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Being Completely Honest, Is There A Bible Or Cross Anywhere In Your Home Right Now?

For those of you who didn't know, I have only been Agnostic for 2.5 years now. I guess I am still in a transition from Christianity.

I will be completely honest when I say that I do have one bible still in my home that I have had for years as part of my décor in my living room. Of course it is here merely as a decorative accent but I have now bagged it for garbage.

Please tell me if you have these things still in your home.
No need to be shy or embarrassed unless you are still doing sunday mass and paying Tithe......lol

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I have a bible on my bookshelf. It is over 100 years old and belonged to my grandmother as a child and still has her handwritten notes in it.

It has no religious significance to me, but does have sentimental value.

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I have a small cross hanging on the wall of my Den taken from my mother’s casket at the time of her burial.

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I have a the bible I got for a graduation gift on the reference book shelf, a picture of J and some lambs I don't recall where it would have come from, and a few rosaries in drawers around the house.

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I have one

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I do but all of the crosses are upside down! Goes with the metal!! \m/

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I think there might be a New Testament in modern English around somewhere. And actually we have, now I think of it, quite a stunning piece of religious artwork, depicting Christ on the cross flanked by two thieves. This is a masterpiece of marquetry, but it is tucked away in a wardrobe (it used to hang in my wife's parents' home). I admire the craftsmanship but detest the symbolism. I don't think my wife really wants to look at it, either.

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No crosses or anything like that, though I do have some books on Buddhism, witchcraft, paganism, and satanism. I do wear a pentagram necklace, as a reminder to myself that not everyone deserves my kindness and some of the freeloaders in my life need to be kicked to the curb.

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I am Commandant of the local Marine Corps League (MCL) and carry around a lot of their gear. We use the bible to indicate if the meeting is in session or not as part of the tradition and ritual. I am a fan of tradition, and of ritual, as they often bring people together to focus on common goals. Our MCL does not make an issue of you being "of the faith" or of any faith, and it is ok with me to respect the deep beliefs of others as long as they respect mine and do not force their beliefs upon me. They have elected me as their leader, so it does work sometimes. I also have Norse symbols (my heritage), Indian symbols (collectibles), and others. I chose not to "worship" them, as they are just objects.

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they are here but not mine

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Only in my Art History books.

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Let me add that it is a pocket bible handed out in WWII to servicemen who wanted one. It belonged to my great uncle Harold and on the first page is a note from him saying if he didn’t survive that the Bible was to go to my late father. My aunt sent it to me so it’s more of a family memento rather than a religious object.

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I have a bible in my home. I also have young's analytical concordance to the bible, Josephus the essential writings, the dead sea scriptures (english translation) by Theodore Gaster, Satan Is Alive and Well on Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey and The Buddha and his Teachings by Narada Mahathera. I also have another book of fairy tales called Dianetics by L.Ron Hubbard. In my opinion you can't know about a thing if you don't have the measure of it (including all sides). As a footnote I still have sixty of my college books.

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My middle child is teetering on the edge of Christianity. He has a couple of bibles in his room. I also have a few of my hubby’s Norse nicknacks.

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I have a planter that I got from Beni Hana in Key West shaped like a Buddha. It contained a rum drink when I got it. Does that count? I also have an Aztec carving from Cozumel I bought as a souvenir. No bibles or crosses, though.

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Oh god yes. My house is chock full of art of every description. Books on all religions, mythologies, and psychologies, images of deities and demons, the first Bible I was issued by the Baptist church I was raised in, an ancient family Bible with dates of births and marriages, etc., and the last one I was issued by the Mormon Church before I finally got all of that kind of psychosis out of my system (I have a much better kind of psychosis now!) and a cross my closest Christian friend custom made for me from a section of bovine vertebrae…

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I think I have an old bible from when I was a kid packed away somewhere.

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I have multiple translations of the Bible, a Koran, and Book of Mormon. Reference material, you see.

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I have a Bible with my name printed on the cover that I was given 50+ years ago by my father. Like listening to Christmas Church music it is a reminder of someone I loved.

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I have no Bibles in my home but I have some earrings that have crosses on them because they were really popular in the 1980s LOL.

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Oh Crap, I answered NO and then remembered I have a 'stage' shirt that has a drawn symbol of a cross using 2 Fender guitars' with "Rock n Roll Religion" emblazoned on the back. Does that count??

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I love religion personally. I study it. So I have Celtic crosses, Christian crosses, and Greek symbols around my place.

I also have a tattoo of a cross.

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Yes, I have a couple of Bibles in my home. I was a Jesus freak in my earlier years until I found by experience that it doesn't work. I used to be interested in hidden meanings in the Bible but now I don't need that stuff. After having original texts along with English versions on my computer at one time and finding that they didn't match up, I got suspicious. That's to say nothing of the inconsistencies throughout the book. For a long time now I believe that I am responsible for me and that no one else can remove my 'sins' (whatever they are). That all said and done, I am a church organist with quite a bit of experience and some of the behaviour I've observed in the name of Christianity makes me shudder. I'm there because I like to play organ but they can keep their silly ideas.

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I'm a non believer with two bibles. One older than my mother and the other is "the message" it's the old and New Testament translated into contemporary English. I also have the Book of Mormon

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NO. I did find one in our funeral home (the warehouse location where we keep caskets etc) I think we had it along with some antiques we have stored. No idea where it came from, it is NOT on display, we don't even order or sell "cross or religious jewellery" We just don't want it around. We sell wind chimes that contain capsule for cremated remains (ashes) and I won't even order the one that has the same notes as "Amazing Grace" LOL,,, can't stand to have any religious ANYTHING in the funeral home. lucky for us, we live in Canada where it's not a big deal.

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Certainly there is a bible (more than one in two different editions), the book of Mormon, some Hinduistic literature, Buddha's teachings, Scandinavian, Greek, Mesoamerican mythologies... At some point I will add the Quran to them and perhaps other religious texts. Also my library contains some quantity of political books from all sides of the spectrum.
The more you know, the easier to define your own standing, while avoiding being ultimately influenced by just one source.

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