I'm reading this thread and am squirming in my seat. I say loudly, don't bury it, don't burn it. It's God's HOLY word!! Save it all cost!! Rebind it!! Burying it only reminds me of Jesus' parable on the talents. The servant that buried the talent was condemned. That may be a poor analogy, but putting this in a dark place underground seems like stifling His Word. It needs to be OUT, it's God's message!
And I won't even go there on burning it! (I'm sorry I don't want to anger anyone here, but I want to cry thinking about doing something like that...)
I apologize if I sound harsh, but I just can't see doing these things. Some may say, oh, it's just a book. No, it's not!!! I'm adamant that His Holy Word is what it is, Holy. It's a precious precious gift beyond all words.
Please, have it rebound!! I'm begging!
57 comments
The thread-question that this post is in response to is this:
"My mom in law (She has Alzheimers can't ask her) had saved her grandson's bible. It's a kids bible, old, cover ripped, literally falling apart. I can't bring myself to throw it away, I think it should be treated with respect. I just don't know how. It's not in any condition to give to another person or donate."
Answer: Recycling. Let it become another bible. Or other book. Save the damned (trees).
But, it is Rapture Ready. They would've never thought of that!
So, every single bible that has ever been made should be preserved at all costs? Who's cost? Will you pay for it, Joyb?
Wheren't there lots and lots of Talmuds/Old Testaments in the concentration camps? I have a flicker of a memory of pictures of crates full of books from incinerated inhabitants, in the Anne Frank House (it was 25 years ago, so the memory is sligtly fuzzy). Should we treat the books better than people?
Have Christianity never demanded burnings of other books? They might be as reverent to somebody, as the bibles are to you.
Uhm. . . worshiping the bible just a bit there? I thought God didn't like you worshiping anything that wasn't him. I say put the recyclable parts in the recycle bin. Make a new bible, if you must, without taking another tree to do it.
Wow,
"but I want to cry thinking about doing something like that"
That's because you are an ignorant, superstitious, emotionally-retarded fundie.
"Please, have it rebound!! I'm begging!"
Unless it's a family bible, a rare edition (unlikely since it's one of the most printed books ever) or has some sort of sentimental value then recycle the damned thing.
I can't believe that you people don't see that you worship a book and not a god...
But, I thought you fundies LOVED burning books.
I'll bet it's still good for toilet paper, though, which, honestly, is all it was good for to begin with.
So, all Bibles must always be preserved no matter what the cost in time, lives or treasure? You don't think things through very well, do you?
As a confirmed booklover I can confirm that, sadly, books do reach the end of a useful life. It's upsetting, but some books are simply unable to fill their purpose in life. Heroic measures can and are undertaken to rescue some of these poor creatures - rarity, either as a text or an artefact can provoke an outpouring of support and paper (or vellum, palm leaf, clay tablet etc)-preserving measures. But to push these measures on an old mass-copy children's book is simply cruel. Just let the poor thing perish naturally in the recycling bin.
Oh geez, Bibles are neither rare nor particularly valuable. Unless you have a special family Bible it is not worth the $80-$200 (or more!) to have a Bible professionally rebound and any other needed conservation treatment. I'd love to see these nuts pay to have every Bible given proper conservation treatment.
Some may say, oh, it's just a book. No, it's not!!! I'm adamant that His Holy Word is what it is, Holy. It's a precious precious gift beyond all words.
So a piece of paper with words on has become a Holy Precious Precious Gift.
But Catholics thinking that edible paper becomes yummy Jesus treats is just silly, right?
You are all unspeakably daft.
It's a kids bible
Aren't they all?
But as it's not a KJV1611 shouldn't you be keen to destroy it anyway?
Also, it sounds a bit heretical. Don't Muslims have to bury Qu'rans that are past being read?
I'm not big on burning books, either, but these hysterics are ridiculous coming from someone who would burn things like The Satanic Bible, or children's literature that "promotes teh ghey agenda".
Bibles are a dime a dozen. The one in question sounds like a cheap mass-produced version. Big deal. I've thrown several of those away.
It would be different if it was the beautiful leather bound bible my late grandmother gave me, that would be my last ever gift from her.
"Some may say, oh, it's just a book. No, it's not!!! I'm adamant that His Holy Word is what it is, Holy. It's a precious precious gift beyond all words."
Um... didn't your god say something about worshiping false idols, or having any other gods before him?
Calm down little one, it's avaliable online - see http://www.biblegateway.com/ . Oh, and you can find a copy in just about every hotel in the Western World...
Someone bring the fundy some warm milk, there there, there's more babbles out there for you, see?
Okay, after reading the thread, I have to say, I agree with not burning it. If the book is not badly destroyed beyond the binding, then, by all means, save it as a memento. The son might even appreciate it.
If the book is not salvageable, then it's trash. There are plenty of bibles out there, and have been since the invention of the printing press. I'll bet you anything that more than a few of them have been tossed away at some point. It's not so hard to get another.
1. It's not 'His Word', it's a childrens bible. Meaning that it's a bunch of stories and drawings.
2. Burning can be a respectful way of getting rid of something that you don't want to just throw out.
3. If the grandchild (or his parents) don't want to keep it for sentimental reasons, then there's no reason to keep it.
Considering that you can pick one up for free at any motel or hotel in the western hemisphere, and I'd bet from any preacher or church for the asking, and the stacks of crates of them languishing at the 99¢ stores all over southern California, it's a shame what they do to the trees printing more of this shit.
It's a book. No more, no less.
Personally, I'd keep it, just as it is. It's a family heirloom, a memento, a keepsake. But then, I'm an old softie where it comes to family things. If it doesn't mean anything to you on a sentimental level, it's just a tatty book and might as well be chucked out.
But if we never throw away Bibles, and we keep making Bibles, won't the whole world turn into a stack of Bibles eventually? Its like the "Gray Goo" disaster where nannites destroy the world making more of themselves, just slower and more humiliating.
This sounds very tribalistic. You seem to worship the book itself, yet you show no evidence that you have the slightest idea what it says.
And don't beg. It's unbecoming.
I'm adamant that His Holy Word is what it is, Holy.
OK, but how does that make the paper and ink it was copied onto holy?
I'm adamant that His Holy Word is what it is, Holy. It's a precious precious gift beyond all words.
NO! precious gift! Preciouss-s-s-s! Don't burn precious! You wants to save precious! Fix precious! You don't wants to burn precious in fires of Mount Doom! Wicked, wicked deistses!
It´s one of the worst analogies. With the talents, baby, as Jesus put it clear, you could buy things. Symbolic things are.............symbolic.
Hmm... There's money to be made here.
Go round all the charity shops and buy up any bibles you find, KJVs are best. Then post a youtube video showing the pile of bibles and a quick clip of you wiping a dog's arse with one before setting fire to it in a brazier decorated with satanic symbols.
Then say you'll do the same to another bible every day you don't get $100 through your "donate" button. There's got to be enough Joyb's out there to pull down $15-20k a year easy.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
To post a comment, you'll need to Sign in or Register . Making an account also allows you to claim credit for submitting quotes, and to vote on quotes and comments. You don't even need to give us your email address.
