Just for grins, how many of us still have bibles laying around the residence?
I have four. Two go back several generations and are a gold mine of information for my geneology work. Two others are quite old.
It is my desire to get my hands on one at least 200 years old to see how much "editing"has been done over time to suit the political climate.
Right next to my Mormon book, Talmud and Dianetics
I had to go count them. I have 9 bibles, a few (or 4) textbooks on world religions, a Pali Cannon, and a Q'uran. The bibles are from my fundie days, except two and one huge concordance that my mother gifted me after I came out as an atheist. She's decided that of all her children, I am closest to God because I have challenged him the most. She considers that "seeking." I consider these texts research. I'm fascinated by human behavior in general, but religion, societal belief systems, and regional traditions are especially intriguing to me. Because I've studied about myriad religions, I am atheist. It's an informed conclusion.
I have none.
Why: easy to look up on line, never been my religion, it's a horror book, I'm a minimalist, I don't read high fantasy, etc.
I don't think you are nuts for keeping such family airlooms.
I still have a few from way back when I was being brought up by my evangelical Christian family . Not that I have ever used any in years though . Whenever I feel the need to look something up in the Bible , I simply use the internet , such as this site [skepticsannotatedbible.com] .
I don't have any, never had or will. No desire whatsoever to spend time on it. (Gee, spending time to type this on my phone seems like too much time wasted on the subject). I don't even read novels of any kind. I like to read facts not nonsense fiction. There are way more biographies to read than time I have left.
I have multiple bibles, a Quran, Book of Mormon, Torah, etc.
I'm pretty sure I have one taking up space on one of the bookshelves with other assorted stuff