Can A Bible Stop A Bullet? DEBUNKED #moviemyths #debunked

Can a bullet be stopped by simple pocketed items like a bible, a notebook, a pocket watch or even your beloved phone? A trope that has appeared in multiple movies since the days of Hitchcock and mocked by the likes of The Simpsons, but how true is it? How does the science hold up? Let’s find out.

Can a bible stop a bullet?
Can a book stop a bullet?
What things can stop a bullet?
Can a phone stop a bullet?
Bulletproof bible?
Pocket protector,

CREDITS:
Stu K - Researcher | Illustrator | Producer | Presenter
Jacob T - Researcher | Writer
Ross G - Illustrator | Editor | Animator
Robin M - Guest VO

MUSIC CREDITS
Epidemic Sounds

SOURCES:
TV Trope Info
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PocketProtector

EXAMPLES
Richard Baxter - ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
(https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A27006.0001.001/1:8?rgn=div1;view=fulltext)
(https://triviumpursuit.com/free-soldiers-pocket-bible/)
Sam Houston Jr. - U.S CIVIL WAR
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/bibles-stopping-bullets.93779/
https://heritagepost.org/american-civil-war-biographies/saved-by-his-bible-sam-houston-jr
https://digital.library.shsu.edu/digital/collection/p16042coll2/id/189 (Different Bibles?)
John Hicks Kelly - U.S CIVIL WAR
https://dchcblog.net/2016/05/31/the-bible-that-stopped-a-yankee-bullet/
William Preston Mangum - U.S CIVIL WAR
http://armchairgeneral.com/bibles-and-bullets.htm
Theodore Roosevelt - ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, 1912
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2019/07/the-pocket-items-that-saved-the-life-of-theodore-roosevelt/
George Vinall - FIRST WORLD WAR
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/the-world-war-one-soldier-whose-bible-stopped-a-bulletexecute1/130863.htm
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2014/1-august/features/features/a-lantern-unto-their-feet
Elvas Elliot Jenkins - FIRST WORLD WAR
http://malcolmsquirks.blogspot.com/2015/02/yes-virginia-bible-really-did-stop.html
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - FIRST WORLD WAR
https://montrespubliques.com/new-long-reads/three-stories-that-every-watch-lover-should-read
James Doohan - SECOND WORLD WAR
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/james-doohan-d-day/
Mauricio Zanes Condori - MUGGING, BUENAS AIRES, 2009
https://topnews.in/bible-stops-bullet-and-saves-pastors-life-2172361
https://www.smh.com.au/world/born-again-psalm-book-saves-pastor-from-bullet-20090529-bpsf.html
Ricky Wagoner - “SHOOTING”, 2014
https://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/25/us/ohio-bible-stops-bullet/index.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/20/us/ohio-bible-stops-bullet/index.html
Ohio woman - SHOOTING, 2016
https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2016/05/religious_painting_stops_bulle.html
Rabbi Zeev Katzenellebogen - SHOOTING, 2021
https://www.israel365news.com/349836/miracle-in-jerusalem-tefillin-stops-bullet-from-hitting-him-in-heart/
Ukrainian soldier - UKRAINE WAR, 2022
https://www.citychurch.ee/miracle-in-ukraine-the-bible-in-the-pocket-of-a-ukrainian-soldier-stopped-the-bullet/

TESTING
Mythbusters tests
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PocketProtector
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL7xGGryAMQ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2004_season)#Episode_16_%E2%80%93_%22Ancient_Death_Ray%22
boxoftruth.com tests
https://www.theboxotruth.com/threads/the-box-o-truth-31-the-books-o-truth.355/
Oklahoma Police Department tests
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2018/03/02/oklahoma-police-department-fires-guns-into-textbooks-to-see-if-they-can-stop-bullets-really/
https://ktul.com/news/local/oklahoma-police-chief-textbooks-can-protect-students-during-school-shooting

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