Posted on 09/02/2016 4:22:39 AM PDT by Kaslin
The Good Book has been banished from rooms at a hotel operated by Arizona State University.
The religious cleansing of the Thunderbird Executive Inn took place after the Freedom From Religion Foundation complained. It was a story first reported by Billy Hallowell of Deseret News.
“Providing Bibles to Inn guests sends the message that ASU endorses the religious texts,” attorney Madeline Ziegler wrote to the university.
The FFRF is a group of perpetually offended atheists and agnostic whack-a-doodles from Wisconsin. They are very unpleasant and very litigious people.
“State-run colleges have a constitutional obligation to remain neutral toward religion,” Ziegler wrote. “When a government entity like ASU distributes such material to visitors, it has unconstitutionally entangled itself with a religious message, in this case a Christian message.”
So here’s the back story:
The Thunderbird School of Global Management runs the Thunderbird Executive Inn – and like most hotels across the fruited plain there’s a Gideon Bible on the nightstand inside every hotel room.
According to the FFRF a hotel employee saw one of the Bibles in a room and became offended. They said the presence of the Bible in the room amounts to proselytizing.
“The Gideon Bible and the Gideon’s efforts to proselytize have frequently brought conflict with non-religious persons and persons from minority faiths,” the attorney wrote.
Perhaps someone should inform the FFRF that merely glancing at the Bible does not cause a person to spontaneously convert.
“It sends the message to non-Christian and non-religious guests that the university expects they should read the Bible, and specifically the version of the Bible provided; the Gideon Bible,” the attorney declared.
Sweet Lord Almighty, folks.
Using that lady attorney’s logic, we would be expected to use conditioner on our hair because the hotel provides a bottle in the bathroom.
Flawed logic aside, the university’s hotel complied with the FFRF’s edict to remove the Good Book.
The Bibles are now safely out of public view -- behind the front counter. The books were not burned nor were they tossed in the garbage.
So to all of you Bible-hating folks at the Freedom From Religion Foundation - y'all sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite.
Well, maybe just a few.
or maybe spontaneous combustion
Take the television out of the room. Having it there is an endorsement of its content.
As an active member of The Gideons International, it offends me when someone or some group is offended by the presence of God’s Word. Time to pray. 1st Samuel 17:47 “...for the battle is the Lord’s...”
Matthew 10:33: “But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.”
Eternity is a long time, atheists - you might want to reconsider your position while there’s still time.
Everyone has the right to read, or not to, the Bible left in every hotel, motel, motor inn across America.
This CRAP about forceful removal of them by ANY organization through a littigious act, is CENSORSHIP, and attempting to be the NANNY.
I have seen the bible in places of lodging all across America, in all of my travels, from a young GI brat in the ‘60’s, to the days I lived in a motel until Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The one fact that the idiots seeking to be the NANNY have conveniently overlooked, is that folks DIED, so other folks might HAVE A CHOICE OF WHAT TO BELIEVE.
It’s called FREEDOM.
He invokes the atheist organization's lack of logic for wanting to remove the Bibles.
Hey Todd......these people want Christianity destroyed and Christians DEAD.
They're not illogical. They know EXACTLY what they're doing.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is trying to lead the world into chaos, whether they know it or not, whether you know it or not.
“...the presence of the Bible in the room amounts to proselytizing.”
So WHAT?
Why do they care if someone converts to follow any religion? It is none of their business. Unless they are truly inspired by Satan.
I’m also an active member of Gideons International. When serving as a Gideon I have never said one word to the God haters that verbally assault me on a Bible distribution. On my time, the opposition gets a quick lesson of righteous anger and the founding of this Republic and the importance of God given rights.
“Providing Bibles to Inn guests sends the message that ASU endorses the religious texts,” ...
And might not Christians be disturbed at the absence of signs of God’s lordship and fear spontaneous conversion to atheism?
The television shows shown in the inn rooms by and large are bent on eliminate God’s dominion and glory from our view. There are no pictures of the Lord of the universe and of all creation on the wall or crucifixes around reminding us of His ultimate sacrifice demonstrating the depths of His love. There are no declarations of thanksgiving written on the napkins.
By the absence of God’s glory in the there is a huge disparate proportion of atheism present in the hotels presently!
Do they ban religious tv channels as well?
Is it an inanimate object or The Living Word?
This is akin to being afraid of a gun sitting in a drawer. It doesn't do anything until you touch it.
They are antiChristian zealots.
Typical Atheists - “There is no God and I HATE Him.”
Why/how would simple exposure to something you know in your heart to be complete poppy-cock make you spontaneously believe in it?
I am surprised they don’t want churches to remove crosses that can be seen from the street. Or is that next?
New and improved with typos corrected:
“Providing Bibles to Inn guests sends the message that ASU endorses the religious texts,” ...
And might not Christians be disturbed at the absence of signs of God’s lordship and fear spontaneous conversion to atheism?
The television shows available in the inn rooms by and large are bent on ELIMINATING God’s dominion and glory from our view. There are no pictures of the Lord of the universe and of all creation on the wall or crucifixes around reminding us of His ultimate sacrifice demonstrating the profound depths of His love. There are no declarations of thanksgiving written on the napkins.
By the absence of God’s glory in the inns there is thus a huge disparate proportion of a pitch for atheism present in the hotels presently!
uhh....that’s kinda the point
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