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[–] [email protected] 115 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I was actually asked to leave my parents church because I was loudly arguing with the guy running a gift shop that if I were to follow Jesus, I should be flipping these tables, chasing them with whips, and damming them for turning gods house into a place of business occupied by thieves.

I guess they DON'T like considering what Jesus would do.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Gift shop... In a church... The Bars so low it's cracking the pavement.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

This happens at churches of enough historical significance they become regular tourist attractions.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I live in Australia and this has been a thing in every pentecostal church I've been to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So, the question I have, is where do the proceeds go, and how much is that guy making off it?

If the money for the merch goes to, say, feeding the homeless or even just the church’s general budget, I see it as a fundraiser, and not particularly offensive.

If the dude is pocketing the profits…. Yeah, fuck that dude.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

The person at the desk is almost certainly a brainwashed unpaid volunteer. The owner, on the other hand…

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So I'm in Canada and have never seen in a church but I have in a synagogue which made me chuckle because damn is it on point lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

So like, there was a church near where my grandma lives. Big super-church.

Has a fucking Starbucks in it.