{"id":26492,"date":"2012-03-23T12:23:21","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T17:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/?p=26492"},"modified":"2012-03-18T18:24:43","modified_gmt":"2012-03-18T23:24:43","slug":"gideon-bibles-in-your-hotel-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2012\/03\/23\/gideon-bibles-in-your-hotel-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Gideon Bibles in your hotel room"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

How did they get there?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Because the Gideons put them there! The Gideon Bible is not some special version or translation of the Bible that hotels really like (the books are usually plain old King James Versions); they\u2019re named for the group that distributes them\u2026.<\/p>\n

The Gideons don\u2019t go room to room themselves, slipping the books in nightstands like Bible elves. When a hotel opens, local Gideons members will present a Bible to the hotel\u2019s general manager in a small ceremony and then give enough books for each room and some extras to the housekeeping staff for distribution. In addition to hotel rooms, the Gideons also give Bibles to military bases, hospitals, nursing homes, prisons and to students on college campuses.<\/p>\n

Each Bible handed out is free of charge, and the project is funded entirely by donations to the group. The Gideons will also replace any books that go missing or get worn out, and the group says that the books have a six-year life expectancy, on average. They don\u2019t get bent out of shape when people ignore the \u201cthou shalt not steal\u201d rule when it comes to the Bibles, either. They\u2019d rather you just take the book if you need it that badly.<\/p>\n

Based on the success of the Gideons\u2019 Bible project \u2014 the group\u2019s own statistics claim 25% of the people who check into a hotel room will read the Bible placed there \u2014 other religious groups have begun distributing their own free literature to hotels. The Marriott hotel chain, founded by a Mormon, places the The Book of Mormon in many of its rooms, and many hotels also offer Buddhist<\/a>, Hindu, Christian Scientist or Scientologist books along with the standard Gideon Bible.<\/p>\n

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How did they get there? Because the Gideons put them there! The Gideon Bible is not some special version or translation of the Bible that hotels really like (the books are usually plain old King James Versions); they\u2019re named for the group that distributes them\u2026. The Gideons don\u2019t go room to room themselves, slipping the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[456],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible"],"yoast_head":"\nGideon Bibles in your hotel room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How did they get there? Because the Gideons put them there! 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