Comment on I always wondered why hotel rooms had bibles

callyral@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  In NA if you check the nightstands you have a good chance of finding one, or at least at that was the case.

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• Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think I’ve seen Gideon bibles in UK and Australian hotel rooms. They’re just there in the drawer, in case you want to read it. Not very in your face. Bit like the iron or the hairdryer.

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• Rusty@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ve only seen Bibles in some US hotels, never seen them in Canada or in Europe.

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  • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah it’s the Gideons that put the Bibles in hotels. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gideons_International

    It’s an international organization, but based in the US so they obviously focus more on the US.

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  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’ve seen them occasionally in Japan hotels as well, but it’s pretty rare

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• sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Flyover states, in my experience

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  • callyral@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh, now that you mentioned it yeah it makes sense that it’s common rural US.

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