Is it offensive to throw away a Bible?

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As this is what dd did at school & it caused uproar with another child. Dd didn't get into trouble as such but the whole incident really upset her. She had to be taken out of the class to calm down.

Dd didn't mean any offense, to her it was just a book she didn't want or need as she's read it already (along with Richard Dawkins The God Delusion) so she got rid of it.

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I would not be happy for a child to throw any (holy) book away"

Does the fact that a book is "holy" make it any more worthy of keeping?

I have a huge old family bible that I feel I can no longer pass down, I just don't believe a word of it.

I am going to send it to someone I know in America who is a Christian.

Because it is a cool book (the actual book not what is written in it) so I would like it to carry on, just not in my family.

Tbh I would never throw any book away, just because I couldn't bear it. I would refuse to have taken it in the first place or given it to charity shop, or her friend if she was that bothered for it

I have happily thrown books away. Some particularly offensive national front books came into my posession, with chapters on how to carry out racial attacks and build incendiary devices. The bin was a better place to put them rather than give to charity.

Being 'holy' doesn't make it less/more bin-able.

I was brought up in a house of books and they were treated with respect (no dog-earing, no breaking spines, no coffee cup stains, etc).

I may think more carefully about any disposal of a holy one, but would most likely give it to someone who would appreciate it.

And a family bible - don't give it away! The biggest aethist in our family has ours (not an issue) and it is an amazing piece of work (physically - it is beautiful). It has dates written in it, flowers pressed, letters keepsakes...). A real link to the past. We have all sorts of 'old junk' - brass bedwarmers, servant bells, bomb shells, hand grenade (decomissioned I hope)... All sorts of irrelevant/weird stuff but its all part of the family history.

This is all about bullying isn't it? The 'magical realism' attached to this unwanted 'holy book' (I can't bring myself to refer to it as a gift, because it bloody well isn't ) is a complete red herring and your DDs ex-friend is a spiteful shit-stirring little horror. I think you need to speak to the school about this.

OP, if your DD is being assessed for ASD then I wish you both all the very best, and hope you will get the support she needs to smooth her path through school. My DS has Aspergers, and disposing of a Gideon bible in this way is precisely what he would have done in the same circumstances, without having any understanding of the potential negative interpretations of the act. He is however predicted to get an A level grade A in Philosophy of Religion this summer, in spite of being a confirmed atheist!

Lapsed- I tottaly agree. A bible is a loaded gift.

green the op's dd was off when the Gideons came. She didn't grow it away in front of them.