Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoWhat is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?message-squaremessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square40linkfedilink
minus-squareredballooon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoI don’t even need to buy them. They just pile up unread. One of them has nice art in it.
minus-squarealokir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years ago I don’t even need to buy them. They just pile up unread How? I’ve read this many times, but I never understood it. Do people just hand them out on the street or is it customary to give bibles as a gift?
minus-squareCarbonIceDragon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoWhen I was in college, once or twice a year there were people from some religious group who would come and stand at the most busy intersections for foot traffic and literally hand them out on the street, yes. They were quite pushy about it
minus-squarerichieadler@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoYou missed the chance to push back in your refusal. You had plenty of justification to be nasty.
minus-squareredballooon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoWhen you celebrate a life event in church you go home with a new Bible.
minus-squareRoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoReally? I’ve been to weddings and funerals and baptisms in churches and never have I been offered a bible. Maybe it’s a local thing?
minus-squareatlasraven31@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoCount yourself lucky. If you want one, any church would be happy to provide.
I don’t even need to buy them. They just pile up unread. One of them has nice art in it.
How? I’ve read this many times, but I never understood it. Do people just hand them out on the street or is it customary to give bibles as a gift?
When I was in college, once or twice a year there were people from some religious group who would come and stand at the most busy intersections for foot traffic and literally hand them out on the street, yes. They were quite pushy about it
You missed the chance to push back in your refusal. You had plenty of justification to be nasty.
Why refuse free toilet paper?
When you celebrate a life event in church you go home with a new Bible.
Really? I’ve been to weddings and funerals and baptisms in churches and never have I been offered a bible. Maybe it’s a local thing?
Count yourself lucky. If you want one, any church would be happy to provide.