What do The Bible, "The Hunger Games", "Fifty Shades of Grey" and Harry Potter books all have in common? All three are works of fiction, according to the booksellers at Costco. :o

 

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, California

 

“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.”

 

Kaltenbach 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).

 

Since no one in the store was willing to offer assistance, the good shepherd of Discovery Church snapped a photograph of the Bible and tweeted it to his flock.

 

“People are pretty shocked and upset,” he told me. “We are supposed to be living in an era of tolerance, but what Costco did doesn’t seem too tolerant.”

 

I doubt they would label the Koran as fiction, Pastor Kaltenbach said. Heaven help us if they did.

 

“If they don’t believe in the Bible, that’s fine – but at least label it as ‘religion’ as some bookstores do, or ‘inspiration’,” he said.

Edited November 19, 201311 yr by Common Sense

What an idiot that Pastor is

 

There is no proof of god existing, or even Jesus, so yes it should be classed as fiction, until undisputable proof happens

 

 

The story made me laugh and you're right Craig.

 

Loving how he Tweeted a pic to his "flock" to get them all outraged! :w00t:

 

We're going to Costco on Sat. for rice so will look if they sell the Bible here. :lol:

Edited November 19, 201311 yr by Common Sense