Because the separation of church and state in America is constantly under attack and there’s a large political movement to make America officially Christian.
Just to add an extra dystopian layer: the separation of church and state doesn’t apply, because the prisons are all privately-owned and operated.
theres a singular group of bible-thumpers who do the bible thing in hotels. the hotels dont really give a shit
i like to slip condoms in them
e. the gideons i think…
I met a fundamentalist Christian a few years ago, who just came back from overseas. She flew Air Emirates, an openly Muslim airline. She recounted with a malicious smugness how she replaced the Qurans in the seats with bibles. I asked her what good she thought that would do - did she think such a disrespeful act, done with malice, would encourage them to invite Jesus to their bosom. She frowned heavily and said nothing. I asked why even use an airline you have so much hatred for, why not use a good, clean-living, Christian™ airline? She squirmed and mumbled something about Air Emirates being the cheapest. I asked her if someone replaced her bible with a Quran on a plane, would she be receptive to the message of the Quran, or would she just be offended that someone is being malicious towards her holy book of choice. She looked like she was going to cry, and walked away.
I have a feeling airlines don’t really care either.
ive never heard of holy books on airplanes! not any weirder than hotels i spose.
i kinda think they should all be replaced by the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy
I very seriously considered writing and publishing a book called “Mind Your Own Fucking Business - The Sane Guide To Personal Belief Systems” and aggressively lobbying to have copies of the book in hotels, airplanes etc. It’s probably a good thing I don’t have enough money to act on my ideas, because it would cause me so much more trouble.
haha!
yeah im not that gross. still usable, encouraging a safe, good time
I guarantee you the bibles in question are provided by some local (private) fundamentalist organization. There’s no way the prison is spending its own money on that. So then you’ve got to look at who is the biggest group of religion-peddlers to find your most likely source.
In America at present, the various Christianity-adjacent sects are basically the only religious groups out proselytizing in any significant numbers. I suspect that compared to the Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Seventh Day Aventists, and assorted Evangelical/Baptist types, everyone else is basically just a rounding error.
If experience is any judge, plenty of dudes go into prison and come out Muslim. So Allah must still find them somehow.
Probably sponsored by a local Church. I’m sure that prisons in areas with large Jewish, Muslim, etc. populations have similar programs.
Talking out of my ass here, I can’t imagine it would be that difficult for someone to get a holy book from a different religion, though
Have you never watched the news? Southern states only accept two religions as valid in any context: Christianity and GUNS.
don’t forget capitalism, capitalism is the real religion, and the dollar is it’s icon.
