2006-08-04 21:04:46 · 21 answers · asked by Blake C 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In case you run out of toliet paper.
2006-08-04 21:10:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not every one. I stayed at a hotel in San Francisco - they had a copy of the Teachings of Buddha.
The Gideons are an evangelical group dedicated to spreading the word of the Bible. The hotel-room thing is traditional, and goes back to 1908, Michigan.
" It began distributing free Bibles, the work it is chiefly remembered for, in 1908, when the first Bibles were placed in the rooms of the Superior Hotel in Iron Mountain, Michigan."
2006-08-05 04:11:31 · answer #2 · answered by © 2007. Sammy Z. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of people may want to read the Bible during their stay at a hotel and it's just convenient to have it there instead of carrying around a Bible.
2006-08-05 04:09:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that wonderful organisation called the Gideons take it upon themselves to distribute the Bible free of charge to every hotel in the world. Great people whose desire is for everyone to have the opportunity to know the love of God.
2006-08-05 05:54:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
started by the Gideon Society to put one in every hotel/motel -- because America is the most religious nation on the planet (check the stats and polls), and why not put one there?
stops a lot of hanky-panky on the road.
2006-08-05 04:10:31 · answer #5 · answered by Kevin A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To reflect on moral rights when you get kicked out of your house and end up in a hotel.
2006-08-05 04:47:05 · answer #6 · answered by Joe Carioca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is just a ongoing tradition for hotels. Alot have stopped doing that though to cut costs.
2006-08-05 04:09:56 · answer #7 · answered by Joe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because a group called the giddeons got together years ago and decided their mission was to provide bibles for those who travel so that some might be swayed from doing evil things away from home.
2006-08-05 04:08:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there is a nut born every minute who inevitably puts it there.Just like the same reason why there is always a copy of "The Watchtower" in every laundromat.
2006-08-05 04:12:08 · answer #9 · answered by EasterBunny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can thank the Gideons for that!
They are a group who put them there for people to read.
They also hand them out to school students,hospitals, and the military.
2006-08-05 04:29:52 · answer #10 · answered by rxqueen♥ † 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋