I was reading a book and it mentioned Bible Dipping. Does anyone know what this is? Im curious.
2006-12-20 03:20:19 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
not a clue.
2006-12-20 03:22:32 · answer #1 · answered by Thumbs down me now 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bible dipping is when you have a question so you have someone hold out a bible to a random page and you point your finger on the Bible’s page while thinking about the question.
2006-12-20 11:25:24 · answer #2 · answered by Sean 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bible dipping is when you have a question so you have someone hold out a bible to a random page and you point your finger on the Bible’s page while thinking about the question. Purportedly what your finger lands on gives you the answer.
2006-12-20 11:25:22 · answer #3 · answered by Stranger In The Night 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's a form of bibliomancy, a divinitory technique in which you ask a question or think about something, then let a book fall open randomly and, without looking, place you finger on some part of an exposed page.
Supposedly this will give you the answer to your question, or guidance on what you were thinking about.
I find it extremely odd that some people who call themselves Christians would engage in this kind of divinatory practice and yet soundly condemn people who practice other forms, like astrology or scrying.
Just another example of "But it's different when WE do it!"
2006-12-20 12:30:28 · answer #4 · answered by Praise Singer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you get out some Herb & Garlic dip in a bowl, get your good ol' King James.... and.... mmmm... sacrelicious!
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Basically, you use the bible as a magic 8 ball. You make up a question, then just open it to a page and a passage. Then you try and make something non-sensical that you read relate back to your original question.
It's good practice so you can get good at trying to fit nonsensical ideas into your perception of the real world.
2006-12-20 11:26:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's amazing what you can read into a Bible verse when you've already decided on the answer you want to arrive at ;) I remember Bible-dipping at the age of ...
2006-12-20 11:23:42 · answer #6 · answered by i am not a lovely girl i am cute 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I thought it meant "dipping" into the Bible,ie reading bits and pieces at random.
2006-12-20 11:27:26 · answer #7 · answered by hog b 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is a form of baptizing the Bible to make it Holy. It just Means when you dip the Bible in water baptizing and pray over it you consecrate it and now it becomes a Holy Bible. God Bless Betty.
2006-12-20 11:27:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would have to read the book to be certain; but many in the USA think baptism is dipping (submerging,plunging) in water. Baptism does use water, but the submergion is in Christ authority, not water (Please see 1 Cor. 10:2).
May you receive today a pleasent surprise!!
2006-12-20 12:18:13 · answer #9 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure it was the author's specific term. You have to specify the context, but it sounds to me like he means refrencing the Bible for information.
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2006-12-20 11:26:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have a question. You randomly flip open the Bible and point. That is your answer.
Does this sound really stupid or is it just me? Kinda, Christian Magic 8 Ball.
2006-12-20 11:24:22 · answer #11 · answered by Alex 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋