Terms of Service

These terms govern your use of Bible.talk, a service operated by Realtime Comms Ltd (“we”, “us”). By creating an account or using the service you agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use Bible.talk.

What Bible.talk is

Bible.talk is a place to discuss the Bible with other people. It provides public discussions open to all members, private groups created by members, and @Bible, an AI study assistant that answers when it is mentioned in a conversation.

Your account

You must be at least 13 years old to use Bible.talk. You are responsible for the activity on your account and for keeping access to your email secure, since sign-in links are sent there. Tell us promptly if you believe someone else is using your account.

What you post

You keep ownership of what you write. By posting, you grant us the licence needed to store your messages and show them to the other people in that discussion or group, and to keep backups. That licence exists only to operate the service.

You agree not to use Bible.talk to:

• harass, threaten, abuse or impersonate anyone
• post unlawful content, or content that infringes someone’s rights
• post sexual content involving minors, or content that sexualises minors in any way
• incite violence or hatred against people for who they are
• post spam, scams, or bulk unsolicited messages
• break the service, evade its limits, or access accounts that are not yours
• reproduce Bible translations you do not have the rights to distribute

Disagreement is welcome

Bible.talk exists for discussion between people who read Scripture differently. Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and historical-critical readings are all welcome, and disagreeing with one another in good faith is ordinary use of the service, not a breach of these terms. What is not welcome is how people sometimes behave while disagreeing: harassment, threats, contempt for people rather than argument with ideas.

Moderation

We may remove content and suspend or close accounts that breach these terms. Members can report content and block other members. We aim to review reports promptly. Where we act, we will tell the member what happened where it is reasonable to do so.

@Bible

@Bible is software. It is not a member of the clergy, not a counsellor, and holds no religious authority. It can be wrong, including about Scripture, and you should not rely on it as your only source. It is not a substitute for your own reading, your church community, or for medical, legal or mental health advice. Do not rely on it in an emergency.

Groups and payment

Reading and posting in the public discussions, and joining a private group someone else created, are free. Creating your own private group requires a subscription. The person who creates a group pays; the people they invite do not.

Subscriptions renew until cancelled. You can cancel at any time and keep access until the end of the period you have paid for. Where you subscribed through an app store, that store handles billing and cancellation under its own terms. We do not give refunds for periods already used, except where the law requires it.

Ending your use

You may stop using Bible.talk and close your account at any time by contacting us. We may suspend or end access where these terms are breached, or where we must in order to comply with the law.

Availability and liability

We work to keep Bible.talk running, but we provide it as it is, without a guarantee that it will always be available or free of faults. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, including for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud. Subject to that, our total liability to you is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim.

Changes

We may update these terms. Where a change is significant we will give notice in the service before it takes effect. Continuing to use Bible.talk after that means you accept the updated terms.

Law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction. If you are a consumer, you keep the protections of the law of the country where you live.

Contact

Write to us at support@bible.talk, or see the contact page for our postal address and company details.