The Bibles are put into hotels by the Gideons, which was founded by travelling salesmen that wanted to make sure other salesmen would have access to a Bible while traveling.
My father in law died in his 50s. Both his parents outlived him. They donated thousands of dollars to gideons for bibles. My wife checks every bible on every hotel room now trying to find one with her father's name in it.
The irony is that he was an atheist and my wife is Jewish. But grandma and grandpa er devout Christians
Few years ago I was staying in the motel in Florida and had nothing to do. I'm not religious, but for some reason decided to read the Bible that was in the room. As soon as I opened it, right on the first page there was a used condom covered in blood. I've never opened a single Bible after that.
I can't say I'm surprised. He falls right in the middle of that demographic. I grew up listening to The Mississippi Squirrel and Eric the Awful. I grew up watching The Cosby Show too, and Hercules. Some of the old stuff is still enjoyable, even if the artist isn't. Not all of it tho. I can't watch most Kevin Spacey or Mel Gibson movies
Yeah I listened to his songs a lot as a kid as well. It was just jarring to hear the silly song guy repeat quack conservative conspiracies when I looked back into him later down the line, though like you say, not unexpected given his demographic.
It's a funny song highlighting the hypocrisy of televangelists and, by extension, for-profit religion (even if it's non-profit according to the IRS, we know they don't open churches to help people)
My favourite conspiracy theory is every Gideon bible has a listening device in it and you should put the bible in the safe so the Gideon's don't spy on you. Yes, I always put the bible in the safe. Yes, I leave it in there for housekeeping to find.
Serious question, would countries with their own predominant religion also have religious books in their local hotels? Like, do Indian hotels have baghavad gitas on the bedside?
I think I've seen Gideon bibles in UK and Australian hotel rooms. They're just there in the drawer, in case you want to read it. Not very in your face. Bit like the iron or the hairdryer.
There are seven words in every Gideon’s Bible – y’know, the one they stuff in every hotel room – that can’t be found in any other bible. If you repeat those seven words to yourself while grasping the doorknob to your room, the door will open to any hotel room in the world. Of course, if you want to control where you’re going, you’ll need to know the Gideon’s Key – one more inserted word, unique to each copy, which acts as an index for each room.
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SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca · 45 pts · 295d
Not too far off...
The Bibles are put into hotels by the Gideons, which was founded by travelling salesmen that wanted to make sure other salesmen would have access to a Bible while traveling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gideons_International
Dearth@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 294d
My father in law died in his 50s. Both his parents outlived him. They donated thousands of dollars to gideons for bibles. My wife checks every bible on every hotel room now trying to find one with her father's name in it.
The irony is that he was an atheist and my wife is Jewish. But grandma and grandpa er devout Christians
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 295d
Jumbie@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 294d
I fucking love you.
trum_pam_pam@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 294d
Few years ago I was staying in the motel in Florida and had nothing to do. I'm not religious, but for some reason decided to read the Bible that was in the room. As soon as I opened it, right on the first page there was a used condom covered in blood. I've never opened a single Bible after that.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 294d
Tbf it was water when the party started.
BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 294d
Omigod.
beejboytyson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 294d
Blood soak sex? Tbh seems on brand....
Jumbie@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 294d
Listen up. This is morbid but fucking hilarious for so many reasons.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 295d
“Thank you, Mr. Gideon.”
“No, thank you, Mr. Christ.”
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 21 pts · 295d
Gideons usually distribute them.
Some specific hotel chains, mainly Marriott's, are owned by Mormons and also mandate that the book of Mormon be placed in the rooms too.
frankpsy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 295d
I noticed that the last time I was in a Marriott, that definitely explains it.
zululove@lemmy.ml · 18 pts · 294d
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 294d
ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 295d
Mormon Jesus made this deal too. LDS church gives tons of bibles to hotels worldwide to put their fanfic right next to the original boring version.
HowAbt2day@futurology.today · 8 pts · 295d
You mean the LSD version?
SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 295d
Would Jesus be political if he came back to Earth/
Have his second home in Palm Springs and try to hide his worth/
Take money from those poor folks, if he came back again/
And admit he's talked to all those preachers, and say they been a-talkin to him?
Would he wear a pinky ring, would he drive a fancy car/
Would his wife wear pearls and diamonds, would his dressing room have a star?
If he came back tomorrow there's something I'd like to know/
(Would you tell me) would Jesus wear a Rolex on his television show?
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 294d
Ray Stevens went a long way from that song in 1987 to his one about how dems get dead people to vote for them in 2012
https://genius.com/Ray-stevens-grandpa-voted-democrat-lyrics
SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 294d
I can't say I'm surprised. He falls right in the middle of that demographic. I grew up listening to The Mississippi Squirrel and Eric the Awful. I grew up watching The Cosby Show too, and Hercules. Some of the old stuff is still enjoyable, even if the artist isn't. Not all of it tho. I can't watch most Kevin Spacey or Mel Gibson movies
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 294d
Yeah I listened to his songs a lot as a kid as well. It was just jarring to hear the silly song guy repeat quack conservative conspiracies when I looked back into him later down the line, though like you say, not unexpected given his demographic.
SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 294d
Personally i blame the lead poisoning
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · -1 pts · 295d
Yeah, I'm sure he makes TONS of money by giving away Bibles for free.
SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 294d
It's a funny song highlighting the hypocrisy of televangelists and, by extension, for-profit religion (even if it's non-profit according to the IRS, we know they don't open churches to help people)
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 294d
They sure seem to help alleviate the televangelists’ poverty…
nagaram@startrek.website · 10 pts · 295d
I just steal those.
I feel like I can do some gnarly satanic shit with stolen bibles
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 295d
The paper is usally pretty thin, good for joints in a pinch.
Lawnman23@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 294d
Buddy in high school used to grab the little mini-pocket bibles whenever he found them and used it for just that.
ethaver@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 295d
PSSSST
...ezekiel 23
bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 295d
They're free to take, but yeah agreed
ranzispa@mander.xyz · 10 pts · 294d
The US is the only country where I've seen this, and I travelled many countries. Really shows the power of American marketing.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 294d
It's only that way because the Gideon's made it their church's mission to get a Bible in every room. A single organization is responsible.
BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 294d
They're in Canada too often times.
Mickey7@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 294d
You mean how Jesus marketed it
Geodad@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 295d
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 295d
That'll teach em
HowAbt2day@futurology.today · 7 pts · 295d
He obviously read, “Art of the deal “.
frankpsy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 295d
We had at least one Gideon give a talk at ye olde fundie baptist school I grew up in. The Gideon Bibles are actually free for the taking.
caboose2006@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 294d
My favourite conspiracy theory is every Gideon bible has a listening device in it and you should put the bible in the safe so the Gideon's don't spy on you. Yes, I always put the bible in the safe. Yes, I leave it in there for housekeeping to find.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 294d
My favorite conspiracy is that no one killed JFK. His head just did that.
Quexotic@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 294d
I went to one that had the bhagavad-gita in it. It was a nice change of pace.
BitchPeas@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 294d
In the bhagavad gita, baby
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 295d
those bibles make excellent paddles for spanking. they give a unique hollow thunk to the audible slap when it hits a thick ass.
hateisreality@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 295d
Supply Side Jesus
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 294d
Serious question, would countries with their own predominant religion also have religious books in their local hotels? Like, do Indian hotels have baghavad gitas on the bedside?
Godric@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 293d
Hotels are a scam dreamt up by Big Jesus to sell more Bibles
BilSabab@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 294d
back in my day we had The Book of the Law in every bedside drawer and there was nothing weird about that
callyral@pawb.social · 1 pts · 295d
I have never had a Bible come with the hotel room (albeit I've only been to like two or three hotels). Where is this a common thing?
Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 295d
I think I've seen Gideon bibles in UK and Australian hotel rooms. They're just there in the drawer, in case you want to read it. Not very in your face. Bit like the iron or the hairdryer.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 295d
In NA if you check the nightstands you have a good chance of finding one, or at least at that was the case.
Rusty@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 295d
I've only seen Bibles in some US hotels, never seen them in Canada or in Europe.
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 295d
Yeah it's the Gideons that put the Bibles in hotels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gideons_International
It's an international organization, but based in the US so they obviously focus more on the US.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 294d
I've seen them occasionally in Japan hotels as well, but it's pretty rare
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 295d
Flyover states, in my experience
callyral@pawb.social · 3 pts · 295d
Oh, now that you mentioned it yeah it makes sense that it's common in the rural US.
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 294d
Nah, they're for opening a dimension door:
―creepypasta
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · -3 pts · 295d
Looks like AI slop.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 295d
It's not. This image is so old, it'll be old enough to vote next year.
Yes, 2008 was 17 years ago.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 1 pts · 295d
Just because it’s seventeen years old doesn’t mean it doesn’t look like ai slop.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 295d
Just because you're being controversial doesn't mean you're right.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 1 pts · 294d
I mean it’s my opinion that it looks like ai slop.
Honytawk@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 294d
Since it is 100% not AI, it seems your opinion on what is AI slop is wrong and can be discarded without care.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 0 pts · 294d
It looks like ai slop though.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 294d
Well, you know what they say: opinions are like assholes, everyone’s got one.
6stringringer@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 294d
& they all stink.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 295d
Think your AI slop radar is off. I don't get that from it
kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com · 2 pts · 294d
"ai slop" slop