A funny thing I heard on the radio…
So this woman calls into the Neal Boortz program. She sounds like an elderly southern woman, and a little later she at least proves the assumption of southern heritage correct. Neal Boortz was on the subject of Wal-Mart today. His criticisms of the retail chain are that it owns millions of dollars in inventory purchased from China, and that it has no respect for private property rights.
The woman who called in wanted to defend Wal-Mart from a Christian perspective, so her argument went like this:
First, she made a point of explaining that she was a North Arkansas Presbyterian. I don’t know why she felt that was important. Maybe those South Arkansas Presbyters are a bunch of damned idolaters. Who knows.
The entire gist of her argument was that Sam Walton was a Presbyterian as well, and that makes Wal-Mart the only Christian corporation in the United States.
So there you go. The answer to the most pressing question in the Universe: Where would Christ shop?
Let’s see now … China is an atheistic, communist nation with little regard for human rights. That’s OK. Sam Walton was a Presbyterian. That makes us justified in God’s eyes when we buy from Wal-Mart.
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Sadly, this is too true for many religiously-minded people. Plenty of folks self-identify as Christians for career reasons (ie, they use religion for selfish reasons). I will say, on the other hand, that my conservative mother is at least a bit more critical of Wal-Mart now that the new one in her neighborhood has begun engulfing smaller businesses.
Comment by Todd — Tuesday, 30 November 2004 @ 4:06 pm
Are you talking about the Wal-Mart in Pettyville, or have they built yet another Wal-Mart out at Mineral Wells?
Well, the Keno parlors seem to be doing well enough. Wal-Mart may even be contributing to their business!
Did I ever tell you that Lynn and I went into one of those Keno joints to see what it was like and who was there? I should write a blog entry about that experience. We ended up putting ten dollars into the slot machine just because we felt funny not spending any money.
Comment by Matthew — Tuesday, 30 November 2004 @ 4:18 pm
I meant the Pettyville one.
Don’t get me started on those keno coffee houses. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to live in WV again… I’d like to read such a blog. We’ve yet to set foot in such a den of thieves…
Comment by Todd — Tuesday, 30 November 2004 @ 4:30 pm
On a sort of related note (and because I too have become a seriel commenter rather then blogger) did you see that there is a new diet ‘What Would Jesus Eat?’. They covered it on the local news here last night and my husband and I could stop laughing.
Comment by Bronwen — Wednesday, 1 December 2004 @ 10:27 am
I hadn’t seen that! I imagine it would be a pretty healthy diet, though, don’t you? Probably high in fiber.
Comment by Matthew — Wednesday, 1 December 2004 @ 10:30 am
lots and lots of lentils. . .?
Comment by Todd — Wednesday, 1 December 2004 @ 10:48 am
Come on now, don’t you know that Jesus would avail himself of the miracle of preservatives? Like radioactive cheetos, guaranteed not to go back unless you open the bag?
Comment by Mel B. — Wednesday, 1 December 2004 @ 12:49 pm