Wal-Mart Critics: Where Would Jesus Shop?

[Kadie]

Wal-Mart Critics: Where Would Jesus Shop?
By MARCUS KABEL, AP Business Writer
48 minutes ago



W.W.J.S. — Where would Jesus shop? According to union-backed critics of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., not at the world's largest retailer. WakeUpWalMart.com on Thursday unveiled a religious-themed campaign Thursday asking shoppers whether God wants them to buy things from the Bentonville, Ark.-based company.


The group, funded by the United Food and Commercial Workers union, launched a TV ad and released a letter signed by 65 clergy members and religious figures. The group says Wal-Mart's policy over wages, health benefits and other issues harm families and communities.

Wal-Mart accused the group of using union dues to exploit religion and said it would give nearly $200 million in cash contributions to charities this year.

The 30-second TV spot, starting Friday in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Texas, is part of the latest seasonal-themed campaign against Wal-Mart. The TV ad starts with a picture of a Bible-like tome and an off-screen narrator who says, "Our faith teaches us 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.'

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[SoCalDem]

1. Cheeses of Nazareth

[northofdenali]

2. ROFL! Thanks, SoCalDem, I needed the laugh!

May I exploit your photo to send on to fellow skeptics? :hug:

[DeadManInc]

3. Why not pay the children a decent wage

that work in their Chinese sweatshops?

[Selatius]

4. I think Jesus lived outside the monetary system? Am I wrong?

Rather, I think he advocated a model of life built on mutual cooperation and trust, not competition and a monetary system that splits us apart. I have a hunch he was pushing for some sort of gift economy, a way of living where people provide goods and services to each other out of mutual trust and survival, not for monetary/material gain.