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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeOne source includes Bibles taken from hotel rooms as "shoplifted", but the Gideon Society, who places them there, wants them to be taken.
Apparently the Bible is World's most shoplifted book.
My money is on the agnostics.
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27 Aug 17
Originally posted by @js357Yeah I suspected as much.
One source includes Bibles taken from hotel rooms as "shoplifted", but the Gideon Society, who places them there, wants them to be taken.
That said, I've been in many hotels in my time and haven't yet come across one. (Perhaps they self combust when an atheist books the room?)
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27 Aug 17
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeMaybe it's just because you live in a godless country.🙂
Yeah I suspected as much.
That said, I've been in many hotels in my time and haven't yet come across one. (Perhaps they self combust when an atheist books the room?)
27 Aug 17
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeI have worked in 2 different hotels for the past 8 years and hotels don't care if there is a bible in the room. If the Gideon people contact us we ask them to send more.
Yeah I suspected as much.
That said, I've been in many hotels in my time and haven't yet come across one. (Perhaps they self combust when an atheist books the room?)
On another note, 2 times the bible was replaced with another text.
1. Book of Mormon
2. Clan of the Cave Bears
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27 Aug 17
Originally posted by @caissad4🙂 I had to google The Clan of the Cave Bear:
I have worked in 2 different hotels for the past 8 years and hotels don't care if there is a bible in the room. If the Gideon people contact us we ask them to send more.
On another note, 2 times the bible was replaced with another text.
1. Book of Mormon
2. Clan of the Cave Bears
'An epic historical novel by Jean M. Auel about prehistoric times. It is the first book in the Earth's Children book series which speculates on the possibilities of interactions between Neanderthal and modern Cro-Magnon humans.'
27 Aug 17
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeThey are excellent novels. You should read them!
🙂 I had to google The Clan of the Cave Bear:
'An epic historical novel by Jean M. Auel about prehistoric times. It is the first book in the Earth's Children book series which speculates on the possibilities of interactions between Neanderthal and modern Cro-Magnon humans.'
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27 Aug 17
Originally posted by @athousandyoungI've added them to my reading list.
They are excellent novels. You should read them!
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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeSometime people should take a look at the threads started on the Spirituality Forum.
Apparently the Bible is World's most shoplifted book.
My money is on the agnostics.
So many of them thrive on the negative.
A scandal over here.
Some hypocrisy over there.
Some religious crimes over there.
Some scandalous misbehavior somewhere.
To often nothing positive is presented as a topic.
Invariably the emphasis is the trashy thing that someone did somewhere.
(I'm watching my own tendency in this too)
27 Aug 17
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeStudent accommodation in Stirling Uni has wads of them!
Yeah I suspected as much.
That said, I've been in many hotels in my time and haven't yet come across one. (Perhaps they self combust when an atheist books the room?)
27 Aug 17
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeLol.
Apparently the Bible is World's most shoplifted book.
My money is on the agnostics.
Isn't it like free ?
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27 Aug 17
Originally posted by @dj2beckerIt's a purely US thing, that I have seen more in the Bible Belt and Midwest.
Maybe it's just because you live in a godless country.🙂
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeWhen an atheist enters a room, logic exits the room.
Yeah I suspected as much.
That said, I've been in many hotels in my time and haven't yet come across one. (Perhaps they self combust when an atheist books the room?)
28 Aug 17
Originally posted by @chaney3You mean the faith?
When an atheist enters a room, logic exits the room.
Do you know what logic is?
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28 Aug 17
Originally posted by @robbie-carrobieWere you operating there as a cleaner sir?
Student accommodation in Stirling Uni has wads of them!