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This is apparently the traditional way:<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t burn them. You never, ever burn them.\u00a0 An unwanted holy book, be it Jewish, Christian, Muslim, or any other scripture, can be disposed of humanely and appropriately, but not burned.\u00a0 A holy book is afforded the same respect as a human being in every religious tradition in the world \u2014 except, apparently, the one practiced by one pastor in Florida.\u00a0 You bury them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

via Jon M. Sweeney: How to Properly Dispose of Unwanted Holy Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is apparently the traditional way: You don\u2019t burn them. You never, ever burn them.\u00a0 An unwanted holy book, be it Jewish, Christian, Muslim, or any other scripture, can be disposed of humanely and appropriately, but not burned.\u00a0 A holy book is afforded the same respect as a human being in every religious tradition in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[291],"class_list":["post-8081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","tag-bibles"],"yoast_head":"\nProtocol for disposing of old Bibles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This is apparently the traditional way: You don't burn them. 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