Whats the reason that there's a bible in every hotel and motel room?

Good question.


The bible is placed there by the Gideons. It's a long story but here goes..


all of these bibles come from the same place -- The Gideons. An evangelical organization founded over 100 years ago by two traveling salesmen, Gideons International now distributes more than 59 million bibles every year. That's about one million every week, or 112 per minute. That's a lot of Word.





According to its web site, Gideons International is the ';oldest Christian business and professional men's association in the United States of America.'; The two founders, John Nicholson and Samuel Hill, met while sharing a room in the over-crowded Central Hotel in Boscobel, Wisconsin. They named their association after the biblical figure who submitted himself to the will of God, regardless of his own judgments.





Initially conceived as a Christian organization of ';traveling men,'; in 1908 the group dedicated itself to providing a bible for every hotel room in America, a step towards fulfilling their mission of ';distributing the Bible in the human traffic lanes and streams of everyday life.'; As the numerous copies of the book found in hotels and motels across the country can attest, they've pretty much completed their goal.





Besides placing the Bible in hotels, the Gideons also provide the ';Good Book'; to nursing homes, domestic violence shelters, schools, prisons, as well as the military, law enforcement personnel, firefighters, and EMTs.Whats the reason that there's a bible in every hotel and motel room?
Not sure a very interesting question..Would like 2 know the answer on this 1 as well lolWhats the reason that there's a bible in every hotel and motel room?
The Gideons put them there just like the mormons sometimes put the Mormon's Book there. If you don't like it don't read it, don't be protesting about anything.
Because that relgion can afford a trillion bibles.
well, those hotels just do as the romans do....so, when one hotel does that every1 follos
They get them for free.............
There might be a bible in every hotel and motel room in America, but almost never in Korea. It's because America is such a Christian country.
They actually have hidden recording devices in them. Since most people don't use them, they don't know about this.
It goes to show, God is everywhere!
It's a deterrent to keep people from committing suicide. A lot of people who kill themselves tend to do it in Hotels/Motels because they don't want their families to find their body in that state.
because the Gideon Society gives itself that responsibility.