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Thursday, June 02, 2005

Cashing in on the whole Jesus thing

There's always been a lot of money in religion- just look at the wealth that the church built up during the middle ages that still sustains them today. But it's always funny to see the latest way that entrepreneurs find to fleece funds from the faithful.
A couple of grocery items recently caught my eye:

1. Ezekiel 4:9 cereal. This breakfast food is derived from verse 4:9 of Ezekiel which states "take unto thee barley and oats and beans and lentil" and contains only those ingredients. The box is emblazoned with not "as seen on tv", but "as described in scripture." Now you too can eat just like a 1st century A.D. Israelite! Gotta love those literal interpretations of the Bible.

2. His essence candles. You can also buy aromatic candles that "release the scent of Jesus". A Messianic psalm refers to when Christ returns and his garments will have the scent of myrrh, aloe and cassiaf. Naturally the candle is infused with these aromas which are released when it is burned. Unfortunately, myrrh, aloe and cassiaf must have been the designer perfume of the Biblical world, as the candles will sting you a cool $18 each. I think "His tipple" vino could be a hot seller.

No word on whether God gets a percentage of sales.

1 Comments:

At 1:49 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Believe in Me, or go to Hell!

nb Believing means buying stupid crap.

 

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