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grayman
24th September 2007, 07:32 PM
A Texas Pontiac dealer (http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2007/sep/06/car-dealership-ownerstands-behind-the-word/) wants to prove he's a good Christian by including a Bible with every car sold. Derek Williamson knows there's a certain stigma attached to car salesmen.

But he wants his customers to know he's a good, honest Christian man.

He's driving his point home by putting a Bible in every vehicle he sells at his dealership, Premier Pontiac Buick GMC in Seymour.

"A lot of people say, 'Why do you give away a Bible when you sell a car? That don't fit.' But it's just the way we do business," he said.

Williamson puts an "Owner's Manual for Life" in each vehicle that leaves his lot. The book is essentially a copy of the New Testament


ETA: Meant to put this in R&P. If a mod would be so kind as to transfer it there.

Alareth
24th September 2007, 07:36 PM
Is the man a Gideon?

Has anyone actually even seen a Gideon? How do they afford all those Bibles?

Hamradioguy
24th September 2007, 07:41 PM
Wonder what would happen if a purchaser asked if he could swap out the Bible for a copy of the Qur'an? (Oh, wait. Texas! Bible belt! Guns! ....never mind.)

Hokulele
24th September 2007, 07:43 PM
Texas. Do they offer a Spanish language version as well?

grayman
24th September 2007, 07:45 PM
Is the man a Gideon?

Has anyone actually even seen a Gideon? How do they afford all those Bibles?

I honestly thought Marc Bolan was singing, "Bang a gong, Gideon".

bobhope2112
24th September 2007, 07:45 PM
Is the man a Gideon?

He's a daytime adulterer that swipes the bibles from his motel room.

Talby
24th September 2007, 08:51 PM
Seems very considerate of him. I can always use more toilet paper.

AgeGap
25th September 2007, 01:27 AM
I wonder if he has read this bit. "Thou shalt not bear false witness."
"Is this car a good runner. Remember, Jesus is watching."

You couldn't buy the amount of free publicity this would have generated.