Remember yesterday when I asked you about how if you wanted
that dark sense of foreboding that everything is about to go pear-shaped and it
is going to hurt like hell when it does?
Remember how I said that the best way to do so was to be sliding
helplessly under an also-sliding pickup truck?
Yeah, I found another way to get that feeling. Start a retail store, and then let some idiot
in your book department label the Christian Holy Bible as “fiction” and thenstock it in the “fiction” section. That’ll
about do it.
A pastor found this at a Costco store. He took a picture, then tweeted the picture
to his followers.
As is common with these things, the picture was then
re-tweeted and re-tweeted again, until it became a bit viral, in the same way
that a woman can be a “bit pregnant” or a person a “bit dead”.
Of course, you get two sides to the debate, as always. One on hand, you’ve got the religious folks
with their panties in a wad, unable to take any criticism or joke or honest
mistake without making it seem like an attack on their faith:
@schneid52 @calebwilds calling historical documentation of the Love between God and Man "FICTION" is NOT NOTHIN ! IT'S INSUTING & PREJUDICE
Why is it that
whenever I see that someone has posted something – anything, really – in all
caps that I dismiss said person as being a dim-witted twatwaffle without even
reading what they posted?
very disappointed in costco stores. a bible should NEVER be in the fiction section. my faith is not "fictional" thank you. #smh
@calebwilds DOES Costco sell The Koran under the genre of "FICTION" I WONDER ???
Not as bad, but
representative of the overall “they are out to destroy the sanctity of the
largest, most powerful religion on Earth that also has a persecution complex
for some fucking reason!” vibe of the whole thing
And, on the other hand, you’ve got the self-avowed atheists
thumping their chests about how much smarter they are than everyone else and
how the Holy Bible IS like, totally fiction, you guys!
@Southerngal1963 @schneid52 @calebwilds so fucking sick of religious fucks taking offence to every fucking thing, get over yourself grow up
Ignorant twatwaffles
exist on both sides of the debate
I thought it very refreshing that the pastor, himself, who
originally tweeted the picture, has called for restraint and moderation in the
response to this. I don’t imagine he
ever thought this would get so out of hand, and based on some of his Twitter
pics, he probably thought it was kind of funny and only originally tweeted this
to let his congregation in on the joke.
No message. No
moral. Just a funny story about a funny
incident that I’m thinking Costco is really wishing hadn’t happened at this
point.
In my experience, it's the atheists who are offended at every little thing. Just check all the lawsuits to remove anything religious from their view.
ReplyDeleteI am blessed (pun) in that my religious friends are philosophical and would laugh at the misplaced Bible.
My opinion is, and always has been that people at horribly on both sides.
DeleteNeither side is willing to admit or accept that there are intelligent people on both sides, who instead of being evil incarnate just simply disagree with them.
I agree that it was very heartening to see that the pastor had a good sense of humor about this, as he, and everyone else really should have.
I'm afraid that I don't have a lot of sympathy for Costco. Their store, their Epic Marketing Fail.
ReplyDeleteI agree. They really should have caught this. But at the same time:
DeleteTotally understandable mistake, given that it wasn't even them that put the label on there.
I don't see this as an attack on my faith, or any faith, really.
It's kind of funny.
I long ago decided the god must have a sense of humor because if he doesn't we're all screwed, anyway. I would like to think that he is chuckling about this
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