February 2010
How many words of god does it take to stop a bullet? We decided to find out. I had come across a big box of Gideons bibles at a garage sale a while back and bought them with this in mind. The results were about as expected, BIBLES DO NOT STOP BULLETS.
Pistols
| Round |
Bullet stopped at |
Total Pages |
Passage (NIV) |
| .22LR |
Luke 1:80 |
< 1220 |
And the child [John the Baptist] grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the desert until he appeared publicly to Israel. |
.38sp
Ruger LCR |
1 + Broke back cover |
1227 |
|
9mm
Sig P226 |
1 + Deuteronomy 30:20 |
> 1227 |
For the lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. |
.40S&W
Springfield XD |
Acts 27:6 |
1,165 |
There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us [Paul] on board. |
| .357 |
1 + Jeremiah 8:15 |
2,022 |
We hoped for peace, but no good has come for a time of healing, but there was only terror. |
.45
1911 |
Psalms 95:10 |
< 1227 |
For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways." (god refering to people who "hardened their hearts" at god) |
| .44 |
Judges 18:2 |
280 |
So the Danites sent five warriors from Zorah and Eshtaol to spy out the land and explore it. |
Black Powder .44
Remington 1858 |
Exodus 10:21 |
73 |
Then the lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness will spread over Egypt—darkness that can be felt." So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days. |
Rifles
| Round |
Bullet stopped at |
Total Pages |
Passage (NIV) |
.22LR
Sig 522 |
Broke back cover |
1227 |
|
.223
AR-15 |
4 + Revelations 5:3 |
> 4908 |
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. |
30-30
Marlin 336C |
2 + Psalms 62:1 |
3,091 |
My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. |
5.45x39
AR-15 |
3 + Psalms 101:5 |
> 3681 |
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure. |
| 30-06 |
6 + Isiah 22:23 |
8,106 |
I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will be a seat [a] of honor for the house of his father. |
7.62x54R
Mosin Nagant m44 |
5 + 2nd Chronicles 29:11 |
6,660 |
My sons, do not be negligent now, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before him and serve him, to minister before him and to burn incense." |
Clearly a rifle round will not be stopped by a mere bible. There's also no common thread on the passages the bullets stopped at. Therefore, the god of the bible does not exist.
The Set Up
I built a wooden bible-holder that held 10 books at a time. It was placed on a saw-horse, and the sandbags were ballast.
Pistol Rounds
Black Powder Pistol
Pistol Bullets
Rifle Rounds
Shotguns
Sand Bags
As a control test, I put sand bags up to protect the bibles. I fired 20 rounds of .223, 20 rounds of .40, and 5 rounds of .38. About 4 bullets got through the sand bags.
Clean Up
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