I wonder if the proprietors get along with their neighbors, Juicyâs Vapor Lounge.
Jesus was a âvaperâ, indeed.
They probably didnât get the sarcasm of the quote, and just saw the words âcureâ, âChristianityâ and âBibleâ and thought it meant âreading the Bible is a cure-all.â
Iâve known some people who were part of this uber-Christian culture, the kind of people who only listen to Christian music, pray at the drop of a hat, and all have a framed âfootprints in the sandâ poster and little praying hands statues in their homes. They didnât always get sarcasm.
Maybe they see it as a challenge. Either way they are selling you a book.
Donât know why they would have any particular kind of relationship with the vape shop. Christian culture does not seem pro or anti nicotine or vaping.
Back when I still had a facebook, a lot of my former acquaintances put something like âfollower of Jesusâ as their religion. It seemed like, at least for a brief moment, it was kind of gauche to put your religion as Christianity. Even though all of them totally were. And fundies too. Mostly.
I think the bookstore probably meant âthe best cure for âreligiousityâ or âlegalismâ is reading the bibleâ instead of the way atheists mean it when they say it.
Not to be unfair to my former acquaintances, but calling themselves âfollowers of Jesusâ didnât actually prevent them from being fundamentalist in any sense of the word.
Disclaimer: Hail Eris.
All Hail Discordia!
âJust because some jackass is an atheist doesnât mean that his prophets and gods are any less false.â - J.R. âBobâ Dobbs
Perhaps they honestly have no idea how vehemently anti-Christian Mark Twain was. They just remember him as the author of a book about some cool kids floating down a river.
I find the word âjuicyâ to be slightly revolting. That is all.
"Impaired appreciation of humour is a feature of diverse developmental and acquired brain disorders"
source: the neurology of humour
obviously theyâre just selling blank bibles. you know, for your coffee table or the drawer in the guest room for when the in laws come to visit.
bibles never meant to be read, only present.
Kansas. Thereâs a state I hope not to make it back to.
/me shudders
Itâs barbaric, but hey, itâs home!
Bigger than Pluto. I for one welcome our new dwarf planet overlordsâŚwhere were we?
I view prayer as akin to making wishes or casting spells. What an interesting god they have, who changes his unfathomable, perfect plans if they express some need or wish. Youâd think an omnipotent and omniscient power would already have foreseen and provided for all needs. Whatâs the significance of us little earthlings begging for things?
Youâre being too charitable, they simply didnât understand the quote, thereâs no sarcasm to misinterpret.
I can imagine them realizing they need a new quote for the âinspiration slabâ in the window and doing a quick Google search⌠âquotes about Christianity and Bibleâ⌠oh, one from Mark Twain, letâs use it!
Having had friends who refused to listen to any music that didnât come from a Christian Bookstore (âit could be Satan-taintedâ), I know how that kind of weird tunnel vision works.
