Atheists Call for 'Bible-Free' Hotel Rooms, Want Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' Instead

Christian Post ^ | 12/09/2015 | Leonardo Blair

[wagglebee]

That was my first thought too.

Hotels DO NOT pay for the Bibles.

[CodeToad]

Atheism is a religion. It has faith in beliefs.

[dmcnash]

“Origin” is so turgid and dull it would put your motel reader right to sleep. “The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex” is much better. (That book always reminds me of Disco for reasons including that was the time I read it.)

[FreedomPoster]

And there you have it.

I find militant atheists much more frightening than militant Christians, and this story is an example of why. As is the history of the 20th Century.

[sphinx]

Ok. Let the atheists pool their money, print millions of copies of whatever they want, and distribute it for free to hotel chains.

[17th Miss Regt]

I can understand the viewpoint of the FFRF. I was once attacked by a Gideon’s bible that jumped out of the closed drawer and gnawed on my leg, leaving a gaping wound.

[JusPasenThru]

I can understand the viewpoint of the FFRF. I was once attacked by a Gideons bible that jumped out of the closed drawer and gnawed on my leg, leaving a gaping wound.

*chuckle*

[Amendment10]

Can FReepers make atheists a list of better ways to spend their time besides bullying hotel managers to remove Gideon Bibles from hotel rooms? Social Darwinism comes to mind with this Bible project.

I do not have a problem with Bible-free hotel rooms if atheists buy the hotels. Otherwise atheists have no business telling hotel owners how to run their hotels.

[Mastador1]

I understand that it’s because of all those burn injuries they receive handling the Bibles.

[cloudmountain]

Let the Bibles stay, and Darwin’s works as well. Let’s see how many liberals contribute to the cost of printing and distributing Darwin’s book.........
Freedom of choice - the American way.
I’ll promise you one will be read, and one won’t. Fair enough.

Fair enough. Amen.

[IronJack]

The original purpose of the Gideon Bible program, as I understand it, was to supply comfort and guidance to lonely men on the road who might be likely to err or despair in the soulless confines of yet another drab hotel room.

I doubt such travelers will take much comfort or guidance from “Origin of Species.”

And there is a big difference between “proselytizing” and providing a Bible for those who may want it.

For every loudmouth “freethinker,” I’ll bet there are 10 Christians, and probably 100 people who don’t care one way or the other.

So stuff it.

[central_va]

Creationism and Darwinism are not mutually exclusive. They actually dove tail nicely.

[uglybiker]

Well, of course they're Bible free!

The Gideons don't charge for 'em, so they're free!

But you perpetually offended types are perfectly free to leave Charlie's book, too to help folks understand WHAT God did to create the world as we know it today.

[avenir]

Uh huh.

“The leech has two daughters: Give! And Give!”—proverbs

[MeganC]

Amen! For people who say they don’t believe in God the atheists sure invest more effort in hating Him than most of the faithful invest in loving Him!

In a perverse way they are demonstrating their knowledge of the existence of God.

[MeganC]

“Battlefield Earth” is a sacred book to the Scientologists.

[Verginius Rufus]

How about having a copy of the Bible and a copy of Hillary's Hard Choices? After reading a page or two of the latter, the hotel guest will turn to the Bible for relief...and be less inclined to vote for Hillary.

[NorthMountain]

Battlefield Earth is about 150 pages of a cool story dissolved in 850 pages of dreck.

Yes, that’s right: the blasted thing is over 1000 pages long.

Hubbard was desperately in need of an editor.

[windsorknot]

Atheists won’t just not believe: they have to be obnoxious about it.

[clearcarbon]

"Atheists Call for 'Bible-Free' Hotel Rooms, Want Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' Instead"

An almanac of Darwin Awards would be more appropriate. It might save a liberal's life.