"After all, he's the one in charge of the lightning bolts."

[Jokerman]

Came across this quote in a Salon article about "Christian Business"
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/08/04/christian_businesses/index.html (subscription or day pass required) and my first thought was that god must really have it in for boy scouts lately.

At least one of the business owners admits that they have lost customers because of the overt religious messages.

Personally, I started avoiding any business that advertises their religion years ago.

[Gelliebeans]

1. when I see them fish

I swim far far far away :scared:

[PassingFair]

2. Yup, could catch a bad case of the

ick

[Gelliebeans]

3. "ick", what an appropriate response. :)

[HawkerHurricane]

4. Funny...

local garage owner says he won't take a check from a man with a Jesus Fish on his car... says they bounce too often.

[onager]

5. I can believe they bounce

Driving home from work tonight, I tuned in the local r-w Fundie radio station to see what they were up to.

As usual, LOTS of commercials about "debt relief." Some of them even use a pitch geared to Fundies who might be feeling guilty about finding themselves in the same sinking boat as those Sinful Deadbeats they're always bitching about. e.g., the ads seldom use the ugly work "bankruptcy," though that is obviously what they mean. In a nutshell...cough...the pitch says it's not really the debtor's fault.

But THEN...I also heard a string of commercials for no-interest-only home loans. These promised you could buy "the home of your dreams! Up to ONE MILLION DOLLARS! With NO MONEY DOWN!" Even if you have lousy/no credit! Wow! Just like a miracle or something.

Of course, there's a serious logical disconnect between the promises in those two kinds of sales pitches. But considering their audience, that doesn't surprise me a bit.

[onager]

6. Ambrose Bierce: "The first Xian businessmen...

...were the gentlemen who dug the post-holes on Mount Calvary."

Robert Ingersoll: "I never invest in any enterprise which only pays dividends after death."