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Homebuilders Encase Bible In Every House's Foundation
The Denver Channel ^ | 8/5/05

Posted on 08/05/2005 1:17:37 PM PDT by Crackingham

Some Texas homeowners are literally standing on the promises of God.

That's because every home built by Possibility Custom Homes has a Bible encased in its concrete foundation.

James Wallace said he and co-owner Andy Eckert believed that if they built their company on a godly foundation, then God would bless it.

Building homes with a Bible in the foundation isn't something they advertise, but they don't hide it either. Wallace said they explain to buyers why they do it and so far haven't run into any opposition. But if someone were opposed, he said they wouldn't do it.

Eckert said, "We don't force our beliefs on anybody."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bible; homebuilders; ministry
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1 posted on 08/05/2005 1:17:38 PM PDT by Crackingham
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Of course, if this was a Koran, the Lib media would accuse them of Koran Abuse and demand an investigation.


2 posted on 08/05/2005 1:19:02 PM PDT by konaice
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To: Crackingham

Interesting symbolism. I will assume it isn't superstition.


3 posted on 08/05/2005 1:19:46 PM PDT by Irish Rose (Don't make Me come down there. ---God)
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To: Crackingham
Goofy.

FMCDH(BITS)

4 posted on 08/05/2005 1:21:05 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: Crackingham

We put some of our products into our building foundations, software group has our software package in the new software building...


5 posted on 08/05/2005 1:21:07 PM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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To: Crackingham

This is idolatry.


6 posted on 08/05/2005 1:21:48 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: Crackingham

And by the way, Christ is the solid rock, not the Word.

Christ speaks to us through the Word, but the Word is not the source of life. He is.


7 posted on 08/05/2005 1:22:26 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: Crackingham

Nice intentions I suppose, but what good is a Bible you can't read? I would rather they donate those Bibles to someone who doesn't own one.


8 posted on 08/05/2005 1:23:17 PM PDT by inkling
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To: Crackingham

Build on solid rock. What a great idea.


9 posted on 08/05/2005 1:23:44 PM PDT by dennisw ( G_d - ---> Against Amelek for all generations)
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To: Crackingham

Standing On The Promises of God.


10 posted on 08/05/2005 1:23:59 PM PDT by N. Theknow (If Social Security is so good - why aren't members of Congress in it?)
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To: Crackingham

Sounds like an Ad gimmick-- the value is not in having a Bible in the foundation of a home but the foundation of ones heart.IF there is a Bible in ahome that is never studied and applied then it is of no value at all.And that seems true of too many American homes already given the
Barna Research et all.


11 posted on 08/05/2005 1:24:15 PM PDT by StonyBurk
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To: Crackingham
Faith is one thing, but this seems more like idolatry or, in the original sense of the word, fetishism (fetish: "an object regarded as having magical power; talisman"). But I guess that seems to be a popular thing.
12 posted on 08/05/2005 1:25:31 PM PDT by Ichneumon
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To: Crackingham

Better than what those mafia construction companies put in the concrete.


13 posted on 08/05/2005 1:25:40 PM PDT by Feiny (Practice random and senseless acts.)
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To: Crackingham

Well it beats all of the beer cans and broken tools that my old man and his buddies left in the walls when he built his garage.


14 posted on 08/05/2005 1:25:41 PM PDT by exile (Exile - Helen Thomas tried to lure me into her Gingerbread House.)
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To: Crackingham

There used to be a "Glory to God" auto repair shop in Hillsdale Michigan.


15 posted on 08/05/2005 1:25:53 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
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To: Crackingham

Put in a ham sandwich or a slab of bacon too and don't tell until after the new owner moves in.


17 posted on 08/05/2005 1:28:21 PM PDT by One Proud Dad
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To: rwfromkansas
In large portions of Bolivia, people bury a dried llama fetus in new houses.

Different cultures, different idols...

18 posted on 08/05/2005 1:28:24 PM PDT by ChicagoHebrew (Hell exists, it is real. It's a quiet green meadow populated entirely by Arab goat herders.)
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To: Crackingham

Incidentally, if someone did this with the Koran it would be taken as a grave insult by all of Islam.
1) feet are dirty
2) you can't place yourself above God, especially not to walk on him.

I'm actually agnostic, but even I think its a little insensitive (without meaning to be so) to have people walking around on top of your holy book.


19 posted on 08/05/2005 1:28:45 PM PDT by mudblood
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To: Crackingham
What about the separation of Church and Slate?
20 posted on 08/05/2005 1:32:48 PM PDT by CasearianDaoist
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