Where do the gideons get their money from to donate bibles to hotels?
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It is their own money and they do not ask hoteliers to donate or pay - they give theirs in this way.  You could say "they put their money where their faith is"\n\nI was given over 30 Bibles to give to children in a club I ran and there was never any mention of money - they gladly gave.\n\nThey are not a religion - just a group of Christian business men who call themselves Gideons.
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The salvation Army\n\nhttp://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Booth
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I think those are provided free by the Gideons, I am not sure though.
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Take them to the bank that bought out the old one.  They are obligated to make good on the lod banks debts.
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I don't think gambling is in the bible. But being a good steward with what God has blessed you with is in the bible.\nGod giveth and God can take it away.
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Judg. 6: 24 \nThen Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
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probably the salvation army or goodwill
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Please refer http://www.bible.com\n\nYou can also buy it there.
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I'm sure they expect unreasonable amounts, since much of that money goes into the pockets of the people who work there, often times excessive amounts.  That whole 10% thing started way back when...you'd invade a town, take all their stuff and give 10% of it to the King.  It was never intended to be a religious offering, but lo and behold it's ended up that way.  Sure, 10%...I'll take that!\n\nThen they'll make you feel guilty about not giving enough, saying "bad things will happen to you".  \n\nI'd say pick a church that closely matches your beliefs (if you're into all that) and should you choose to give them any money, give what you can afford, not what they're telling you to give them.
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You can probably find one at a bookstore or public library.  Or you could check your telephone directory for a local church and ask for advice on how to find a Bible in your community.\n\nIf you want to download a copy, there are thousands of books (not just Bibles) that you can download from Project Gutenberg at www.gutenberg.org.  The page for the King James Bible is:\n\nhttp://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7999\n\nAlso, there are a number of audio versions of the Bible that you can download here:\n\nhttp://www.audiotreasure.com/#download\n\nFinally, there are a number of organizations that distribute bibles.  The Gideons is one of them:\n\nhttp://www.gideons.org/
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There are several. Look to organizations that are run as religious groups, or who support a cause that is in common with yours. Some examples include the MANY companies that are mormon owned and run, who give countless dollars to mormon schools and BYU.
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God doesn't need the residuals from Bible sales.  There are many people that give Bibles away for free!
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Yes, although he bought them to rescue them from a low-budget European sideshow.  He keeps them tastefully displayed in a mini-museum on his Neverland Ranch compound along with other facsinating oddities such as the Necronomicon Ex Mortis (roughly translated "Book of the Dead") and the famous Ark of the Covenant, which is on loan to him from the Scottish Rite chapter of the Freemasons, the modern descendents of the Knights Templar whom excavated the Ark in the late 15th Century and hid it in Scotland where it stayed at Empath Abbey until being transported to Neverland in 1986.  Jackson himself sometimes sleeps in it to "take off the edge."
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Just steal one from a hotel or a church or something! Jesus will forgive you. isn_'t that what being saved is for. and you'll be saving money!
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http://www.answers.com/endowment%20fund
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The money has the words "IN GOD WE TRUST" printed on it.  When you pick up money off the ground you're receiving a reward from God.  God is providing for you.
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None!  God doesn't need your money.  Want to donate something?  Donate blood, give old clothes to the salvation army, donate your time to a shelter or program like Big Brothers/Big Sisters...you will make a much more positive impact than throwing your money into a plate to cover the church's light bill.