Brilliant Bible

So the other day I was thinking about a Bible comic and how cool it would be then I looked it up on the app store and this popped up! I truly am a visual learner because it helps me process what’s going on since I grew up(and watching my little brother grow up as well) in a Bible class every morning for school that had picture cards to help us understand. It takes the Bible from the head to the heart and helps you really understand it. As one of the worship leaders at my church and just a normal teenager I find it extremely important to get into Gods word. What these people are doing is amazing and beautiful. They even give the option to reach out and get the entire thing for free which is so generous for people who can’t afford it! If your wanting to go deeper into Gods word or have been but want to understand better this is the one for you! 🙌🏼♥️

I really love the narrative comics such as the ones about Deborah, John The Baptist, or Jesus’s 40 days in the wilderness. I can see differences in artistic styles between them which is cool. They do a really great job with the illustrations and they look AMAZING. However, when I go to the Bible reading tab, the illustrations quickly decline in quality. AI is clearly being used to create the illustrations. At first I wasn’t sure, but it became obvious when I saw things like a person having two right arms or no left arm and other anatomical errors that a person simple would not allow themselves to make, especially after seeing what the artists have previously created. Character drawing is inconsistent. I cannot tell if the dark-haired, bearded man is the same as the man on the previous page. It doesn’t serve to aid the text hardly at all sadly. I get it. There are a TON of chapters in the Bible, but the quality should not suffer for quantity. And contrary to what others have said, I understand the paywall. You all need to be compensated for your efforts, but if I pay to have access to the illustrated Bible reading and get AI, that’s upsetting. I really want you to succeed in this endeavor and hope to see improvements in the future.

I think the art looks great and making the Bible into a comic book is and amazing idea, but there’s just one thing. Why do I have to pay a subscription to read this stuff? If these people where trying to make a big impact for the kingdom, why make people have to pay to read the word? I’m pretty sure no one who is not a believer will pay for the subscription and therefore your not making an impact on the kingdom. I don’t believe that anyone should be trying to profit off of the word of God and all of this effort should be a sacrifice not a way to get even a little bit of money out of it. Locking all of the stories behind a paywall is not the best way to go about making money anyways. If you really needed money then you should just put adds in the app and take down the paywall, maybe even have a 1 time payment (that’s very cheap) to get rid of adds all together. That means more people have access to the artwork and the word of God, and your at least making some money to sow into the app. But making it all free without adds or a paywall would be the best way to grow the kingdom of God.