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| 713.1 | don't know too much but ... | CVG::THOMPSON | Radical Centralist | Fri Jul 02 1993 19:19 | 8 |
| I think it varies. King James and/or Revised Standard I think. Perhaps
someone who visits a hotel can check. :-) They give out Bibles in the
county jail as well but I'm not scheduled to visit for a while. They
also distribute Spanish Bibles in the jail. The guards tell me those
go fast. I imagine that what ever is the most common Spanish
translation is what they use.
Alfred
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| 713.2 | | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Pacifist Hellcat | Fri Jul 02 1993 19:26 | 5 |
| Don't know much about the Gideon Society, either. I've seen their
Bibles in the nightstands of hotel rooms and hospital rooms.
Richard
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| 713.3 | | CSLALL::HENDERSON | Friend will you be ready? | Fri Jul 02 1993 20:24 | 10 |
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I've attended a couple churches where the Gideons have financed
the building, one church in particular in which their appearance
at the pastor's office unannounced was a direct answer to prayer.
Jim
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| 713.4 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Fri Jul 02 1993 20:29 | 5 |
| As far as I know, the KJV is the only English language Bible the Gideons put
in hotel rooms.
No copyright issue (as with the RSV), so it's much cheaper for wide
distribution.
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| 713.5 | I'll read several chapters of the NIV at a sitting | LGP30::FLEISCHER | without vision the people perish (381-0899 ZKO2-2/T63) | Fri Jul 02 1993 21:27 | 10 |
| re Note 713.4 by COVERT::COVERT:
> No copyright issue (as with the RSV), so it's much cheaper for wide
> distribution.
But I find the King James SO hard to read; whenever I pick
up a Gideon Bible in a hotel room I always put it down before
I've read half a page.
Bob
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| 713.6 | | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Pacifist Hellcat | Fri Jul 02 1993 22:13 | 7 |
| Marc .0,
Why don't you share a little about what the speaker at your church
had to say about the Gideons?
Richard
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| 713.7 | | CSLALL::HENDERSON | Friend will you be ready? | Fri Jul 02 1993 23:56 | 16 |
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I once said I'd never read/own a King James version..but I've found I love it.
I have a little trouble with some of the words, but the Life Application Bible
in King James has a nice little dictionary to help with some of the words..
John 11:39 in King James reads "...by this time he stinketh" refering to
Lazarus :-)
Jim
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| 713.8 | They Seem to be Good People | JUPITR::HILDEBRANT | I'm the NRA | Tue Jul 06 1993 12:56 | 39 |
| RE: .6
O.K. Richard.
The Gideon speaker only talked for about 15 min. During the talk, he
would produce different books of scripture as examples of the books
they distributed. He would pull out a small green book from a suit
pocket....new testament readings....a red book, a white book,
Bibles..etc. The man was a walking library!
Pulling out the different publications from his pockets was a clever
was to keep the attention of the people.
It seems that the different books are for different places.....i.e.
the green books are given out to college students. The red books are
given out to public school children( he talked about the hassel
given to him at times to give out scripture at schools).
The man also said that the biggest place that Bibles are going to
today, is to Russia.....thousands a day.
The society itself seems unique. Each member pays there own expenses
to meetings, travel, etc. In that way, the money given to the
Gideons goes mainly for Bibles/New Testaments. It seems to be an
all volunter setup.
The Gideons passed out some handouts on how to donate money to them
. The basic price is a little less than $5.00 per Bible (they have
there own printing house). You can have Bibles donated in memory
of family members.....
They seem to be convinced that by placing the Word of God in everywhere
they can find...that people will be converted to a Christian life
by the power of the words in the Bible. That is there main driving
force in their society. I.E., the traveler in the motel who just
happens to read the Bible...and then changes his/her life.
I'll send them a donation.
Marc H.
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| 713.9 | | CSLALL::HENDERSON | Friend will you be ready? | Tue Jul 06 1993 17:52 | 11 |
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I know there was a time early in my Christian life where I was quite
thankful there was a Bible placed by the Gideon's in my hotel room. I
used to spend a lot of time on the road, and while I took my own Bible
with me, I found some helps in the Gideon Bible that were a tremendous
blessing.
Jim
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| 713.10 | | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Pacifist Hellcat | Tue Jul 13 1993 21:45 | 8 |
| 713.11 | | JUPITR::HILDEBRANT | I'm the NRA | Mon Jul 19 1993 12:58 | 3 |
| Good question! I haven't any idea.
Marc H.
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| 713.12 | Surround the larger force. | VNABRW::BUTTON | Do not reset mind, reality is fuzzy ! | Mon Jul 19 1993 13:16 | 15 |
| Just guessing but..
Gideon, with 300 men, defeated an army of 32000 Midionites by
using a trick. He divided the 300 men into smaller parties and
posted each one strategically around the enemy. They, thinking
they were surrounded (=outnumbered), fled.
By positioning bibles strategically amongst the "enemy" the
Gideons are, effectively waging "war" on vastly superior
numbers and, they are apparently assured of their ultimate
victory.
Even if the guess is wrong, I see close parallels.
Greetings, Derek.
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