Costco Labels The Bible As 'Fiction'

[Steve_McGarrett]

This made Christians upset for them doing this and I don't blame them. I wonder if they'll label the holocaust as fiction, or the Quran? That would be something I'd like to see.



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Caleb Kaltenbach, a pastor at the Discovery Church in Simi Valley, California, tweeted a picture of the Holy Bible, with a barcode price sticker clearly labelled “fiction”, last Friday.

“Costco has Bibles for sale under the genre of FICTION. Hmmmm... “ he wrote, prompting a surge of retweets and comments from both critics and some suggesting the description was accurate.

“DOES Costco sell the Qur’an under the genre of “FICTION” I WONDER ???” wrote Holly Bishop (@Southerngal1963) on the microblogging site.

But Steven (@SrDurham) asked: “Is it not fiction? I think Costco has this correct, please provide factual data to support otherwise.”

Costco sought to downplay the flap

 

[AceRothstein]

Um, it is fiction.

 

[Truthseeker420]

I guess COSTCO is flipping the bird at Christians for their ongoing boycott.

 

[Sunshine]

Generally the Bible is labeled 'Religion.' I wonder what they call the Quran!

 

[Jughead]

I know now why I don't shop at Costco.

 

[Toro]

My Costco sells Macallan 12 for $48.

They can label Stephen King books as non-fiction for all I care as long as they sell awesome scotch at that price.

 

[LoneLaugher]

It is fiction.

The conservative PC police will be outraged!

Did the OP say that the holocaust is fiction?

 

[Katzndogz]

Costco apologized but I do think they should do the same thing to the koran.

 

[LoneLaugher]

Costco apologized but I do think they should do the same thing to the koran.

The Quran is fiction. The Torah is fiction. The Bible is fiction. It is all fiction.

 

[whitehall]

Come on people. Some kid with a price tag machine slapped the price on Bibles in one Costco store. Don't get your panties in a bunch about it.

 

[Katzndogz]

Costco apologized but I do think they should do the same thing to the koran.

The Quran is fiction. The Torah is fiction. The Bible is fiction. It is all fiction.

Please keep telling that to muslims. Don't leave them out.

 

[hjmick]

These things arrive at Costco pre-labeled by the distributor. Costco has nothing for which to apologize.

 

[Synthaholic]

 

[Synthaholic]

Speaking of fiction....

 

[Casjah]

Come on people. Some kid with a price tag machine slapped the price on Bibles in one Costco store. Don't get your panties in a bunch about it.

Outrage is a form of entertainment these days. It's a side effect of a truly lazy society filled with useless people. If only folks would be as outraged about the budget crisis or inflation...

 

[Katzndogz]

If they would only be as outraged over what the democrats are doing to the economy!

 

[bodecea]

Um, it is fiction.

Yep

 

[AVG-JOE]

This made Christians upset for them doing this and I don't blame them. I wonder if they'll label the holocaust as fiction, or the Quran? That would be something I'd like to see.



Bible sticker mishap irks Christians - World News | IOL News | IOL.co.za

Caleb Kaltenbach, a pastor at the Discovery Church in Simi Valley, California, tweeted a picture of the Holy Bible, with a barcode price sticker clearly labelled “fiction”, last Friday.

“Costco has Bibles for sale under the genre of FICTION. Hmmmm... “ he wrote, prompting a surge of retweets and comments from both critics and some suggesting the description was accurate.

“DOES Costco sell the Qur’an under the genre of “FICTION” I WONDER ???” wrote Holly Bishop (@Southerngal1963) on the microblogging site.

But Steven (@SrDurham) asked: “Is it not fiction? I think Costco has this correct, please provide factual data to support otherwise.”

Costco sought to downplay the flap

From the link provided:

“Costco's distributor mislabelled a small percentage of the Bibles. However, we take responsibility and should have caught the mistake,” it said in a statement emailed to AFP on Wednesday.

“We are correcting this with them for future distribution. In addition, we are immediately relabelling all mislabelled Bibles. We greatly apologise for this error."

And now you know the REST of the story...

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[AVG-JOE]

These things arrive at Costco pre-labeled by the distributor. Costco has nothing for which to apologize.

And yet they did. And they fixed the error.

Can you say "reactionary, knee-jerk witch-hunt?"

I knew you could!! ​

 

[daws101]

costco did what should have been done long ago, even if it was a mistake!