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Do any of you listen to religious texts or read large print formats? (self.Blind)
submitted by BlindBear902
thatawkwardcosplayer 6 points 1y ago
I’m Jewish so I don’t have as big an issue with that a major part of the religion is oral / oral based. It’s quite easy to find recordings or rabbis who have covered that topic in depth, along with varying views.
My local synagogue does offer large print Hebrew and English versions of the Torah + a few other main texts. They are also easy to find online.
My local synagogue does offer large print Hebrew and English versions of the Torah + a few other main texts. They are also easy to find online.
BlindBear902 [OP] 3 points 1y ago
Im glad you are able to find formats that are accessible to you. I was doing some research and I was amazed to see there was quite a few visually impaired religious workers out in the world as well.
Winnmark 5 points 1y ago
There's a myriad of Bible apps, I'm sure there are other apps for other religions as well. Even if there isn't an app for the quran, for example, I'm sure there is an electronic version of that. Screen readers might help you there.
The most popular bible app, at least in my experience, is YouVersion. And has all kinds of translations, and many of them have a read out loud function.
This is reddit, I'm surprised you haven't been downvoted to oblivion lol
The most popular bible app, at least in my experience, is YouVersion. And has all kinds of translations, and many of them have a read out loud function.
This is reddit, I'm surprised you haven't been downvoted to oblivion lol
BlindBear902 [OP] 0 points 1y ago
I think everyone should believe In something that gives them strength and inner peace. I also noticed how it has changed a lot of life's in terms of people who dealing with substance abuse issues in recent years.
Tarnagona 3 points 1y ago
I’m an atheist, so not regularly. I did listen to a really good podcast called My Book of Mormon, in which someone who’s never been part of the Church of Latter Day Saints reads the Book of Mormon and other LDS sacred texts, with commentary (about what the text sounded like to an outsider).
I would love to listen to other sacred texts in the same format, as I’m curious about what they say, but most religions texts have a lot to slog through between the interesting parts (e.g. the Bible has a couple books that are mostly “someone begat someone begat someone” for pages). I do think it’s interesting to know what these books are teaching their followers, good and bad, because of how influential they are. But I don’t have the motivation to try and read something like the Bible straight through (I couldn’t even manage it when I was actually a Christian).
That said, most religious scriptures are in the public domain, the old ones, at least. I don’t know if it still exists, but there used to be a website, Sacred Texts something, that gathered up plain text versions of all kinds of scriptures. I’m not sure if the site itself was accessible, but the sacred texts were.
If you’re looking for the scriptures of religions that aim to convert people, like Christianity, then you should be able to find those scriptures in all sorts of formats. We had an audiobook Bible when I was a kid, and our school (for the blind) had a Bible in Braille (it took a whole bookshelf), that had been donated years and years prior. Now there are Bible websites and apps. Im sure if you searched you could find digital formats, at least, for the scriptures of all the major religions.
I would love to listen to other sacred texts in the same format, as I’m curious about what they say, but most religions texts have a lot to slog through between the interesting parts (e.g. the Bible has a couple books that are mostly “someone begat someone begat someone” for pages). I do think it’s interesting to know what these books are teaching their followers, good and bad, because of how influential they are. But I don’t have the motivation to try and read something like the Bible straight through (I couldn’t even manage it when I was actually a Christian).
That said, most religious scriptures are in the public domain, the old ones, at least. I don’t know if it still exists, but there used to be a website, Sacred Texts something, that gathered up plain text versions of all kinds of scriptures. I’m not sure if the site itself was accessible, but the sacred texts were.
If you’re looking for the scriptures of religions that aim to convert people, like Christianity, then you should be able to find those scriptures in all sorts of formats. We had an audiobook Bible when I was a kid, and our school (for the blind) had a Bible in Braille (it took a whole bookshelf), that had been donated years and years prior. Now there are Bible websites and apps. Im sure if you searched you could find digital formats, at least, for the scriptures of all the major religions.
BlindBear902 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
I find it very interesting to wanna take a look into some of those books and find out why these ideas were able to capture millions of people across the earth and compare the moral values between each text which have shaped communities for hundreds of years .
bradley22 2 points 1y ago
Rarely. I know you can find the bible on youtube and i'm sure you can find others like the Quran.
BlindBear902 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Yeah that would be a great Option. I see a lot of people in our community who go through a lot dealing with there eyesight and should have others outlets if they seek wisdom and guidance from another source.
retrolental_morose 3 points 1y ago
No religious text has ever given me either guidance or wisdom in regards to my disability I'm afraid.
In fact it's the deeply religious who have been most likely to encourage me to seek mystical healing, or to decide I can't do things for myself. I'm almost always more accepted by the more scientifically-minded which perhaps plays a part in my own belief system.
In fact it's the deeply religious who have been most likely to encourage me to seek mystical healing, or to decide I can't do things for myself. I'm almost always more accepted by the more scientifically-minded which perhaps plays a part in my own belief system.
BlindBear902 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Yeah there's nothing wrong with that just having your own belief system is a plus when going through life.
Tarnagona 2 points 1y ago
I think it’s important for beliefs to be true. I could have a very comforting and cherished belief that a faith healer is going to pray over me and heal my eyes. That belief might give me hope to get through the initial stages of vision loss. But it will also cause me more misery later on when I finally have to conclude this thing I believe isn’t going to happen. And along the way, this belief might cause me to spend all my time and money travelling to different faith healers, and paying them to pray for me. Whereas, if I didn’t have this belief, I would be motivated to learn O&M and independent living skills, because there’s no miracle prayer that will make it go away. **
I know religious beliefs help a lot of people through a lot of things. And gods know, I wish I could have held on to the religious beliefs that gave me comfort previously. But I also see so many stories where believing untrue things, no matter how comforting, led to really detrimental consequences for the person and those around them. So I’m always cautious of encouraging belief in anything that isn’t backed up with evidence.
** This is a hypothetical. I’ve been blind since birth. But I have heard stories of folks with other disabilities spending all their resources on faith healers, leaving them still disabled, but also poor.
I know religious beliefs help a lot of people through a lot of things. And gods know, I wish I could have held on to the religious beliefs that gave me comfort previously. But I also see so many stories where believing untrue things, no matter how comforting, led to really detrimental consequences for the person and those around them. So I’m always cautious of encouraging belief in anything that isn’t backed up with evidence.
** This is a hypothetical. I’ve been blind since birth. But I have heard stories of folks with other disabilities spending all their resources on faith healers, leaving them still disabled, but also poor.
bradley22 1 points 1y ago
Youtube truly is an amazing platform, there's so much on there.
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