“I fear we are just about where the Roman Empire was in A.D. 409.”
Well we’ve not cashed in the Republic yet. Probably just a matter of time.
>>What a disgusting and wretched trend. I fear we are just about where the Roman Empire was in A.D. 409.<<
I’ve know some Gideons. They used to come through town where my Grand Daddy had been preacher and where I still hung around the church with the new preacher (we were both model rail roaders)
The first time I met a Gideon, I was all excited - I thought he would give me a Bible. I had a dozen Bibles but not a Gideon Bible.
Turns out he didn’t give out Bibles - he sold Bibles to small churches that he then promised to place in motels. They were kind of over priced and talking to him he wasn’t particularly religious.
He was a Bible salesman. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
But I don’t see where one particular type of business has more obligation than others to work with this particular religious group.