Hondo's Cabin - I sense an incoming incident.

Campisi Newbies Seattle Posts: 69 Gender:	I sense an incoming incident. May 28^th, 2008, 7:25pm http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/28/bible.burning/index.html This won't go over well.
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Hondo I. Sackett

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Re: I sense an incoming incident.
Reply #1 - May 28^th, 2008, 8:43pm

Dang! I guess its expected. this worlds fallin' apart fast and I see an end comin', believe you me! Woe unto them, for they shall see His wrath in the end times!

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Well the cowboy, like the red man, you had to leave your land
You can't raise your stock and plant your crop in the gumbo and the sand
Greed disguised as progress has put us to the test
They won't be glad until we're gone from our home out in the west
It's sad to see those good old days replaced with greed and doubt
Soon we'll leave the country, the campfire has gone out
Bid 'em all adieu, you can't turn the world about
The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out

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Campisi Newbies Seattle Posts: 69 Gender:	Re: I sense an incoming incident. Reply #2 - May 29^th, 2008, 4:55am I was thinking more along the lines of the standard "death to the Jews" sort of pronouncements.
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Hondo I. Sackett

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Re: I sense an incoming incident.
Reply #3 - May 30^th, 2008, 10:01pm

if they didn't burn Bibles they'd still get the "death to the Jews" junk.

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Well the cowboy, like the red man, you had to leave your land
You can't raise your stock and plant your crop in the gumbo and the sand
Greed disguised as progress has put us to the test
They won't be glad until we're gone from our home out in the west
It's sad to see those good old days replaced with greed and doubt
Soon we'll leave the country, the campfire has gone out
Bid 'em all adieu, you can't turn the world about
The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out

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Campisi Newbies Seattle Posts: 69 Gender:	Re: I sense an incoming incident. Reply #4 - May 31^st, 2008, 1:59am A valid point, I suppose. It seems like it really was an unintended incident, but it sort of makes me wonder where all of those Bibles came from.
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Soda

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Re: I sense an incoming incident.
Reply #5 - Jun 12^th, 2008, 11:48pm

Burning all those Bibles seems hypocritical to me, considering that Judaism and Christianity share a common foundation. I know that the New Testament is not compatible with Orthodox Judaism, but it is no more unbelievable.

Quote from Hondo I. Sackett on May 28^th, 2008, 8:43pm:

Dang! I guess its expected. this worlds fallin' apart fast and I see an end comin', believe you me!

All good things must come to an end. Wink

Quote from Hondo I. Sackett on May 28^th, 2008, 8:43pm:

Woe unto them, for they shall see His wrath in the end times!

From their perspective, they'll be rewarded for remaining faithful unto their own perception God, just as a Muslim fanatic anticipate rewards for killing infidel. As Thích Quảng Đức once fatally illustrated, faith in any religion can be very powerful.

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Campisi Newbies Seattle Posts: 69 Gender:	Re: I sense an incoming incident. Reply #6 - Jun 21^st, 2008, 3:55am I just feel sorry for whomever spent hard-earned money on what would become kindling.
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Soda Ex Member	Re: I sense an incoming incident. Reply #7 - Nov 26^th, 2008, 5:47am Quote from Campisi on Jun 21^st, 2008, 3:55am: I just feel sorry for whomever spent hard-earned money on what would become kindling. Hey, maybe they stole those Bibles.
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Fernando

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Reply #8 - Nov 29^th, 2008, 6:54pm

Strangely enough, those bibles people steal from hotels, are put there to be stolen. Several book publishers print bibles to be stolen because the church pays them to do so. This way the public gets access to the bible for free and if they want a copy, they can take it. Hotel Management has a case load in their basement for replacements and the church comes in once a year to restock their supplies.

Now if a hotel's bible stock were to be stolen, then this is something else...

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Hondo I. Sackett

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Re: I sense an incoming incident.
Reply #9 - Dec 5^th, 2008, 9:48am

might be somethin' else but it's still disrespectful to the Bible.

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Well the cowboy, like the red man, you had to leave your land
You can't raise your stock and plant your crop in the gumbo and the sand
Greed disguised as progress has put us to the test
They won't be glad until we're gone from our home out in the west
It's sad to see those good old days replaced with greed and doubt
Soon we'll leave the country, the campfire has gone out
Bid 'em all adieu, you can't turn the world about
The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out

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Soda

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Reply #10 - Feb 15^th, 2009, 6:20pm

Quote from Fernando on Nov 29^th, 2008, 6:54pm:

Strangely enough, those bibles people steal from hotels, are put there to be stolen. Several book publishers print bibles to be stolen because the church pays them to do so. This way the public gets access to the bible for free and if they want a copy, they can take it. Hotel Management has a case load in their basement for replacements and the church comes in once a year to restock their supplies.

That is very generous. Of course, there is also the urban legend that some generous Christians will leave money (paper notes/bills) in a Gideon's bible to reward people who turn to the Bible in times of need.

http://www.snopes.com/luck/gideon.asp

That's a very generous thing to do, but I sometimes wonder if there are groups of people out there who simply flick through the Bible in order to find the money.

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