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Penn State Removes Bibles From Hotel Rooms

Discussion in 'Latest US & World News' started by Pernicious, Sep 9, 2014.

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  1. Tahuyaman

    Tahuyaman Well-Known Member

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    So, a book you are free to ignore in a drawer you don't open in a room of a building you do not own is the same as someone walking up to your door?
     
    Tahuyaman, Sep 10, 2014
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  2. tecoyah

    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Both involve individuals attempting to indoctrinate....and both involve religion, which I find irritating.
     
    tecoyah, Sep 10, 2014
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  3. Tahuyaman

    Tahuyaman Well-Known Member

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    I still don't know why you object to a book being in your proximity that you don't need to see or read? There's no indoctrination there in any way.

    Indoctrination is what our students are subjected to on virtually every state university campus in America.
     
    Tahuyaman, Sep 10, 2014
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  4. Tahuyaman

    Tahuyaman Well-Known Member

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    How is a book you are free to ignore an attempt at indoctrination?
     
    Tahuyaman, Sep 10, 2014
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    perdidochas Well-Known Member

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    Not a big deal. Anybody with a smartphone or ereader can have a bible at a seconds' notice. Love the way liberals are intolerant bigots who love censorship.

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    The Gideons (a religious group) provide Bibles for hotel rooms at no cost to the hotel. This is just an example of liberal intolerance. Hypocrites.....

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    The Bibles cost the state nothing.
     
    perdidochas, Sep 10, 2014
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    The story says that the hotel in question has two libraries, and that copies of the Bible are available from those libraries.

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    The hotels don't supply the Bibles. A group called the Gideons provide the Bible to hotels at no cost.
     
    perdidochas, Sep 10, 2014
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    perdidochas Well-Known Member

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    If you don't like the Bible, stay out of the dresser drawers in hotel rooms. I hope that doesn't interfere with your sleep....
     
    perdidochas, Sep 10, 2014
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    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    There is a very profound difference between indoctrination and education.
     
    tecoyah, Sep 10, 2014
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  9. Tahuyaman

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    If a group of people representing Islam wanted to put their holy book in hotel rooms I wouldn't care. Of course they wouldn't do that because they believe that book is defiled if touched by an infidel. Plus they don't want me to read it for fear of what I might discover about their faith.

    I am free to read or ignore any reading material placed in a hotel room. I spend nights here and there in a motel room and I don't even know if a bible was placed there. I never noticed.
     
    Tahuyaman, Sep 10, 2014
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  10. Tahuyaman

    Tahuyaman Well-Known Member

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    And our state run universities don't really care about that difference.
     
    Tahuyaman, Sep 10, 2014
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  11. tecoyah

    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    If I were to place a flier of a satanic ritual on your doorstep with the hope you would see it...am I attempting to sway your choice?

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    ....Uh....apparently they actually do according to this thread.
     
    tecoyah, Sep 10, 2014
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    it's still my choice to read it, or ignore.


    I don't read Jehovahs Witness phamplets either.....
     
    JavisBeason, Sep 10, 2014
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  13. Tahuyaman

    Tahuyaman Well-Known Member

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    That does not equal indoctrination. I would throw it in my fireplace. Then, if it bothered me that much I could always post a sign telling people to stay off my property.
     
    Tahuyaman, Sep 10, 2014
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    That's not the issue..
     
    Durandal, Sep 10, 2014
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    I'm not religious, and I don't see the problem with Bibles being in hotel rooms. Are they really hurting anything? If you're a hardcore atheist, or whatever, just don't look at it. No one is forcing you. Either way, I guess this is no big deal. Guests can still bring their own bible(s) if they so desire.
     
    Nator, Sep 10, 2014
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    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Agreed...it is just fun to mess with the Christians once in awhile.
     
    tecoyah, Sep 10, 2014
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    more Christian-ophia.... it's not good enough you don't believe, you must prevent others from seeing it, too. We wouldn't want them making a decision contrary to yours, now would we.
     
    JavisBeason, Sep 10, 2014
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    put the Koran and Mormon bible in there too, what do we care

    not sure why Christians are so incapable of taking their own religious texts with them

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    FreshAir, Sep 10, 2014
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    A book on evolution too, and other sciences. Now everybody should be happy.
     
    Nator, Sep 10, 2014
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    more Christian-ophia.... it's not good enough you believe, you must force others to believe it, too. We wouldn't want them making a decision contrary to yours, now would we.

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    satan too, few of those worshipers out there.. all or none
     
    FreshAir, Sep 10, 2014
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    if you like the bible, bring it along on your next trip
     
    FreshAir, Sep 10, 2014
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  22. Tahuyaman

    Tahuyaman Well-Known Member

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    I don't care. I don't have some allergic reaction when I see a Book of Mormon, or a Koran

    I actually picked up a koran once to browse, but it was in Arabic.
     
    Tahuyaman, Sep 10, 2014
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  23. Tahuyaman

    Tahuyaman Well-Known Member

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    Maybe I will and then maybe not.

    I'm still trying to figure out people object to book being in a night stand drawer, even if they don't know if it's there.
     
    Tahuyaman, Sep 10, 2014
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    Now the left wing types want to say every viewpoint on every subject on earth should be provided and if that's not possible, nothing should be allowed.
     
    Tahuyaman, Sep 10, 2014
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    I find a lot of Christians....who "love the Bible"....don't actually know much about what's in it.


    For instance, many of them think God "loves children"...when in fact, He ordered infanticide.
     
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