What are your thoughts on the Gideons Bible organization?
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What are your thoughts on the Gideons Bible organization?
I was wondering mainly because I'm wanting to start giving to them and I wonder if it's a good and reputable organization. I'm almost 100% that it is because it's been around way longer than me and it seems to have a very good reputation. I've previously been giving to American Bible Society but I'm growing skeptical of them mainly for the simple fact their organization is located in Washington DC, and to me, anymore if ANYTHING comes out of Washington DC it's pretty much corrupt and crooked. So I wonder if you all highly recommend me making the switch to supporting the Gideons? Thanks and God bless.
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Re: What are your thoughts on the Gideons Bible organization
This article says that the American Bible Society just recently moved its headquarters to Philadelphia, after being in New York for 200 years. Where'd you get the idea it was in D.C.?
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Re: What are your thoughts on the Gideons Bible organization
Bible Societies throughout Western nations distribute Bibles in foreign countries where people can't get Bibles because of poverty or politics. They also translate the Bible into obscure languages in order to spread the Word to all. I think you are making a mistake by suspending your donations to the ABS.
As for the Gideons, I was recently on a trip and I forgot my Bible at home. I was happy to find a Gideon Bible in my hotel room. I read it but I could see that it had never been opened.
(I would also like to say that the first Bible I ever owned was a Gideon Bible which I stole from a hotel.)
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As for the Gideons, I was recently on a trip and I forgot my Bible at home. I was happy to find a Gideon Bible in my hotel room. I read it but I could see that it had never been opened.
(I would also like to say that the first Bible I ever owned was a Gideon Bible which I stole from a hotel.)
FL
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Re: What are your thoughts on the Gideons Bible organization
Furstentum Liechtenstein wrote:Bible Societies throughout Western nations distribute Bibles in foreign countries where people can't get Bibles because of poverty or politics. They also translate the Bible into obscure languages in order to spread the Word to all. I think you are making a mistake by suspending your donations to the ABC.
As for the Gideons, I was recently on a trip and I forgot my Bible at home. I was happy to find a Gideon Bible in my hotel room. I read it but I could see that it had never been opened.
(I would also like to say that the first Bible I ever owned was a Gideon Bible which I stole from a hotel.)
FL
How could you read a bible that was never opened? Must be a Canadian trait then...
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ahhhh...have you been into the medical marijuana? oh, excuuuuuse me! you can buy your pot without a prescription in Colorado...B. W. wrote:
Must be a Canadian trait then...
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OK, as soon as the fog clears, read this: I could tell that the Bible in my hotel room had never been opened because new books make a peculiar sound when opened. That, and they also look & smell new. And they are clean.
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Re: What are your thoughts on the Gideons Bible organization
Thats true but I think what was meant was how could you have read it if it wasnt opened? By you.
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Hebrews 12:2-3 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,despising the shame,and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
2nd Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,lest the light of this glorious gospel of Christ,who is the image of God,should shine unto them.
2nd Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,lest the light of this glorious gospel of Christ,who is the image of God,should shine unto them.
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Re: What are your thoughts on the Gideons Bible organization
All books are unread until opened. Enough said!Storyteller wrote:Thats true but I think what was meant was how could you have read it if it wasnt opened? By you.
Anyway, The American Bible Society is a worthwhile charity. To stop donating money to the ABS just because you think it is in Washington* is bizarre reasoning. The Gideons - blessed be their work - don't have as much impact with the world's poor & destitute as does the ABS. In any event, the Lord loves a cheerful giver, so give where it makes you happy.
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*It isn't in Washington.
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My father-in-law was a long time Gideon.
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Yeah, sorry FL, that was pretty funny ...
Must be a Canadian trait then...
so was your explanation of "new book smell" Trust the past to God’s mercy, the present to God’s love, and the future to God’s providence. -St Augustine
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Have you and B.W. been smokin' up?EssentialSacrifice wrote:Yeah, sorry FL, that was pretty funny ...
Must be a Canadian trait then...
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Hold everything lightly. If you don't, it will hurt when God pries your fingers loose as He takes it from you. -Corrie Ten Boom
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It`s true, new books do have a certain smell and feel to them.Furstentum Liechtenstein wrote:Have you and B.W. been smokin' up?EssentialSacrifice wrote:Yeah, sorry FL, that was pretty funny ...
Must be a Canadian trait then...
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When I list books on Amazon, if I have a book that is new, if I absolutely know it`s new and unopened I`ll list it as new otherwise it has to be listed as like new as you can tell if a book has been flicked through, let alone read, it has a different feel and sound when you open it.
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REPENT THOU Heathen! Thouest knowest that devil weed leads so many to become brain dead minions who can'est read or even know what a book is! That is not'est thou me for beknownst that I oft speaketh Kings James English on Sundays!Furstentum Liechtenstein wrote:Have you and B.W. been smokin' up?EssentialSacrifice wrote:Yeah, sorry FL, that was pretty funny ...
Must be a Canadian trait then...
FL
Besides that...
Colorado was invaded by Californians and west coast libs who drive under the influence... and brought this fine state into modern age to become more Canadian like every day!
We in the USA can't read books that are closed, that is, unless we open them to read them first
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Re: What are your thoughts on the Gideons Bible organization
In all fairness, books can be complicated things . . .
And that, brothers and sisters, is the kind of foolishness you get people who insist on denying biblical theism. A good illustration of any as the length people will go to avoid acknowledging basic truths.Proinsias wrote:I don't think you are hearing me. Preference for ice cream is a moral issue
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Holy Cow, Norwegian Monte Python 
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... well all that's left here is ... officially ... what were we talking about again ?Trust the past to God’s mercy, the present to God’s love, and the future to God’s providence. -St Augustine