Signs of Growing Secularism

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Fellow Unbelievers,

In another time not too long ago, this could have been considered blasphemous:

The Bob’s Discount Furniture™ YouTube Channel has a whole library of commercials, most newer ones having their Trademark God-is-mocked-after-all slogan. The latest one on AntennaTV (not posted yet) has the Bob character in a suit of armor demonstrating the silliness of “Partying Like it’s 999!” instead of buying furniture suites for $999.

Throughout each commercial, I can’t help but wonder if founder Bob Kaufman has heard of J.R. “Bob” Dobbs’ Church of the SubGenius:

I guess we’ll know when Bob says: “Quit your job and Slack Off in one of Bob’s Recliners!”
😁

[jakelafortParticipant]

Bob’s Discount was launched around same time as my law partnership. And just a few miles away.

I used the trade name Law Sense and had some business ideas that came to nothing. Meanwhile Bob took off like a rocket ship. And he advertised like a mother. I had a few clients who worked for Bob and they didn’t say nice things about him. I hated his annoying commercials. Oh well. It all comes out in the wash.

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Jake,

Even if discounted, Bob’s Discount Furniture is out of my more meager price range, which is more suited to Big Lots, Olliie’s, and Value Thrift, but I do love Bob’s marketing acumen.

I wonder if the likes of The Family Research Council or The Catholic League went after him for taking JHVH-1’s name in vain.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by  TheEncogitationer. Reason: Spelling acumen

[jakelafortParticipant]

Enco, the guy did a lot of his own commercials and was just blech.

I went into one of his stores and was surprised to see high prices. Made out like it was a building 19 or building 19 and a half. Wasn’t anything like that.

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Jake and Fellow Unbelievers,

Well, Jake, I guess that’s one of those things where miles may vary. I, myself, am perfectly satisfied with a futon for a bedframe and a compactable memory foam mattress, and folding camp chairs and folding tables, sometimes described nowadays as Masculine Minimalism.

One good thing about Ollie’s is that the book section is constsntly filled with a vast sub-section of drastically-reduced Bibles and Christian books.

This indicates either that Christian literature isn’t as in demand as many may think or that Christian buyers are very shrewd about not paying retail prices. Either way, it’s a triumph for Rationality and Unbelievers can stay informed on the opposition on the cheap! 👍💲

• This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by  TheEncogitationer. Reason: Avoiding redundancy
• This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by  TheEncogitationer. Reason: Addendum

[jakelafortParticipant]

Enco,

Do you suppose Christians purchase bibles to read? Or is it to leave a good impression on visitors?

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Jake,

With the real big, Gold-imprinted, coffee table-sized Bibles, it is definitely virtue-signalling for visitors. With the smaller portable Bibles, it is to impress people on the street.

[jakelafortParticipant]

Enco,

I seldom start a book without finishing. A long one on Hirihito i jettisoned. And a few others. But i only made it a few pages with the old testament. Or was it King James. IDK. In any event how fucking boring!

[_Robert_Participant]

TheEncogitationer wrote:

Jake, With the real big, Gold-imprinted, coffee table-sized Bibles, it is definitely virtue-signalling for visitors. With the smaller portable Bibles, it is to impress people on the street.

LOL, so true. I actually read that stupid shit. Was the beginning of the end. It is everything you would expect iron-age people to envision and nothing you would expect a universal creator to communicate.

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Jake and Robert,

Come to think of it, there is another use for Bibles.

Prior to hospital-based births, Birth Certificates, and 23andMe.com, the big coffee table-sized family Bibles also had blank pages to record births and document family trees. At least some State Divisions of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will accept such Bible records in lieu of Birth Certificates for the purpose of issuing IDs.

I believe North Carolina is one of those States that accepts Bible records at the DMV (and, parenthetically, the cost for a non-Driver’s License ID is free of charge, so requirements for ID to register and vote are not as hard and ominous as some make them out to be.)

Of course, if The Holy Bible never existed, people could have used something else to document births and relations, so it’s also as good as a door-stop. 😁

[unapologeticParticipant]

_Robert_ wrote:

But i only made it a few pages with the old testament. … In any event how fucking boring!

In 2019 I read the first 100 pages (out of 500). Yeah boring, and repetitive. I think King James’ writers were paid by the word. Or maybe it is sing-song to mesmerize the reader.

God told Noah to go to Pharaoh and tell him ‘yada-yada’. Noah went to Pharaoh and told him ‘yada-yada’. Noha went back to god and said ‘I told Pharaoh Yada-yada’ – this went on 7 TIMES. I got bored and skipped to the acid trip at the end.

TheEncogitationer wrote:

So requirements for ID to register and vote are not as hard and ominous as some make them out to be

Faux Noise and the republicans want them to be hard and ominous.

[_Robert_Participant]

unapologetic wrote:

_Robert_ wrote:

But i only made it a few pages with the old testament. … In any event how fucking boring!

In 2019 I read the first 100 pages (out of 500). Yeah boring, and repetitive. I think King James’ writers were paid by the word. Or maybe it is sing-song to mesmerize the reader. God told Noah to go to Pharaoh and tell him ‘yada-yada’. Noah went to Pharaoh and told him ‘yada-yada’. Noha went back to god and said ‘I told Pharaoh Yada-yada’ – this went on 7 TIMES. I got bored and skipped to the acid trip at the end.

TheEncogitationer wrote:

So requirements for ID to register and vote are not as hard and ominous as some make them out to be

Faux Noise and the republicans want them to be hard and ominous.

You start skipping around trying to read it….but I read enough to know it was garbage. All the creator had to do was to drop a few easter eggs. How about e=mc2? Perhaps the germ theory of disease? Instead, Jesus tells us not to wash hands before eating and that leprosy is because demons.

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

I find the Bible can be very spiritual and can teach us important life lessons.

You might prefer these lessons though…….

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