Why do people say they are Christians to get a job?

[usregimechange]

NEED A SITTER For your infant? Opening now available in my Christian home Monday -Friday. Great rates.

That was in a local paper. Is a Christian home better for infants? If this technique doesn't work and there isn't discrimination against non-Christians why the hell do people say it all the time?

[msongs]

1. catholic priests as babystitters? ..."boys only"... hehe eom

[Cleita]

12. Ow, that hurt.

LOL

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. There were signs at the park across the street from me

for soccer tryouts. A picture of Jesus with the caption "Let Jesus Lead The Way".

We are being inundated with Christianity. Don't know how to stop it but wish I did.

[aion]

8. Try this

Try starting with the truth. Christianity is a hodge-podge religion made from disperate parts taken from couquered lands.

After that, try challenging them to provide historical evidence that Jesus actually was a real man who existed in any particular place or time.

[sbj405]

34. Once had a car salesman tell me he was "a good Christian man"

He was lying to me about the invoice price and I told him so. I also told him is "Christianity" got him nowhere with me. He then swore at me and hung up.

[undeterred]

3. Well, I am assuming that they think it would attract business from people

who want a babysitter who says they are a Christian.

There is a "Christian Business Directory" being published in a lot of major cities. For the life of me I can't figure out why you'd care about the religious beliefs of the person who cleans your carpets, or paints your home, or designs your website, or trims your hedge, but apparently some people do business this way.

I guess when it comes to something more personal I can understand why people might have a preference for someone who shares their religious beliefs- like a therapist or maybe even a babysitter.

I don't think they realize its offensive to non-Christians...and even to some Christians. I want to hire someone because they have a reputation for doing a good job and having ethical business practices.

[usregimechange]

7. inside of it I think is the assumption that Christians are more

trustworthy, more responsible, less likely to be criminals, etc. That is prejudice is it not?

[undeterred]

11. Yes, I think thats what they think.

But I think the "Christian" thing has been hung on so many scam businesses that the gut reaction for a lot of people to it now (even those of us who are Christians) is actually distrust! My reaction to the Christian Business Directory is negative- it sort of presumes that all other people who share your beliefs will do business only with their own kind.

If you're a Christian, act like one towards everyone all the time- don't hang the word Christian all over everything you do.

Edit: They should put an ad like that on Church bulletin boards, that's more appropriate.

[usregimechange]

18. According to the author of Matthew

"On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets." Matthew But how many times do fundies put other laws before these?

[Cats Against Frist]

28. It's like they're branding themselves with their own yellow stars

Poor, persecuted tyrannical majority. Poor babies.

[MountainLaurel]

29. My reaction is negative also

But for a different reason: As a pagan, when I see a business advertising itself as "Christian" I see that as a sign that my business would not be welcome there.

[Syncronaut Seven]

24. When we interviewed private daycare providers

The first thing I looked for were religious icons and propaganda, then I asked if there were guns in the house.

No question what I consider the most dangerous weapon to be.

[leesa]

4. It's because THEY want to hire a Christian. It's a message that they

expect the babysitter will share their religious views.

[aion]

5. Wouldn't you rather know ahead of time?

If your non-Christian child grows up enough to wonder why there's all these dead guys with nails in their hands and feet everywhere, it could get awkward.

[Divine Discontent]

13. sometimes.....

try giving your fingers a nice rest...


please....

[RC]

32. Given a choice between a Christian baby sitter and

one of Middle East descent living around here, I'd trust the Middle Easterner more. At least you would not need to worry about them cramming their religion/politics down my and my kids throats.

[Coastie for Truth]

16. Danger of abduction to non-Christian children by Christian baby sitters

See David L. Kertzer, "The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara"

NOT FICTION

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4. I am "Fair and balanced" - this defends Pope Pius IX.

[Coastie for Truth]

6. When I was in (Chemical and Petroleum Engineering) Graduate School

the oil industry job postings in the university placement office - for chemical and petroleum engineers - all said

"Must be able to obtain valid entry visa for all locations where we have operations..."

Like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Kuwait .......:dunce:

[Cleita]

9. You think that's bad. I got solicited by Christian housekeepers.

They even said "God bless you". Is this supposed to hint that they won't steal the family jewels?

[pop goes the weasel]

10. They are warning potential customers

People who make a big point of telling everyone that they are Christian are a particular type of "Christian." If you think that God's prophet here on earth is Shrub; that Dobson, Falwell, and Robertson are among the apostles; and that being a "Christian" makes everything you do OK--from bearing false witness to murder--then you will be glad to know that your child will be inculcated into the cult by this baby-sitter.

OTOH, if kool-aide is not your favorite drink, you will know to steer clear.

[DBoon]

14. Presumably a christian baby sitter

would not sacrifice your child in some dark satanic blood sacrifice.


Happens all the time you know.

[htuttle]

20. Except in Florida.

[dogday]

15. Have You See Christian Loans? I get email from them all the

time.

[JDPriestly]

17. That isn't so common in California.

California is so diverse that advertising a "Christian" business would cut your customer base. Within a radius of 10 blocks from my house there are a Buddhist temple, a Jewish synagogue, some very strange religion with an odd Greek name (I think) and, within the Christian religion there Coptic, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Catholic and fundamentalist store-front type churches of various kinds. With the exception of Christian schools, only a fool would advertise that they are "Christian."

[HockeyMom]

30. Same in New York

Name any religion, including the pagan ones, and we have them. In certain neighborhoods, especially in NYC, you will be hard pressed to find Christians at all. Where I used to live on Long Island, the ratio was probably about 50-50 Christian/Jewish.

Nope, advertising Christian this or that would not be plus.

[corker]

19. start the process at an early age

I would not put my child there, I don't want my kids to be brainwashed.

[NashVegas]

21. Secret Handshake Factor

..

[Coyote_Bandit]

22. My experience here in the armpit of the Bible belt

is that if someone says they ae a "Christian" handyman, or financial advisor, or ..... whatever then you are well advised to take a firm grasp of your wallet.

A little "Christian" fishy on a business card almost guarantees that I will not conduct business with the person/entity in question. It is a lessopn of both personal observation and (limited) experience.

If inadequate, incompetent or otherwie culpable service levels were not an issue then churches would feel free to publish business directories and recommend those within thier congregations. Churches don't typically do that because they don't want to be held responsible when the idiot handyman guy with the little fishy symbol on his business card leaves the dryer to vent into the attic and cause mold and fungus to grow rather than vent it through the roof or when he skirts an outdoor storage building with untreated quarter inch plywood or when he uses regular nails to install vinyl siding (all real examples). Those same churches don't want to be responsible when the sleazy financial advisor with the fishy symbol on his business card sells grandma "actively managed" securities which consist of mutual funds holding options and derivatives - some of which are margained - which are secured by an annuity with a third party assignment back to the same financial advisor (another real example).

[gollygee]

23. "I will help brainwash your child"

could be one interpretation.

Another could be that they're less likely to do something wrong becasue they're christian? :shrug:

[fishwax]

25. I think it's a policy statement for the daycare provider, rather than

a statement that christian homes being better for infants (although conservative christians--presumably his target audience--would certainly think a christian home is better. I would assume the ad is a statement about the policy of the day care. Religious day cares aren't anything new, and I don't think it's that unusual to have home daycare providers who have a religious bent.

Identifying that in their advertising (a) attracts people of similar faith who want their children indoctrinated, and (b) warns away those who don't want their children cared for by someone who would possibly "instruct" them in a particular faith.

[Cats Against Frist]

26. Because people who aren't are the "unclean"

:eyes:

It's just another cheap selling point -- like everything else the religious right uses Christ for.

[salin]

27. They use Christ as a marketing gimmick

extremely distasteful... and rather ironic, given the one time Christ shows anger - is at the "money lenders" in the Temple (eg using God as a means to make money.)

[DBoon]

35. it's "Brand Jesus"

just another designer label for the "christian lifestyle"

[kweerwolf]

31. The proliferation of "Jesus fish"

I was looking through the Yellow Pages the other day under auto repair listings and noticed several ads with those fish that symbolize Christianity in them - including one repair place that recently went out of business after the owner was arrested for running a "chop shop" on the side.

That made me curious and I started leafing through ads for other businesses and found the symbol on a number of them.

Personally, I'm glad they stick the little fishies in their ads. It lets me know which businesses to avoid!

[Kerrytravelers]

33. See the movie "Saved." It's Christian everything...

I grew up in a Christian church. We had Youth Group on Wednesday nights where we would serve food in a homeless shelter (no Bible thumping), hand out clothes to the homeless (no Bible thumping) and watch movies (PG and even PG-13 for the other kids- no Veggie Tales)

We did all these activities and more without bringing a Bible with us or preaching to people. We simply took care of those less fortunate. That is what Christianity is suppose to encourage. Everything we're seeing right now is actually against what the Bible teaches.