235 "2003-04-22T03:43:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJ555_The_Golfer)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-more-than-one-book/170235/1 "2003-04-22T03:43:33Z")

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You know those, if you could take one book to an island, what would it be questions?

Should the bible be considered one book?

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-more-than-one-book/170235/2 "2003-04-22T03:46:43Z")

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If anthologies are allowed, yes. It seems fair to count it if you could count things like _The Norton Anthology of English Literature_ or _The Complete Works of William Shakespeare_.

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**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-more-than-one-book/170235/3 "2003-04-22T06:51:24Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Thudlow Boink \*  
> _The Complete Works of William Shakespeare_.

[HomerSimpson]But Marge, I want to _decrease_ my boredom.[/HomerSimpson]

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-more-than-one-book/170235/4 "2003-04-22T07:46:18Z")

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Aren’t the Bible and the works of Shakespeare normally included _gratis_ in the desert island picks type questions?

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**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-more-than-one-book/170235/5 "2003-04-22T07:50:42Z")

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Story I heard recently - [G.K. Chesterton](http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ27.HTM), the Christian authour and apologist (??) was asked which book he would take to a desert island. One might have expected his answer to be the Bible, but instead he chose _Thomas’s Guide to Practical Shipbuilding_.

🙂 Grim