"correcting" hotel bibles

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CASEY (10/7)
I have recently written my own non-tracs.  I limit each topic to a single
8.5 x 11
sheet of paper, using both sides.  The reasons for using just one sheet are
that logistically, I don't want to worry about extra pages getting lost and,
in a practical sense, I don't wish to tax too heavily the reader's attention
span.  I fold the paper
into thirds making sure the topic sentence, written in bold type, is on the
outside.

I stayed in a Marriot a couple of weeks ago and, sure enough, there was the 
ever-present Gideons Bible along side The Book of Mormon.  (I wonder which
one is
correct.(?))  So I placed two of my own non-tracs in each 'holy book' so
that there
at least would be a small chance that someone might get a little bit of
reason with their superstition.  Who knows?

I did not "deface" either book and resent the implication of "juvenile" for
people
of reason who try to bring some common sense into the world.  As a matter of
fact,
whenever I place a non-trac along side a bible trac at work it is my
non-trac that
will inevitably be torn into pieces on the floor.  Also, in my
ultra-conservative
workplace, (I work in a defense facility), where there are lunchtime bible
studies,
etc. EVERY stall in the men's restroom, (there are seven stalls), has
"Christ died
for our sins" written in big black letters - along with a long list of bible
references on "Hope of heaven".  The last time I checked, defacing company
property -
for whatever reason- was a big 'no-no' (sin).  I don't think it is the
freethinkers that xians have to worry about defacing anything.

And if people really knew about all the b.s. in the bible I wonder just how
many of
them would continue to read it.  Personally, it was realizing the
absurdities, etc.
that the bible contained that finally caused me to quit the whole thing!

Chuck Casey 
  



>> PHIPPS 

>> You know, about two years ago, I began working on a project to create 2

>> pages of *highly condensed* atrocities, contradictions, and pointers to

>> the dirty parts of the bible.  My plan was to laser print these on

>> sheets of sticky-backed label stock, and "laminate" the inside cover of

>> every hotel bible I encountered.

>> 

>> I had to quit that project for the sake of school, but maybe it would be

>> a good time to revive it.  

>> 

>> Thanks for the motivation,

>> john phipps



O'BRIEN

>Defacing Bibles for whatever reason would be immensely juvenile. Your

>assumption that people would not be familiar with these passages or that

>they would share your disdain for them is seriously flawed.

>

>Robert O'Brien 

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