Posted on 11/11/2007 7:36:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
As I understand it, "They" don't take care of anyone. The Gideon's ask if they can put the Bibles in the rooms and they are provided free. The motel owner may feel like it's a tradition, but their is no pressure to do so. I'm sure if Mecca sent some Korans over, their would be takers in Detroit, at least. The Mormons give their book to anyone who doesn't recoil their hand quick enough, so I don't see the problemo with the Bible.
The motel can offer porn and condoms, but what if a soul is looking for something different? That's the whole purpose of the Gideon's. It's there if you want it. No one is forced to read two chapters by checkout.
I am going way out on a limb here but I am guessing that perhaps more people check into a trendy SOHO hotel with plans to have sex than to read a Bible.
Boston is the bedbug capitol of the U.S.
Google it.
Isn't that how it's always been for some of those lonely business travelers?! Pre-martial sex, adultery etc. weren't invented in the 1960's. LOL!
The Gideons are quite happy if you take the bible they provide. They figure it may be put to good use so they provide it free to the hotel. But I don’t think Al Bore’s book is provided free. Still, I might want to evangelize about global warming to some fool, so I would take it. I mean, it’s provided for our use, no??
The last I noticed, Gideons was still providing the King James translation. If they want people to read their Bibles, they really need to upgrade their inventory with a more up to date translation.
Look at the historical record - when a nation decides to evict God - the nation is judged....
My guess is, the Bibles are bad for porn channel sales. As in, if you pick up the Bible (free), you're unlikely to order an expensive, really skeevy movie. Can't have that.
Of the last 3 overnight rentals I’ve stayed in, only one had a Bible in it. That was a gorgeous log cabin in Jasper National Park. Lots of God’s handiwork visible, and a Bible there.
The other two places were in large (over 1 million pop) cities. Cramped dirty cities. Little of God’s handiwork visible, no Bible.
They are now providing New King James Version in most of their Bibles.
and don’t forget the Book of Mormon too....
>>>Unlike traditional hotels, the 10-year-old boutique has never put Bibles in its guest rooms, because “society evolves,” says hotel spokeswoman Lori DeBlois. Providing Bibles would mean the hotel “would have to take care of every guest’s belief.”<<<
God forbid we should stand up for our own beliefs. However, that would be judgmental.
“I fear we are just about where the Roman Empire was in A.D. 409.”
Well we’ve not cashed in the Republic yet. Probably just a matter of time.
Would the Janitors rather clean a room used by a Bible reader, or those looking for a “one night stand”?
Yeah, I really meant to say “products of an act usually
leading to conception/labor/childbirth”, thanks for the
correction, but eeeeewwwwww...guess I’ll carry my own
washable sleeping bag, pillow, lysol, etc...
Kinda makes you sick with all of the uncontrolled
swapping of infected body fluids going on around you....
but you DO reap what you sow.
You have FReep mail on how rooms are cleaned.
God is going to get tired of this sh....t soon. Then lookout!It never fails.
I've heard they NEVER wash the bed spreads (bed covers). This applies to your local Motel 6 and your high-class Hilton. Never sit on a hotel bed spread naked. There are others who've done so before you.
Google [ black light hotel room ] ... get barf bag before reading.
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