Finding this book, and only this book, in every hotel room is an example of Christian privilege. Nobody asks you which book you’d like when you check-in. They’ve made that decision for you. They’ve provided you with “the good book.”
I thought they get placed by the Gideons? It’s even a plot point in the original Mission Impossible movie.
That is correct. But why do the Gideons get to place their book and Muslims do not?
I would assume the muslims haven’t tried. It’s weird that these Gideon creatures do
They get given to hotels by the Gideon’s. The hotel staff usually are the ones to place them.
Thanks for clearing up my misconception. This makes sense.
They are. This is misinformation.
It’s not misinformation. The Gideons are a decidedly Christian organization.
Wtf, how is this any sort of privilege? A religious order offers them, so I don’t pay, nor does the hotel, and I have no reason to use it or to benefit from it. As a Christian, I ignore its existence, just like any other hotel functionality I don’t use. I have a feeling they’re there less frequently but I wouldn’t know since I don’t look for them. If there were some other religious book, I also don’t see why it would affect me, and I likely wouldn’t even notice.
How does someone get worked up about this?
You don’t see any Qu’rans, do you?
What about any of the other dozen major world religions? Nope.
As a side note… imagine trying to go find a place to rest away from home and then be proselytized at. Not cool.
I usually vandalize them in way way or another. The book that is.
Same lol.
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It’s very dependent on the region. Where I live hotels either have nothing or both Christian bible and The Book of Mormon (with huge majority having nothing - just two chains having anything). IMO this is not an example of Christian privilege.
Bring a highlighter and some post it notes. Mark it up to emphasize the the horrible parts. The person to actually open it is likely already a Christian. Perhaps you could get someone to question their beliefs if they focus on the rape, murder, slavery, etc. featured in their “good book”.
I’m too lazy to get offended by this but imagine if someone put any other violence-filled book in a hotel room. Unwind by Neal Shusterman anyone? How bout that war novel where there was a graphic skinning scene?
Just use them as toilet paper
Use them as rolling papers for your joints.
Holy rollers
And don’t tear the pages out but leave them in and return the Bible back instead
Lmfao, ITT: “ex” Christians who still enjoy the privileges that gave them, unwilling to admit they had, and still benefit from, said privilege (this being the most typical reaction a privileged person has to their privilege being pointed out).
Clowns
