Posted on 11/18/2013 6:54:48 PM PST by massmike
What do the Bible, "The Hunger Games" and "Fifty Shades of Grey" have in common? All three are works of fiction, according to the booksellers at Costco.
Pastor Caleb Kaltenbach made that shocking discovery last Friday as he was shopping for a present for his wife at a Costco in Simi Valley, Calif. “All the Bibles were labeled as fiction,” the pastor told me. “It seemed bizarre to me.” Kaltenbach is the lead pastor at Discovery Church, a non-denominational Christian congregation in southern California.
He thought there must be some sort of mistake so he scoured the shelf for other Bibles. Every copy was plastered with a sticker that read, “$14.99 Fiction.” The pastor knew something must be amiss so he set off in search of a Costco employee hoping for an answer.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t find anyone willing to answer his question (which is not all that surprising if you’ve shopped at Costco).
I doubt they would label the Koran as fiction, Pastor Kaltenbach said. Heaven help us if they did.
So does the warehouse store that sells laundry detergent by the gallon have a problem with the Word of God? I called Costco headquarters in Issaquah, Wash. hoping to get answers. The nice lady who answered the phone told me she was aware of the issue and chalked it up to a “human error at a warehouse.” “It’s all fixed,” she said. But actually, it’s not fixed – because there’s a boatload of Bibles in the Simi Valley store still marked as fiction. At that point, the nice lady on the phone became not-so-nice and promptly informed me that Costco doesn’t talk to the press.
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There is nothing fictional about Job. (or any other book)
Do it again!
“I’ve been a Costco member for years, and never seen a “fiction” sticker on anything.”
Todd Starnes is a liar?
“This is total BS.
Costco book tables are stacked with unlabeled boxes of books of all kinds, and the only sticker on any of them is the price (lowest in town).”
Todd Starnes is a liar?
Maybe it is different in other states?
Could be.
“Could be.”
What’s the sample size you’re basing your conclusion on?
There are Costcos with bookshelves? I admit I haven’t been in a while, but the ones I remember, except for a magazine rack, displayed the books on tables. And it’s not like they have a broad selection in any case, just lots of stock of the ones they do have.
30 years of shopping at costco.
The local costco presently has about 90 - 100 titles for sale on a table that is about 60 feet long.
apparently there's a lot about the bible that you don't understand or are willing to change....a protestant I'd bet!!
The price tage are affixed automatically by the machinery that packages the books.
They have a price, and sometimes an item number, but not too often lately, they go by the SKU.
I always place pork products over the “halal” certified lamb.
The Scriptures contain many literary forms: history, letters, hymns, poetry, and fiction, etc.
You deny this? For what reason?
The Scriptures contain many literary forms: history, letters, hymns, poetry, and fiction, etc.
You deny this? For what reason?
The Scriptures contain many literary forms: history, letters, hymns, poetry, and fiction, etc.
You deny this? For what reason?
Perhaps someday. Maybe there’ll be a FreePer get together.
We’re going to make a run to COSTCO Friday. I think I’ll have something made up by then. If you hear some explosion happening in the PNW about this, then ....... :)
The scriptures contain no fiction.
You must be a Catholic!
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