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What is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads? (midwest.social)
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[–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

When I was in college, once or twice a year there were people from some religious group who would come and stand at the most busy intersections for foot traffic and literally hand them out on the street, yes. They were quite pushy about it

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    You missed the chance to push back in your refusal. You had plenty of justification to be nasty.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Look, the people who hand out Bibles are usually from a specific sect of Christianity.

    I get it, they're just as shitty as most Christians, in most ways, but...

    The reason they give the Bibles away is because they figure that knowledge is power and they don't want to force people to have to spend money they don't have to be able to read the Bible.

    I hate to say it, but I agree with their attitudes regarding freedom and access to information. They may not be distributing information I care for, but I can't fault the attitude. Information and access to it shouldn't be limited, because knowledge is power.

    Right attitude, wrong values otherwise.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The reason they give the Bibles away is because they figure that knowledge is power and they don’t want to force people to have to spend money they don’t have to be able to read the Bible.

    I want to choose when (and if) I read bullshit, thank you very much.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I mean they are giving them away freely and not forcing the book on people. They accept "no" as an answer if you don't want a copy. You are really free to ignore them.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They could be spending their free time doing something good for the world, instead they are spending it handing out bullshit that is responsible for most of the hatred in the world today

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have pretty bad social and general anxiety, it is extremely difficult for me to be pushy with anyone, at least in person. At the time I think I mostly avoided them or lied and told them I already had a copy at home, which seemed to placate them.

    In any case, I think all they really achieved was wasting a lot of paper and ink, because the trash cans around campus and especially the outdoor ones near those intersections were absolutely filled with bibles by the end of the day whenever those people came around. Once or twice I saw some student accept one and then two steps later toss it in a bin that was right next to the guys handing them out.

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