{"id":4007,"date":"2007-12-16T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-16T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2007\/12\/tying-the-score-borders-target-and-atheist-books\/"},"modified":"2007-12-16T14:29:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-16T14:29:00","slug":"tying-the-score-borders-target-and-atheist-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2007\/12\/tying-the-score-borders-target-and-atheist-books.html","title":{"rendered":"Tying The Score: Borders, Target and Atheist Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I recently shared a picture under the title \u201cTarget 1, Atheism 0<\/a>\u201c. A Target employee had managed to place a price sticker in such a way that the title of Christopher Hitchen\u2019s book became God is great<\/i> (or more precisely God is <\/em>[price sticker] great<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Target seems to have wanted to even things up. Below is a photo (shared by Pat McCullough<\/a>) of the religion<\/em> book section display at a Borders store.<\/p>\n

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Kind of evens things up.<\/p>\n

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I recently shared a picture under the title \u201cTarget 1, Atheism 0\u201c. A Target employee had managed to place a price sticker in such a way that the title of Christopher Hitchen\u2019s book became God is great (or more precisely God is [price sticker] great). Target seems to have wanted to even things up. Below […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nTying The Score: Borders, Target and Atheist Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I recently shared a picture under the title "Target 1, Atheism 0". 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