Not too far off...

The Bibles are put into hotels by the Gideons, which was founded by travelling salesmen that wanted to make sure other salesmen would have access to a Bible while traveling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gideons_International

Few years ago I was staying in the motel in Florida and had nothing to do. I'm not religious, but for some reason decided to read the Bible that was in the room. As soon as I opened it, right on the first page there was a used condom covered in blood. I've never opened a single Bible after that.

“Thank you, Mr. Gideon.”

“No, thank you, Mr. Christ.”

Gideons usually distribute them.

Some specific hotel chains, mainly Marriott's, are owned by Mormons and also mandate that the book of Mormon be placed in the rooms too.

Mormon Jesus made this deal too. LDS church gives tons of bibles to hotels worldwide to put their fanfic right next to the original boring version.

Would Jesus be political if he came back to Earth/

Have his second home in Palm Springs and try to hide his worth/

Take money from those poor folks, if he came back again/

And admit he's talked to all those preachers, and say they been a-talkin to him?

Would he wear a pinky ring, would he drive a fancy car/

Would his wife wear pearls and diamonds, would his dressing room have a star?

If he came back tomorrow there's something I'd like to know/

(Would you tell me) would Jesus wear a Rolex on his television show?

• Ray Stevens, "Would Jesus Wear A Rolex on His Television Show?"

I just steal those.

I feel like I can do some gnarly satanic shit with stolen bibles

The US is the only country where I've seen this, and I travelled many countries. Really shows the power of American marketing.

He obviously read, “Art of the deal “.

We had at least one Gideon give a talk at ye olde fundie baptist school I grew up in. The Gideon Bibles are actually free for the taking.

My favourite conspiracy theory is every Gideon bible has a listening device in it and you should put the bible in the safe so the Gideon's don't spy on you. Yes, I always put the bible in the safe. Yes, I leave it in there for housekeeping to find.

I went to one that had the bhagavad-gita in it. It was a nice change of pace.

Supply Side Jesus

Hotels are a scam dreamt up by Big Jesus to sell more Bibles

Serious question, would countries with their own predominant religion also have religious books in their local hotels? Like, do Indian hotels have baghavad gitas on the bedside?

I have never had a Bible come with the hotel room (albeit I've only been to like two or three hotels). Where is this a common thing?

back in my day we had The Book of the Law in every bedside drawer and there was nothing weird about that

Nah, they're for opening a dimension door:

There are seven words in every Gideon’s Bible – y’know, the one they stuff in every hotel room – that can’t be found in any other bible. If you repeat those seven words to yourself while grasping the doorknob to your room, the door will open to any hotel room in the world. Of course, if you want to control where you’re going, you’ll need to know the Gideon’s Key – one more inserted word, unique to each copy, which acts as an index for each room.

―creepypasta

Looks like AI slop.