alt.bible
Bible discussion without denominational gatekeeping.
Scripture argued verse by verse among literalists, liberals, atheists and scholars — unmoderated, which meant genuine exegesis shared the room with permanent apologetics battles.
Translation-comparison threads (KJV vs. NIV vs. original-language appeals) were a fixture, and occasionally genuinely learned.
Reading alt.bible today
- Historical archive: Google Groups — alt.bible (coverage varies by group and era).
- Live access: point an NNTP newsreader at a modern server — see accessing Usenet today.
- The original news2mail e-mail subscription service ended in the mid-2000s and no longer operates.