bibles

When My wife and I bought our hotel last summer, there were at least 2 bibles in each room (some rooms had 4, fer chrissake), plus, we had another two dozen in a box in the hotel office. I asked the old owner why she had so many, and she told me that the gideon society people were pushy (which...

From 'The Onion' http://www.theonion.com/content/node/46226 Pretty bitter, but portrays my sentiments exactly.

Why are most modern bibles still written in olde-english? Eg. "Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God" Why would modern people want to read that rather than: "Whoever doesn't abide by Christ's doctrine does not have a God"? The language used in the...

Randi's latest commentary notes the following with favor: Many religious persons will bring their own bibles. Really sick patients aren't going to be reading. Bibles are dry, closed articles highly unlikely to harbor infection. All the infection controll doctors I know say that the biggest...

I just got a slide show from a usually more sensible friend about how the central verse of the bible is something about putting your faith in God rather than man, so pray ... I don't need any arguments for or against this - I need to know what to do with my desire to send said friend a...

Scroll down to the second article in the link ("Warning Stickers Needed"). This sounds like a good idea. Especially when you read about Church Leader Doyle Davidson's acolytes: I wonder how the fundies would react to propsed warning stickers on their Bibles?

Hmmm?

Maybe this should also be under the religious forum. California's school-Bible ballot initiative A group is trying to get a state constitutional amendment to declare the KJV Bible a 'textbook'. Their arguments are that its creation was a major achievement of the English Renaissance, and has...

Maybe this should also be under the religious forum. California's school-Bible ballot initiative A group is trying to get a state constitutional amendment to declare the KJV Bible a 'textbook'. Their arguments are that its creation was a major achievement of the English Renaissance, and has...

Excuse the rant, but this really pissed me off today. I walk a total of maybe 200 yards from my office to the building where I have class, and I had one of the little green bible thingies shoved in my face no less than four(4) times. Does anybody make money off these? Do they actually expect...