{"id":6742,"date":"2010-03-02T15:27:06","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T20:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/2010\/03\/02\/christian-as-consumers\/"},"modified":"2010-03-02T15:27:06","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T20:27:06","slug":"christian-as-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2010\/03\/02\/christian-as-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian as Consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>I don\u2019t have a problem with Christian bookstores, where everything (or nearly everything) is purchased, marketed and sold to and for Christians. Pete, the man who fixes our cars when they need help, is overtly Christian and I trust him and he does a good job and he\u2019s honest as all get out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But for some reason, some kinds of products marketed for Christians get under my skin. Like this:\n<div>\u00a0\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/assets_c\/2010\/03\/Testamints-11889.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/assets_c\/2010\/03\/Testamints-thumb-333x367-11889.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Testamints.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <strong>What are your thoughts about ordinary products marketed to and for Christians? <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div><strong><br><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>(HT: <a href=\"http:\/\/renovatechurch.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/market-of-religion.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">DD<\/a>)<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t have a problem with Christian bookstores, where everything (or nearly everything) is purchased, marketed and sold to and for Christians. 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