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zer0vector
15th October 2003, 05:35 PM
Excuse the rant, but this really pissed me off today.

I walk a total of maybe 200 yards from my office to the building where I have class, and I had one of the little green bible thingies shoved in my face no less than four(4) times. Does anybody make money off these? Do they actually expect to convert a large number of college students, with their easy to tear pages and ridiculously small print? Or are they perhaps just doing out of the goodness of their hearts?

Again, apologies for ranting. I'm off to the little green bible barbecue we're having out back...
Aoidoi
15th October 2003, 05:47 PM
As far as I can tell the people who hand them out haven't read it, so I rather doubt they expect you to. :)
UnrepentantSinner
15th October 2003, 05:56 PM
Three words:

Shipwreck
Toilet
Paper
arcticpenguin
15th October 2003, 06:15 PM
I think it's just the New Testament, not the whole Bible. I have always been tempted to accept the book and discard it in the nearest waste receptacle, but I've never actually done that.
UnrepentantSinner
15th October 2003, 06:18 PM
Originally posted by arcticpenguin
I think it's just the New Testament, not the whole Bible. I have always been tempted to accept the book and discard it in the nearest waste receptacle, but I've never actually done that.

They have Psalms and Proverbs in there as well.
EdipisReks
15th October 2003, 06:40 PM
the hand those out at my university, too. i can't stand it. when people offer them to me, i usually say "sorry, i don't believe in deception". that is my usual line to the damn missionaries on campus, too.
Dorian Gray
15th October 2003, 06:52 PM
On campus I usually head for the nearest handicapped person and tell them "That guy wanted me to tell you that your handicap is a punishment from God for being such a sinner and to give this to you." Then the massive fallout results in the entire evangelistic team being booted from the campus.

And in fact, I have heard quad screamers actually say that, so it's not that much of a stretch.
calladus
18th October 2003, 02:26 AM
People pass out bibles on my campus too. I usually take all that are shoved in my face.

I'll browse it to see how they worded different passages, and and then shelve it with the rest of my bible collection.

So far I've waved off getting second and third copies. But I can't help but think that the mini-bibles would be just the right size to keep my ceramic pots off of my cement patio during the summer heat.
Mercutio
18th October 2003, 09:20 AM
Originally posted by arcticpenguin
I think it's just the New Testament, not the whole Bible. I have always been tempted to accept the book and discard it in the nearest waste receptacle, but I've never actually done that. I have. It's fun--I really recommend it, but only if the receptacle is within just a few feet of the distributor. Otherwise the effect is lost.
geni
18th October 2003, 09:27 AM
No bibles on campus but we do get the hare krishia people from time to time
Yahzi
18th October 2003, 01:37 PM
Originally posted by EdipisReks
the hand those out at my university, too. i can't stand it. when people offer them to me, i usually say "sorry, i don't believe in deception". that is my usual line to the damn missionaries on campus, too.
I always told them I was getting a degree in philosopy, so I was professionaly agnostic.

:D
T'ai Chi
18th October 2003, 02:07 PM
I took it, read it, mentally kept the parts I liked, and discared the rest... just like they do.
jan
19th October 2003, 04:27 PM
Originally posted by UnrepentantSinner


They have Psalms and Proverbs in there as well.

That means the good parts are still missing.

Originally posted by geni
No bibles on campus but we do get the hare krishia people from time to time

My experience with them is: the first book, an incredibly dull translation of the Bhagavad-gītā (not the most interesting part of the Mahābhārata, a bit like a copy of the bible with only the proverbs in it) is free, but they want you to pay for the next book.
jim_scotti
19th October 2003, 10:00 PM
Originally posted by T'ai Chi
I took it, read it, mentally kept the parts I liked, and discared the rest... just like they do.

If I did the same thing there wouldn't anything left when I was done....
Abdul Alhazred
19th October 2003, 10:16 PM
Originally posted by jan
That means the good parts are still missing.


I'd like to see an abridged Bible with just the good parts.

Abraham selling his wife to Abimelech. David buying Saul's daughter for two hundred Philistine foreskins. Adnan raping his sister. etc.

You know, the hot stuff.
Dorian Gray
19th October 2003, 11:05 PM
How about a video

"God Gone Wild"
jan
20th October 2003, 10:43 AM
Originally posted by Abdul Alhazred


I'd like to see an abridged Bible with just the good parts.

Abraham selling his wife to Abimelech. David buying Saul's daughter for two hundred Philistine foreskins. Adnan raping his sister. etc.

You know, the hot stuff.

Perhaps that's the way those green abridged versions are made: the just keep the good stuff and give the rest away for free.