tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17636597.post114426420666469638..comments2023-10-28T09:02:21.966-05:00Comments on the amos complex: a rant for jaredUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17636597.post-1144896484542889772006-04-12T21:48:00.000-05:002006-04-12T21:48:00.000-05:00The Onion had a list of new religious fiction comi...The Onion had a list of new religious fiction coming out in the wake of The Da Vinci Code. My favorites include:<BR/><BR/>"The 860 Billion People You Meet In Hell"<BR/><BR/>"How Estelle Got Her Piety Back"<BR/><BR/>"Little Women Who Sit Quietly And Cross Their Legs"<BR/><BR/>"Prejudice and Prejudice"<BR/><BR/>and<BR/>"A Farewell to Reason"<BR/><BR/>By the way Cory, I fully intend to honor my commitment, but I never have to go when I'm near a Christ Inc. store. You say stage fright, I say Providence.Jaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268233330331784205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17636597.post-1144881418892317412006-04-12T17:36:00.000-05:002006-04-12T17:36:00.000-05:00Cory--this is Matt--this post is amazing and down ...Cory--this is Matt--this post is amazing and down right depressing. I sometimes begin to wonder if I and my 'liberal' Christian friends exaggerate the tie b/w the right and American evangelicals. I guess I've not been in a Christian bookstore lately. Ugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17636597.post-1144565540157660562006-04-09T01:52:00.000-05:002006-04-09T01:52:00.000-05:00Wow, poignant post. Sarah and I have a difficult ...Wow, poignant post. Sarah and I have a difficult time with "Christian" bookstores, too. Probably a lot of all of our friends, do, I guess. I also really enjoyed the ending to your post. Very creative and effective. I think the thing that upsets me about these places is the way that they seem to market the "Jesus and" idea maybe without even trying. (The idea that salvation involves more than what Jesus did on the cross--in their case like buying the right book, cd, or bible.) And I've been a participant in that culture before. It's sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17636597.post-1144376222239086822006-04-06T21:17:00.000-05:002006-04-06T21:17:00.000-05:00There is a radio commercial on mainstream stations...There is a radio commercial on mainstream stations for Lemstone Christian Stores - I'm not sure if it's a chain or just one store in Mequon, but the gist of the commercial is about the travesty of so many Christians having never been in [gasp!] a Christian bookstore, and how Lemstone provides a place of respite in the world. I mean, it's so crazy when you listen to it, that these advertisers are trying to make this store out to be a church, rather than that it is, a store, a place for people to spend money.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07298063194297887360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17636597.post-1144278606757527232006-04-05T18:10:00.000-05:002006-04-05T18:10:00.000-05:00That was a brilliant entry, dude. I gotta say that...That was a brilliant entry, dude. I gotta say that I agree with you that "Christian" bookstores are more like crapstores. Most of the books sold there would be worthy for us to wipe ourselves with if the paper weren't so coarse. I've come to the conclusion that the whole "christian" merchandising industry exists for two reasons: 1) to separate the gullible from their money, and 2) to promote right-wing politics. Maybe some folks involved in it have good intentions, but overwhelmingly I think the case for the above statements to be very convincing.<BR/>- Mattsara and matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10842807622697102693noreply@blogger.com