They always have a Bible in hotel rooms
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this is so funny
knightwolf68
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sometimes the ppl who come into the hotel and find nothing to do so Bible is the way to convice them to read about God's words since it is good place to go ! also, Notice that many depression ppl who doesn't want to go home for some reasons so they end up into hotel and keep whining until they decide to read the bible and it seem help them pretty much !
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:roll: am gonna revive a lot of old threads here as I plough my way through AD, 
I agree that I have questioned about why bibles were put in every single hotel/motel rooms all around across the nation of USA -- it's in Australia as well!
A few of you had good points on the reasons why bibles have been a part of the motel/hotel history and being in every room.
Whenever I go to a hotel or motel, I normally pack a few books of MY own from home so I can have something to read whilst holed up in a room, heh! No big need for having to read the bible cos I had something ELSE of better reading materials. 
I agree that I have questioned about why bibles were put in every single hotel/motel rooms all around across the nation of USA -- it's in Australia as well!
A few of you had good points on the reasons why bibles have been a part of the motel/hotel history and being in every room.
Whenever I go to a hotel or motel, I normally pack a few books of MY own from home so I can have something to read whilst holed up in a room, heh! No big need for having to read the bible cos I had something ELSE of better reading materials.
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Hope this info helps uncover a bit on bibles in the hotel... I typed in "Why are bibles in hotels?" at www.ask.com
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"Thou shalt not place Bibles in our casino hotel rooms."
http://3516743880/focus/f-news/903131/posts
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"Since 1908, the Gideon’s have been placing their Bibles in hotels, nursing homes, and schools all over the world. One Hundred seventy countries have placed the Gideon Bibles in their hotels.
The original purpose was to help spread the Word of God to all people. The Gideon’s thought that the easiest way was to put the Bibles in a place where they would get the most people to see and use them. Hotels became the number one spot to place the Bibles, but it has not been restricted just to Hotels."
http://www.gasou.edu/~ahopkin3/Why have Bibles.html
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"Because the Gideons so quickly became associated with hotel room Bibles, the association has, at times, had to remind its members that the Bibles are but a means to an end, not an end in themselves. The sole purpose of the group is to win men, women, boys and girls to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ through personal witnessing and the distribution of Bibles and New Testaments.
Today, the association counts more than 140,000 members in 175 countries. According to its web site (www.gideonsinternational.org), the Gideons distribute more that 56 million Bibles and New Testaments every year. This averages out to be one million books every seven days, or 107 per minute. Evangelical churches of many denominations financially support the Gideons’ work of distributing Bibles, not only to hotels and motels, but also to hospitals and doctors’ offices, jails and prisons, elementary and high schools, colleges and universities, and military bases.
A 1997 Fodor’s survey of American travelers found that 23 percent of those surveyed read the Gideons Bible in their hotel rooms. When the Bibles are taken or become too worn, the local camp of the Gideons will replace them at no charge. Often, when a new hotel opens, a representative of the local Gideons camp will present a Bible to the hotel’s general manager in a solemn ceremony. Then, Bibles for the entire property are given to the housekeeping department which places one in each room. Some properties have begun offering other religious books in their hotel rooms, such as The Book of Mormon in Marriott properties or Buddhist religious texts in Nikko properties. But, for the majority of travelers, the Gideon Bible is the book they’ll find when they settle into their hotel rooms for the night. "
http://ky.essortment.com/gideonbible_rcwz.htm
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"Thou shalt not place Bibles in our casino hotel rooms."
http://3516743880/focus/f-news/903131/posts
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"Since 1908, the Gideon’s have been placing their Bibles in hotels, nursing homes, and schools all over the world. One Hundred seventy countries have placed the Gideon Bibles in their hotels.
The original purpose was to help spread the Word of God to all people. The Gideon’s thought that the easiest way was to put the Bibles in a place where they would get the most people to see and use them. Hotels became the number one spot to place the Bibles, but it has not been restricted just to Hotels."
http://www.gasou.edu/~ahopkin3/Why have Bibles.html
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"Because the Gideons so quickly became associated with hotel room Bibles, the association has, at times, had to remind its members that the Bibles are but a means to an end, not an end in themselves. The sole purpose of the group is to win men, women, boys and girls to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ through personal witnessing and the distribution of Bibles and New Testaments.
Today, the association counts more than 140,000 members in 175 countries. According to its web site (www.gideonsinternational.org), the Gideons distribute more that 56 million Bibles and New Testaments every year. This averages out to be one million books every seven days, or 107 per minute. Evangelical churches of many denominations financially support the Gideons’ work of distributing Bibles, not only to hotels and motels, but also to hospitals and doctors’ offices, jails and prisons, elementary and high schools, colleges and universities, and military bases.
A 1997 Fodor’s survey of American travelers found that 23 percent of those surveyed read the Gideons Bible in their hotel rooms. When the Bibles are taken or become too worn, the local camp of the Gideons will replace them at no charge. Often, when a new hotel opens, a representative of the local Gideons camp will present a Bible to the hotel’s general manager in a solemn ceremony. Then, Bibles for the entire property are given to the housekeeping department which places one in each room. Some properties have begun offering other religious books in their hotel rooms, such as The Book of Mormon in Marriott properties or Buddhist religious texts in Nikko properties. But, for the majority of travelers, the Gideon Bible is the book they’ll find when they settle into their hotel rooms for the night. "
http://ky.essortment.com/gideonbible_rcwz.htm
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Row over Bible removal
The World Today Archive - Tuesday, 29 May , 2001 00:00:00
Reporter: Lachlan Parker
ELEANOR HALL: In the city of churches, there's a row over Bibles. Two hotels in Adelaide have caused dismay among religious groups by taking Gideon's Bibles out of guest rooms. The local managers of the international Stamford chain argue the Bibles should go because Australia is a multicultural society.
But the Gideons who've spent almost a century placing nearly one billion Bibles in hotels say they're disappointed by the decision and will pray over it. Lachlan Parker reports from Adelaide.
LACHLAN PARKER: There are a few ways you can tell you're in a hotel room, the chocolate on the pillow, the mini bar and the Bible in the top drawer. The Gideons is an organisation of Christian lay people who since 1908 have been placing Bibles in hotel and motel rooms around the world, as well as hospitals, nursing homes and prisons.
Gideons executive director, Trevor Monson.
TREVOR MONSON: Because we want people to have the opportunity to read the word of God.
LACHLAN PARKER: But that word will no longer be spread in the Stamford hotels in Adelaide because hotel management has decided it wants to reflect Australia's multi-faith society. So instead of Bibles in the drawers, a selection of religious volumes from various faiths will be at the front desk.
John Lewis, the general manager of the Hotels Association, has praised the move.
JOHN LEWIS: Well I think the hotels are displaying probably a progressive attitude. It's still going to be able to provide the Bible for its guests that stay in the hotel, but it's also going to provide a range of religious materials, because I think we should accept the fact that hotel guests who stay in our hotels across Australia today come from a broad range of backgrounds, and as a result, a broad range of religious beliefs.
So, the hotel's still going to provide the Bible, but it's going to provide a range of religious material, so I think it's quite a progressive move. I'm not sure whether it's going to be something that's going to be adopted by the rest of the hotel industry.
LACHLAN PARKER: Trevor Monson from the Gideons agrees the Stamford seems to be the only hotel moving away from the Bibles.
TREVOR MONSON: Well, the Gideons International operating in 175 countries around the world, many of which aren't Christian and they don't seem to have a problem with having Bibles in their hotels. We receive a constant stream of letters from people who have read the Bibles in hotels and are grateful for them being there.
LACHLAN PARKER: So you think they do have an impact?
TREVOR MONSON: My word they do. We know that from the stream of letters that comes in.
LACHLAN PARKER: What sort of things are said in those letters?
TREVOR MONSON: All sorts of situations, from people who thought they were doing just fine and had a read of the scriptures and were encouraged, to people who went to a hotel room with the intent of committing suicide and for some reason saw the Bible, picked it up, started to read it and decided that they would have another go at life.
LACHLAN PARKER: Adelaide's Anglican Archbishop, Ian George, is also the patron of the South Australian Multi-Faith Association, an umbrella group for the state's religions, Christian and non-Christian alike.
IAN GEORGE: Well I was surprised. I thought it was a well established custom, and certainly the majority of Australians regard themselves as Christians according to our census, the large majority, and I would have thought that this was probably a retrograde step.
LACHLAN PARKER: But what about the argument that we're in a multicultural and multi-religious society, and that we shouldn't just be reflecting Christian beliefs?
IAN GEORGE: That's right, well that's true. But if you wanted, as I said, add material, then by all means do that. I just don't see the point in Australia in taking them away.
LACHLAN PARKER: Meanwhile, Trevor Monson from the Gideons says he's not going to fight the removal.
TREVOR MONSON: The reaction of the Gideons to a refusal to scriptures is simply to withdraw and pray about the situation.
ELEANOR HALL: Trevor Monson from Gideons ending Lachlan Parker's report.
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/s304573.htm
The World Today Archive - Tuesday, 29 May , 2001 00:00:00
Reporter: Lachlan Parker
ELEANOR HALL: In the city of churches, there's a row over Bibles. Two hotels in Adelaide have caused dismay among religious groups by taking Gideon's Bibles out of guest rooms. The local managers of the international Stamford chain argue the Bibles should go because Australia is a multicultural society.
But the Gideons who've spent almost a century placing nearly one billion Bibles in hotels say they're disappointed by the decision and will pray over it. Lachlan Parker reports from Adelaide.
LACHLAN PARKER: There are a few ways you can tell you're in a hotel room, the chocolate on the pillow, the mini bar and the Bible in the top drawer. The Gideons is an organisation of Christian lay people who since 1908 have been placing Bibles in hotel and motel rooms around the world, as well as hospitals, nursing homes and prisons.
Gideons executive director, Trevor Monson.
TREVOR MONSON: Because we want people to have the opportunity to read the word of God.
LACHLAN PARKER: But that word will no longer be spread in the Stamford hotels in Adelaide because hotel management has decided it wants to reflect Australia's multi-faith society. So instead of Bibles in the drawers, a selection of religious volumes from various faiths will be at the front desk.
John Lewis, the general manager of the Hotels Association, has praised the move.
JOHN LEWIS: Well I think the hotels are displaying probably a progressive attitude. It's still going to be able to provide the Bible for its guests that stay in the hotel, but it's also going to provide a range of religious materials, because I think we should accept the fact that hotel guests who stay in our hotels across Australia today come from a broad range of backgrounds, and as a result, a broad range of religious beliefs.
So, the hotel's still going to provide the Bible, but it's going to provide a range of religious material, so I think it's quite a progressive move. I'm not sure whether it's going to be something that's going to be adopted by the rest of the hotel industry.
LACHLAN PARKER: Trevor Monson from the Gideons agrees the Stamford seems to be the only hotel moving away from the Bibles.
TREVOR MONSON: Well, the Gideons International operating in 175 countries around the world, many of which aren't Christian and they don't seem to have a problem with having Bibles in their hotels. We receive a constant stream of letters from people who have read the Bibles in hotels and are grateful for them being there.
LACHLAN PARKER: So you think they do have an impact?
TREVOR MONSON: My word they do. We know that from the stream of letters that comes in.
LACHLAN PARKER: What sort of things are said in those letters?
TREVOR MONSON: All sorts of situations, from people who thought they were doing just fine and had a read of the scriptures and were encouraged, to people who went to a hotel room with the intent of committing suicide and for some reason saw the Bible, picked it up, started to read it and decided that they would have another go at life.
LACHLAN PARKER: Adelaide's Anglican Archbishop, Ian George, is also the patron of the South Australian Multi-Faith Association, an umbrella group for the state's religions, Christian and non-Christian alike.
IAN GEORGE: Well I was surprised. I thought it was a well established custom, and certainly the majority of Australians regard themselves as Christians according to our census, the large majority, and I would have thought that this was probably a retrograde step.
LACHLAN PARKER: But what about the argument that we're in a multicultural and multi-religious society, and that we shouldn't just be reflecting Christian beliefs?
IAN GEORGE: That's right, well that's true. But if you wanted, as I said, add material, then by all means do that. I just don't see the point in Australia in taking them away.
LACHLAN PARKER: Meanwhile, Trevor Monson from the Gideons says he's not going to fight the removal.
TREVOR MONSON: The reaction of the Gideons to a refusal to scriptures is simply to withdraw and pray about the situation.
ELEANOR HALL: Trevor Monson from Gideons ending Lachlan Parker's report.
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/s304573.htm
hacker said:Cant wait to hear what happened? Well here it is.... me and my friend was plan to go out in forest and actually burn the Mormon bible book with gas. then cook marshmallow in the fire
you are going to rot in hell
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Hmm....strange, no one has the temptation to steal the bible from hotels' nightstands, only the good towels, robes, sheet, coffee brewer, and possible a tv.
