[pissant]

Amen!!

[SolidWood]

I wonder if it was a Gideon Bible. I love the Gideon Bibles. I always have mine with me.

[wtc911]

Very early in his career Woody Allen (I know) had a routine about carrying a bullet around in his shirt pocket as a reminder of some experience his dad had in the war.

As he (Allen) was walking along Broadway an enraged athiest through an 'offensive' Gideon's Bible out a high floor hotel window. The Bible struck Allen in the chest and would have killed him if not for the bullet in his pocket.

[Bigg Red]

Wow!

[BuffaloJack]

I suppose that if it had been a Queeran they’d be screaming about defacing the book of hate.

[ASOC]

A popular item in WWII was a Bible with steel plates in the front and back covers.

I prefer Kevlar myself.

More Bible vs bullet story here:
http://local.google.com/answers/threadview?id=361726

[afraidfortherepublic]

This is not the first time this has happened in the Iraq war. I’ve read of at least one other case a couple of years ago.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I remember an old C&W song about something like this back in the 1960’s.

After being hit the soldier decided to read his punctured bible with these words...”If it saved my life it might save my soul!”

[Obie Wan]

God is good,And these guys are definitely in my prayers daily !!!

[citizencon]

Divine Interception...

[A.A. Cunningham]

Additional details:

Purple Heart awarded to Andover soldier: Now he's trying to get bullet and life-saving Bible back