buy nothing day?

rev. billy

this is absolutely ridiculous!
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Now the long-awaited Rapture of Consumption is underway. It’s THE SHOPTURE. The Shopocalypse lifts the fundamentalist bargain-hunters up into the air, up into the super mall of Eternal Convenience. There are thousands of chain stores in these clouds, and even breathing is on credit. The official plan of the Shopocalyptic executives is that the Katrinas and Ritas and weapons of mass destruction will hellishly attack those of us who remain on the ground. They are “shoptured up” and we have buildings and airliners and various tsunamis falling on us because we walked away from the WHITE SALE. They are arranging for the economy to gather in the Chosen People communities under their domes in Arizona, where even the electricity is “Saved.”

But in OUR theological year in the Church of Stop Bombing Weddings, our high holy celebration is Buy Nothing Day. And with it comes this responsibility: As we witness these hapless consumers vortexing straight up into their second America, we have a duty to grab their ankles. That’s what we must do. We shall pull these consumers down, screaming from their advertopia. They will think we’re devils, of course—they will think we are a lot of things. But be gracious. Simply say, “Hello, we are from the Church of Disturb the Customers. Your shopping is the End of the World.
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now don't get me wrong, i despise the "machine retail store" like wallmart, but this call to action is not solving the problem of greed, but rather masking it for a day. i guess i believe as christians we are called to wrestle with materialism and idolatry every day, every second of our lives...(most of us anyway) not just on "black friday". we are called to flex discipline and self-denial - not for the purpose of war against these monster size companies but to grow closer to god and bring him glory.
when a person of another faith or someone with no faith at all reads an artical like billy's, i wonder what they think? i wonder why the heck would they ever want to be a part of...

go to the link and read the article in its entirety...