# Bible stops bullet to the heart. And if he had another one in front of his face he'd still be alive.

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**Created:** [March 25, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-stops-bullet-to-the-heart-and-if-he-had-another-one-in-front-of-his-face-hed-still-be-alive/811154 "2018-03-25T07:50:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-stops-bullet-to-the-heart-and-if-he-had-another-one-in-front-of-his-face-hed-still-be-alive/811154/1 "2018-03-25T07:50:45Z")

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I am certain I have seen a movie in which a sheriff is investigating a massacre. In the process he finds a pastor who took a bullet to the bible, meant for his heart. The sheriff comments along the lines that if he’d had another bible in front of his face, he’d still be alive right now. I thought this was a line from Kill Bill but it does not seem to be. It could be a line in From Dusk Till Dawn but searching for the quote does not return results. Can anyone enlighten me here?

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**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-stops-bullet-to-the-heart-and-if-he-had-another-one-in-front-of-his-face-hed-still-be-alive/811154/2 "2018-03-25T09:14:49Z")

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David Mamet’s [_Heist_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heist_(2001_film)) , with Delroy Lindo and Sam Rockwell:

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> - I’m in this firefight, this trooper, always carried a bible next to his heart, we used to mock him. That bible stopped a bullet.
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> - No shit.
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> - Hand to God, that bible stopped a bullet, would’ve ruined that fucker’s heart. And had he had another bible in front of his face, that man would be alive today

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-stops-bullet-to-the-heart-and-if-he-had-another-one-in-front-of-his-face-hed-still-be-alive/811154/3 "2018-03-25T12:30:36Z")

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Much earlier from _[Support Your Local Sheriff.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065051/quotes)_

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> Jason McCullough: [Fingering dented badge] That must have saved the life of whoever was wearin’ it.
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> Mayor Olly Perkins: Well, it sure would have, if it hadn’t been for all them other bullets flyin’ in from everywhere.