I received a few comments on my blog last week. These comments all come from the U.K. They are responses to the Bounty's Bible Blog (how's that for aliteration?). Two of the commentators are descendants of people on board the Bounty. There's no way for me to check their credentials, I'm just trusting.
Apparently, I touched a sore spot with that post. So to be fair, I will give some space to these comments.

Dear Pastor Tim,
The 'Bible' indeed can transform many lives! William Bligh's life too, was transformed not long after that fateful day of April 28, 1789. For he went on to not only succeed in transplanting the breadfruit plants to St. Vincent and Jamaica, but also to serve a distinguished Naval career with the Royal Navy and to become the Governor of New South Wales and to finally retire with the British Royal Navy as Vice-Admiral of the Blue and a Fellow of the Royal Society (R.N., F.R.S.). The 'Bible' as seen in this photograph, is "factually" the 'Family Bible and property of William Bligh'(and his descendants) which still resides on Pitcairn Island and has yet to be returned to the 'Bligh Family descendants.' Think of the lives It would transform today if it were returned to where it belongs. However it has been moved to the Pitcairn Island Museum from the church where it had remained for so long.And it did indeed transformed the life of one of the HMAV Bounty's pirates and their descendants.
David Townsend g.g.g.g. nephew of Thomas Denman Ledward of the Bounty

Dear Pastor Tim,
May I just point out that the so-called 'Bounty's Bible' was in fact one that belonged to the then Captain William Bligh, later Vice-Admiral, RN., FRS. It was his marriage certificate that was found inside the bible when HMAV (His Majesty's Armed Vessel) not 'HMS' Bounty was taken by those who were known and recorded in history as 'pirates' or 'piratical villains' and not the kind of 'mutineers' or strikers myth, legend and Hollywood has made them out to be. I appreciate that for some people --who have only ever read novels or seen the movies made about the ill-fated voyage of the 'Bounty'-- it's very difficult to come to terms with was is history and truth, and the facts are so contradictory to so much that so many millions have been led to believe for generations. But the archives in Great Britain, Australia etc., containing original documents are irrefutable evidence that historians know about and can quote specifically. I write as one who has visited Pitcairn Island and have friends living there and elsewhere; a friendship that has lasted for almost 40 years. These descendants know that Bligh's bible among a whole list of items that remained aboard the 'Bounty' are still, in law, stolen property. However, I believe that William Bligh as a God-fearing and devoted family man would have been delighted to have seen that this, the world's greatest book, was the salvation of the Pitcairn community after so much bloodshed and discord among those who landed in 'Bounty Bay' on Pitcairn Island. I cannot speak for the entire Bligh family of descendants, but as a great-great-great-grandson of William Bligh, I would dearly like to make that bible 'legitimate' and ensure that it remained forever the property of my dear friends by receiving it back and then presenting as a heart-felt gift to the community for future generations. Sentimental? Yes, I am and I'm not ashamed to be so. Isn't there enough conflict and hatred in this world already, not to need more? Best wishes. Yours sincerely,
Maurice Bligh United Kingdom.


You can see another comment in the comment section on the "Bounty's Bible" blog. There's no book like the Bible!
Pastor Tim