"correcting" hotel bibles
Farrell Till jftill@midwest.net
Tue, 7 Oct 1997 23:00:25 -0500 (CDT) (00876304825, 199710080400.XAA23699@cdale3.midwest.net)
At 02:31 PM 10/7/97 -0500, Phipps, John wrote:
>
>SUSAN BROWN
>I recently read an article (sorry, forgot where) that said that this is
>still one of the biggest problems. Sometimes people switch boxes,
>putting
>an expensive bible in a box for a less expensive one.
>
>Must be all those secular humanists and atheists. Shame on you
>Mark--put
>those Gideon's back! (Unless it says that you make take them--I've been
>know to highlight some of the grosser passages with my trusty yellow
>marker.)
>
>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.
>
TILL
You and I think alike. I am presently trying to find time to work on a
project like that. The idea occurred to me after I got tired of writing
over and over on the fly leaves of Gideon Bibles some suggested "devotional
readings." A sticker like this would make the task much simpler.
Farrell Till
Skepticism, Inc.
jftill@midwest.net