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Re: Show HN: Bible as RAG Database

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No, and it's not KJV. Maybe NKJV? I searched Eccl7:13 "Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?" and it came back with: Ecclesiastes 7:12-15 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it. Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked? In the day o…

That would be WEB, I'm guessing because WEB is public domain.

I didn't know what WEB was, but I thought the dots were related.

Re: Show HN: Bible as RAG Database

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Describing my interpretation of a passage that quite literally says "your body belongs to someone else" as a 'worst possible reading' would be comically hilarious if not for the rather sinister undertones. Your interpretation of this passage is reading far more into things and doing far more justifying than mine is

From your earlier comment: > It is saying that each of them can use the others body as they like, without regard for the other This is your own interpretation and it shows your bias. The bible (and I assume other religious texts) is easy to misinterpret due to bias. It's not written like a technical documentation where the tiniest details are specified; thus giving plenty opportunities to subject a text to arbitrary…

Funny how my view that 'your body belongs to yourself and no one else' doesn't require study and cross-referencing and other passages to understand.

Re: Show HN: Bible as RAG Database

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post #60

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Describing my interpretation of a passage that quite literally says "your body belongs to someone else" as a 'worst possible reading' would be comically hilarious if not for the rather sinister undertones. Your interpretation of this passage is reading far more into things and doing far more justifying than mine is

From your earlier comment: > It is saying that each of them can use the others body as they like, without regard for the other This is your own interpretation and it shows your bias. The bible (and I assume other religious texts) is easy to misinterpret due to bias. It's not written like a technical documentation where the tiniest details are specified; thus giving plenty opportunities to subject a text to arbitrary…

Also, from your comment

> "marry and enjoy sex" is what Paul is trying to say

This is your interpretation and shows your own bias. I read it as "you must have consent from your partner to withhold your body from them". Which is revolting and coercive.

Re: Show HN: Bible as RAG Database

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it's basically running on a toaster, sorry

If that toaster didn't have a plan already, then feeding it with monotheistic holy scripture will definitely give it some ideas.

I wonder if polytheistic toaster would be more or less... ambitious.

Re: Show HN: Bible as RAG Database

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That's cool! I did the same for the Quran to see how RAG works. I also indexed related works called "Hadith" and the names of Allah. It initially required indexing everything using OpenAI embeddings and then powered by it. https://reminder.dev/search It's also open source https://github.com/asim/reminder

Yes! looks like yours has more features (I considered generating the audio) FWIW I observed that the embedding gives the most signal when I pass whole paragraphs (for all I know the Quran is in lyrical verse so maybe that doesn't work)

Re: Show HN: Bible as RAG Database

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From your earlier comment: > It is saying that each of them can use the others body as they like, without regard for the other This is your own interpretation and it shows your bias. The bible (and I assume other religious texts) is easy to misinterpret due to bias. It's not written like a technical documentation where the tiniest details are specified; thus giving plenty opportunities to subject a text to arbitrary…

Also, from your comment > "marry and enjoy sex" is what Paul is trying to say This is your interpretation and shows your own bias. I read it as "you must have consent from your partner to withhold your body from them". Which is revolting and coercive.

I think their point is if you are a reader of Paul's work and the surrounding text you can deduce pretty soundly he isn't saying take turns in mutual abuse, but something else. Big picture, Christianity has a central, and odd tension, of sacredness of individual, but also perfect unity in community. The Trinity as the prime example. But marriage also as two flesh becoming one. Much of Christian writing is how to resolve that seeming contradiction (individuality with perfect unity and love)

Re: Show HN: Bible as RAG Database

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If that toaster didn't have a plan already, then feeding it with monotheistic holy scripture will definitely give it some ideas.

A toaster is just a death ray with a smaller power supply

Less power, more hatred towards humankind.
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