A foreword to the Gideon Bible?
As you may or may not be aware, Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort published an edition of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species with a fifty-page creationist introduction, including such gems as
“Adolf Hitler took Darwin’s evolutionary philosophy to its logical conclusions.”
“…Darwin was a racist.”
“Darwin believed that women were not as competent as men, and less intelligent than men, but they were better than a dog.”
“The legacy of Darwin’s theory can be seen in the rise of eugenics, euthanasia, infanticide, and abortion.”
“DNA… presents a formidable challenge to Darwinian evolution.”
H/T The Don’t Diss Darwin Institute.
As you may or may not be aware, the Gideons International place copies of the Bible or the New Testament in hotel rooms across the world – close on one and one-half billion since their foundation in the early twentieth century. I have to mention, as it’s International Women’s Day, that the Gideons always refer to their members being “businessmen and their wives” or similar.
How about we take a leaf out of Cameron and Comfort’s book (well – not quite; we’d be honest) and come up with a simple, short atheist introduction to the Bible that travelling atheists can print out and put inside any Bibles or other holy texts that they find in their hotel rooms?
Any takers?
xD.
March 9th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Excellent idea, Dave.
I would be up for that, even though I stay in hotels about ooh, once evry three or four years.
March 9th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
I usually find myself in a hotel once every 1-2 months. Its not much, but I’d definitely be up for this!
Keep us posted!
March 15th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
didn’t someone do more or less that a couple of years ago – the one that sticks in my mind is the Book of Revelations with an introduction by Will Self, although I didn’t buy it because, well, Bible.
March 15th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Not sure – I’ll try to dig it out. Would appreciate it if you could find out any more about it!