CNN.com - Bibles 'may spread superbug' - Jun 3, 2005
To quote Iain Mair, executive director of Gideons International UK headquarters, this move against Gideon Bibles is indeed "political correctness gone mad". I have never really understood why the presence of the holy book of another faith would be offensive. If, as a Christian, I saw the holy books of other faiths, I actually might pick them up and leaf through them. I certainly would not find them offensive. Why is it that the Bible in particular is offensive? Would people complain so much if the Qur'an alone were placed?
According to the CDC website, "MRSA is a type of staph that is resistant to antibiotics called beta-lactams. Beta-lactam antibiotics include methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin. While 25% to 30% of the population is colonized with staph, approximately 1% is colonized with MRSA." I realize that any staph infection is more dangerous in the hospital, but the CDC site goes on to say that the most frequent infections come from skin-to-skin contact. Sounds to me like the hospitals are not really worried about MRSA at all.
They seem more worried about the spread of salvation.
To quote Iain Mair, executive director of Gideons International UK headquarters, this move against Gideon Bibles is indeed "political correctness gone mad". I have never really understood why the presence of the holy book of another faith would be offensive. If, as a Christian, I saw the holy books of other faiths, I actually might pick them up and leaf through them. I certainly would not find them offensive. Why is it that the Bible in particular is offensive? Would people complain so much if the Qur'an alone were placed?
According to the CDC website, "MRSA is a type of staph that is resistant to antibiotics called beta-lactams. Beta-lactam antibiotics include methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin. While 25% to 30% of the population is colonized with staph, approximately 1% is colonized with MRSA." I realize that any staph infection is more dangerous in the hospital, but the CDC site goes on to say that the most frequent infections come from skin-to-skin contact. Sounds to me like the hospitals are not really worried about MRSA at all.
They seem more worried about the spread of salvation.
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