@samueltyler2 Of course they [b]deny[/b] that it makes them misogynistic. But seriously, they believe if a woman becomes pregnant it’s God’s will that she gives birth. So why doesn’t it follow that if a man can’t get an erection, perhaps it’s God’s will that’s he’s not supposed to have sex ? 🤔
@bijouxbroussard there is a portion of the US population, thought to be almost 35 % that are racist, anti-science hypocritical idiots. We just have to be sure they lose in the election.
Hobby Lobby was the defendant in a landmark Supreme Court case that determined that private for-profit corporations can refuse to obey certain laws based upon their religious beliefs. You saw what their religious persuasion was. I won't shop there because of their extreme right-wing views.
You can read about the Supreme Court decision here:
@JimboSaturn Right wingers want to exercise their Christian religious beliefs over everyone else. And they don't want people that aren't Christians to be able to tell them what to do.
@JimboSaturn Because they believe they are right and no one has the right to be critical of their one true faith and religion. So they feel justified to be pricks... and anyone critical of it is the devil's work. And they will treat those people accordingly.
@JimboSaturn Just look at Florida and what Christian Nationalists have gotten DeSantis to do. Just imagine towns like these pictures. Imagine how you felt and then imagine how Black People must feel.
Not all Americans are like that. It creeps me out and I live in a red state where most still think trump is awesome.
That store's owner built a "Museum of the Bible" in Washington that is not far from the Smithsonian. They won't allow any outside scholars to examine the museum's artifacts. Interesting.
@SW-User I have a retiree visa. If\when my wife decides to leave the US we have that option. I have no qualms about leaving. A real country would have never elected someone like trump.
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@Crazywaterspring Good for you. I've spent a lot of time lately wishing I had family in some other english speaking country, just in case things get too bad here. At my age relocating very far away alone isn't probably going to happen.
@TrashCat I have been there! I had a friend come over a long long time ago and I had the KJV next to the Quran in my bookshelf. He grabs the Bible and sets in the dining room table and exclaims how great it that the best book in the whole universe was in my house. All I was thinking "close call--he would have had a heart attack if he saw that his holy of holy books was touching a Quran. "
Hobby Lobby's owner is well known as a hardcore bible thumping republican.
My mother used to love that store when I was a kid, for the yarn, card stamps, and candle making stuff. But some aisles were just weird AF as you discovered.
I 've never bought anything there as an adult (I once bought cheap oil paints and canvas there as a teenager) when I understood better what hobby lobby stood for
@JimboSaturn I was thinking to ask where this store is, now I know.
If I was actually in a store like this and I am only imagining and theorizing, like, the sht ton of crosses, for some reason made me think of the movie Exorcist. I don't know why. I actually have a working theory...Because this is touching my nerve and something in me is scared and totally uncomfortable and discombobulated and running for MY LIFE!... ...You know, because I am such a good Christian...
Glossing over was hilarious because so nuts and going deeper is BAT SHT NUTS!
@Jackaloftheazuresand If there had been a gift shop in 11th century Venice (a main embarkation point for the First Crusade), I'm pretty sure it would have looked similar to this 😐
Next time I go to the truckstop I’m gonna show you something really creepy that relates to this. I was kinda weird out about what I saw too and was even gonna make a post asking why we as US citizens love guns so much 🤔🤔
@Virgo79 I can see we are much better off with Biden as President than Trump. More people are employed, unemployment is lower, and the budget deficit has been reduced. And inflation is continuing to decrease.
I just saw their website and it was definitely an arts and crafts supplies store - weddings, wood surfaces, rit dye, fabrics..m no guns or Jesus stuff.
@Castenmas they do they are just not ballsy enough to say it. Hence the desire to move us from a secular nation (which in their word means comes from the devil) to a theocracy.
I assure you that not every household in America has all of those things, or even some of them. Heck, I'm a Christian, and I don't throw it in people's faces. It's my answer; it doesn't have to be yours.
This looks exactly like scenes I have watched in horror movies with either an insane person or serial killer with the same crosses pasted all over the walls. America is a parody of itself.
I went to the one in Sherwood when it opened. I admit to being way too accustomed to some of the yee-haw shit, but what really made me decide never to come back again was the fact that they were playing all instrumental versions of contemporary Christian songs.
