How to dispose of a bible ?
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Given to me by someone whom I do not want to remember in any way ....
together with a cruxifix and rosary bead from the vatican .....
can I just leave it in a church somewhere ? .... just toss it into the bin ? .... burn it ? ... what shall I do ? ....
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You can put it in the Buddhist temple or Buddhist bookshelf at Jurong West st52.
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Originally posted by Fatum:
Given to me by someone whom I do not want to remember in any way ....
together with a cruxifix and rosary bead from the vatican .....
can I just leave it in a church somewhere ? .... just toss it into the bin ? .... burn it ? ... what shall I do ? ....
at the end of the day, a bible is just a printed document. do whatever you want with it. as with anything you want to dispose, one question may be: does anyone want it.... why not give it to a Christian charitable organisation.... of course if it's a catholic bible, many protestant-run organisations may not want it. -
Originally posted by Fatum:
Given to me by someone whom I do not want to remember in any way ....
together with a cruxifix and rosary bead from the vatican .....
can I just leave it in a church somewhere ? .... just toss it into the bin ? .... burn it ? ... what shall I do ? ....
Bring it to any Catholic Church and leave it with the secretariat. The Bible, rosary and cruxifix will benefit someone else....
Tossing into a bin is not nice as you don't see people of any faith throwing their religious objects into the bins.
Not "pang tan" but may be offensive when another Christian see it in a bin or worst when someone else step on it accidentally etc....just want to be sensitive to others (Christians especially).
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wah.. sound like u really not happy with someone =(
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Originally posted by Chin Eng:
at the end of the day, a bible is just a printed document. do whatever you want with it. as with anything you want to dispose, one question may be: does anyone want it.... why not give it to a Christian charitable organisation.... of course if it's a catholic bible, many protestant-run organisations may not want it.there are some personal endearments scrawled inside that has lost all it's meanings ....
it's okay to tear those out I suppose .....
I must rather see it burnt or something though .....
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oh.. fatum.. ex gf or smth...?
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Originally posted by dumbdumb!:
oh.. fatum.. ex gf or smth...?
doesn't matter ... just someone I never want to even remember again .....
I can't wait to get rid of everything from the house ... it's spring cleaning time ....
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Originally posted by Fatum:
doesn't matter ... just someone I never want to even remember again .....
I can't wait to get rid of everything from the house ... it's spring cleaning time ....
ouch.. must hv really hurt.
better ask the catholics on this one, for us, our christian stand is that if you wish to throw, it's alright by us. no pantang wan
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Originally posted by Fatum:
Given to me by someone whom I do not want to remember in any way ....
together with a cruxifix and rosary bead from the vatican .....
can I just leave it in a church somewhere ? .... just toss it into the bin ? .... burn it ? ... what shall I do ? ....
Leave them in the church.
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rara avis?
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you can approach the church and ask them how they deal with it =)
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Originally posted by dumbdumb!:
ouch.. must hv really hurt.
better ask the catholics on this one, for us, our christian stand is that if you wish to throw, it's alright by us. no pantang wan
Catholic = Christians lah.... where got difference? And Catholic also no pantang wan....just not very nice to see a cross in the dustbin right?
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Originally posted by Fatum:
there are some personal endearments scrawled inside that has lost all it's meanings ....
it's okay to tear those out I suppose .....
I must rather see it burnt or something though .....
Anyway, the rosary and crucifix have no writings on it and can be used by someone else so don't waste it....give it to the Church to pass it on to someone else...
Bible, if you want, can burn lor.....as throwing it into a bustbin will still show all the "personal endearments scrawled" right?
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Originally posted by Hellraiza:
rara avis?
what are you talking about ? ...
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Originally posted by Smarty Boy:
Catholic = Christians lah.... where got difference? And Catholic also no pantang wan....just not very nice to see a cross in the dustbin right?
oh, i consider catholic christians, but i said it that way because it's your rosary ending up in the bin, for me, i would feel sad for the person, but protestants don't reverent inanimated objects, so we won't feel like "God is in the dustbin" or smth
besides u all address urself as catholics all the time,
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How about a calendar with jesus printed on it? Can I just chuck it way in a bin without any bad karma?
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Originally posted by ditzy:
How about a calendar with jesus printed on it? Can I just chuck it way in a bin without any bad karma?
yes
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eBay it.
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Originally posted by dumbdumb!:
oh, i consider catholic christians, but i said it that way because it's your rosary ending up in the bin, for me, i would feel sad for the person, but protestants don't reverent inanimated objects, so we won't feel like "God is in the dustbin" or smth
besides u all address urself as catholics all the time,
Even if the rosary end up in a bin, we "won't feel like "God is in the dustbin" or smth" seriously. But just that it is not nice and there can be scandals as a results which is why the Church will request that we dispose it properly (usually wrapped it up before throwing) or let the Church do it.
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Originally posted by Smarty Boy:
Even if the rosary end up in a bin, we "won't feel like "God is in the dustbin" or smth" seriously. But just that it is not nice and there can be scandals as a results which is why the Church will request that we dispose it properly (usually wrapped it up before throwing) or let the Church do it.
haha.. that boils down to individual.. like i know someone who led a rosary group, and changed the mother mary statue, and the entire rosary group complained, said that they had sentimental values with the old one, and that they shouldn't anyhow change.. lol then the leader scolded them said they are not praying to the statue, it doesn't matter, it's all spiritual.
so.. it's hard to say wor, that every catholics don't accidentally view that God is in the inanimated object.
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anyway, just curious.. if someone throws the rosary or cross into the dustbin, why would u be upset? just trying to understand. because they didn't respect the object? or the religion?
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Originally posted by dumbdumb!:
anyway, just curious.. if someone throws the rosary or cross into the dustbin, why would u be upset? just trying to understand. because they didn't respect the object? or the religion?
I view them as a representation of our Christian faith, like our flag. So, some respect must be given (to our faith) ....and if you need to throw them away, wrapped them up. Is that so difficult?
I have never seen a situation like this so I don't know if I will be upset or not.....
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Originally posted by dumbdumb!:
haha.. that boils down to individual.. like i know someone who led a rosary group, and changed the mother mary statue, and the entire rosary group complained, said that they had sentimental values with the old one, and that they shouldn't anyhow change.. lol then the leader scolded them said they are not praying to the statue, it doesn't matter, it's all spiritual.
so.. it's hard to say wor, that every catholics don't accidentally view that God is in the inanimated object.
I am not sure about this cause you said "sentimental values" and I take it as just that. It has nothing to do with thinking that God is in the object.....or do you mean they feel they are "changing god" when objects are changed? Not making sense to me....
Holy Cross has a new crucifix which Fr Richard designed and is now hanging in the middle of the Church. Does that means that they have changed their God? I have not heard about any complaint about that - not even one.....
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Originally posted by Smarty Boy:
I am not sure about this cause you said "sentimental values" and I take it as just that. It has nothing to do with thinking that God is in the object.....or do you mean they feel they are "changing god" when objects are changed? Not making sense to me....
Holy Cross has a new crucifix which Fr Richard designed and is now hanging in the middle of the Church. Does that means that they have changed their God? I have not heard about any complaint about that - not even one.....
yeah they said sentimental value (they hinted that they had attachment to it). but it shouldn't be so what. they got affected in their prayer life because an inanimated object was changed. they don't say it, but it's really easy to fall into the mental trap of idolatry. even for myself.. it's only a thin line in your thought life - from using the statue to remind yourself of a particular person, and to thinking that Jesus is on the cross now.