Therefore, someone got the idea to ask Wal-Mart not to carry the Bible because it violated their own standards of decency. And thus, the Wal-Mart Bible Letter got started:
http://thebibleletter.com/
Realistically, I think this is a political statement, partly satire. As of right now, it has 2100 signatories. I read elsewhere that the major hope was that a national Jewish, Islamic or Christian group would respond to it, and that the news media would pick up the story. Anyway, I thought it merited attention. (HT: UTI)
**UPDATE** Robert Turkel, aka JP Holding of Tekton, now has a post up about the letter.
Now I don't care if Wal-Mart carries Bibles or not. It's not like Wally World has the best selection on such things in the first place. Plus I honestly can't stomach shopping there. I mean, those Sam's Club sodas, for example, just don't have the umph of a Mello Yello or a Barq's. But I do care abour bad scholarship being passed off as legit. So here's a project ya'll can join in on.
Brain is collecting sigs by Internet (he has about 2800 as of this typing) and plans to mail his thang to the President of Wal-Mart on November 1. Why don't we have a little fun and pre-empt that?
I don't have the means to set up a signature collection like Brain does, but I've created a "corrected" letter here **[nsfl edited link]** as a Word document. Feel free to save it, apply the right date, sign it, and send it well ahead of November 1. Mine is going out next week. Of course Wal-Mart isn't likely to make policy decisions based on either of these letters, but if nothing else, it sure will make Mr. Brain mad, won't it?
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