Banning the Bible
One sign we are living in the last days is people easily taking offense (Matthew 24:10). This certainly holds true with non-Christians not wanting God in any part of their lives whatsoever. Gideon Bibles were recently removed from all 137 rooms of a lodge owned by the University of Wisconsin. This was in response to a complaint filed by the Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation. FFRF Co-President Dan Barker made the following statement, “We atheists and agnostics do not appreciate paying high prices for lodging, only to find Gideon Bibles in our hotel rooms, sometimes prominently displayed, knowing they contain instructions, for instance, to kill ‘infidels’ and ‘blasphemers,’ among other primitive and dangerous teachings.” Barker’s statement is ludicrous for a couple reasons. First of all, high hotel rates have nothing to do with whether or not there are Bibles in the room. Gideons International has been distributing copies of the Bible for free since 1899.