http://www.newsweek.com/id/69049
This article says that many hotels are no longer offering Bibles in the nightstands.
My thought is that I go to the hotel to sleep when out of town...not to do Bible study...so, no big whoop. If I want Bible study, I will take my own Bible.
Also, it seems that many of the hotels had complaints from customers that a Bible was offered, but not the book of their religion, be it Buddhist, Hindu, etc... So, it would be rather difficult to provide the holy book for every religion.
Others commented that they think this is terrible as this is another movement of taking God out of our country. However, I think that is sensationalistic....as if God is leading someone to read the Bible, they will lead them to a church or a bookstore, not to a hotel room.
Your thoughts?
2007-11-12 09:08:13 · 25 answers · asked by G.C. 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's just another excuse for militant Christian activists to claim they are being victimized and persecuted. Anyone can take a Bible to any hotel/motel and read it. The establishment does not have to provide it and whether they provide it or not, it has no effect on religion.
2007-11-12 12:41:45 · answer #1 · answered by Michael B - Prop. 8 Repealed! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree that when I go to a hotel I will take my own bible because I am a believer- however what is so wrong about having a bible in the rooms- I have actually heard stories of people who come to know Christ because they had nothing to read in a room , so "just decided to pick up the bible". By the way, Jesus does not just work His miracles in a church or bookstore.
2007-11-12 09:37:47 · answer #2 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me it is a comfortable feeling to know if the hotel has 500 rooms that 500 Holy Bibles are in the place. God honors His Word and God says that His Word does not return to Him void. The Holy Bible teaches in 1 Corinthians 1:18-20
"For the preaching of the Cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto us which are saved it is the power of God."
Five hundred books with the gospel of God in them is powerful protection and provision. The Gideons put these Bibles in the hotels free of charge. I'm sure the hotels would put the other books in the rooms but those religions will not offer them free. Wonder why?
Romans 10:17 "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
If I were the Hotel Owner, I would not remove the Holy Bible. Removal from the schools has not helped the schools but made them worse.
We are having so many disastrous things happen in the USA, I would be putting Bibles in places and not taking them out.
2007-11-12 09:30:08 · answer #3 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Do you know what the most stolen item in hotels and bookstores is? The Bible.
Probably it is an expense they can live without. Costs of everything else people break or steal keep going up. The Bible is something anyone can bring with them. With TV, books and magazines available, patrons have choices.
2007-11-12 09:20:47 · answer #4 · answered by grnlow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sounds fine to me. I'm an atheist, and private businesses have the right to adapt to their clients. Are these complaints just another excuse for the evangelicals to scream "persecution?"
It's not as if these hotels will ever have a book that caters to an atheistic viewpoint. I bring my own things, and I'm free to read or avoid whatever I choose. I don't feel persecuted or excluded if a hotel decides to keep bibles.
2007-11-12 09:16:09 · answer #5 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I never have gotten offended that Bibles were left in hotel rooms. It never bothered me.
Most people that read their Bibles regularly are going to bring them along if they have to stay in a hotel room. So there's really no need for them, or any other holy book.
2007-11-12 10:25:40 · answer #6 · answered by Bookworm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-11 07:05:08 · answer #7 · answered by cauley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one's preventing anyone from gaining access to a Bible. If you want one in a hotel room, bring your own.
Or, keep putting them in hotel rooms, but also include copies of the Qur'an, the Torah, the Satanic Bible, the Book of Mormon...
2007-11-12 09:25:41 · answer #8 · answered by War Games AM 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know there are many desperate people sleeping in motels tonight. They are lost or poor or looking for work or out of their home due to a fight/abuse. Many who sleep there may need something to give them hope tonight. It would be best if they had a person to help them, but it isn't always possible.
There will be someone in a hotel tonight who is thinking about killing him/herself. I really don't want the Bible removed from motel. The last one I stayed in had a Bible on one side and a Book of Mormon on the other side of the bed. S'truth!
God is never limited by geography. He spoke to me through a lady on a crisis line where I called before I carried out the suicide I'd planned. I'm glad she didn't tell me to bug off and go to a church. She got me in touch with some cool, loving Christian teens who helped me meet Jesus. My life has never been the same, God has helped me every day since then - Oct. 21, 1971.
Think bigger and don't limit God....You may need a REALLY BIG GOD someday when your life is in trouble!
2007-11-12 09:22:05 · answer #9 · answered by LeslieAnn 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The way I see it, the only way that it would be fair to put a Bible in hotel rooms is to also put the mighty Koran, and book on Hinduism and Buddhism. They're not trying to discourage religious freedom. They're just trying to make it fair for everyone.
Think of it like, "If I can't have MY religion supported, then why should you?"
2007-11-12 09:15:26 · answer #10 · answered by Alex H 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋