The owner of Hobby Lobby is telling managers to keep the stores open because his wife had a "vision from God"

I wonder which god spoke to her.

She's a God Warrior!

Nasty cunt pig. Anyone who shops there must be out of their mind.

Dear God, I hope his customers flock to his stores.

I just divided it. He has a net worth of 6 billion. If he divided up just 2 billion he could afford to give every of his 30,000 employees 100k each. So why don't they have better benefits?

Guess it wouldn't be worth it without that extra billion! They are NOT Christian but do deserve crucifixion.

^ yeah, someone's going to ding me for the math but the point is they could get better benefits.

Dork-sided! Pslychics!

Faithless pricks on here

I guess the Corona virus will be knocked out by a combination of yarn, acrylic paint, and gesso.

I shop there for Easter dinner napkins

I've hated them from way back. I wouldn't shop there if they were having a 2 for 1 sale on a cure for cancer.

R11 I’m glad I don’t go around with a big assed chip on my shoulder like u.

r12, it's run by homophobes

So are a lot of businesses.

R13, So is Chick-Fil-A but you see that stopping me from eating there.

People will die because of their attitude.

You still support Chick-Fil-A? Ugh.

Then we will see lawyer commercials ala methotheslioma. "Did your employer force you to work during the PANDEMIC? You may be entitled to compensation. Call 800-Law4You and get your million dollar settlement today!

Birth control bad. Coronavirus good.

I don't even know where any of these places are located, but I saw someone post this. Are they a competitor of Hobby Lobby?

[quote]JOANN fabric stores working with customers to sew masks for health care workers

Now they can sell DIY coffins.

"Visions from God" is one of the symptoms of corona virus.

LOL!!!!

R8 and r15 need to get the fuck off this site.

So people will literally be dying for glitter and ball fringed lamp shades? Strange days indeed.

I've never been in a Hobby Lobby. Is it all Scrapbooking, Arts and Crafts shit? If so, WTF. What idiots are going in there now like it's a priority?

What a horrible person.

R26 tons and tons of craft stuff, frames, etc. so I guess people are going out of pure boredom? I'm not saying it's a smart thing to do, but I suppose they must be grasping for activity or something.

[quote]I'm not saying it's a smart thing to do, but I suppose they must be grasping for activity or something.

But you're supposed to BE HOME. They won't be bored if they catch this virus being out there buying glitter glue. What a dumb way to end up potentially dying.

In my area, a woman tested positive for coronavirus after going on a cruise. A week or two later, five of her fellow churchgoers to date have tested positive as well, apparently the evidence shows that God does not actually keep viruses out of the churches.

Remember, God created the viruses too, He will provide them with humans to live in!

This christian kleptocrat billionaire won't have much choice if business shuts down in USA as elsewhere.

I wouldn’t shop at that heinous hellhole if they had a clearance sale on ventilators, masks & Lysol wipes!

They are open because people need to buy supplies to make masks.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's the Christian, greedy owners of Hobby Lobby who will sue to keep their shops open. Weren't they the ones who used their deeply held Christian beliefs to fight against gay marriage?

Yes, R34. Their god whats whatever is best for THEM...but not society in general.

*wants...

I have never set foot in a Hobby Lobby .. and never will.

In my quiet prayer time this week, the Lord appeared before me to tell me that David frequently cheats on Barbara with male escorts. Glory!

Isn't the owner of The Hobby Lobby the guy who bought all the fake Dead Sea scroll fragments and donated them to his Museum of the Bible?

The "letter" and subsequent "emails" were tweeted by a disgruntled former HL employee. As of this DL post, no independent verification these "documents" exists.

I am no fan of HL. I think their religious posturing is downright disgusting. That said, all the people jumping on the hate tweet bandwagon without independent verification of these "documents" should be ashamed of themselves.

If anyone gets Covid-19 because of them, they have blood on their hands.

We're projected to be worse than Italy. Fuck them. They ought to be sued.

These "good" Christian's also like to close their stores and move to another new location for a tax break.

Can't stand them and will never step foot in their stores.

[quote]They are open because people need to buy supplies to make masks.

LOL, STFU. You think THAT'S why he did this? This "Christian" is one of the most evil to walk the earth.

What the fuck is the matter with you, R40? Everything about the letter is entirely in keeping with how these people live their lives and run their business. The information has been circulating on the internet for hours and hours and no one from Hobby Lobby has denied it.

Stop stirring shit.

R40, it weren't true, you don't think HL's lawyers wouldn't have already filed to sue this person into oblivion? I'm pretty sure that disgusting family follows everything bad in the bible and ignore the parts about helping the poor and turning the other cheek.

Between Fatso's MAGA rallies and the refusal of Hobby Lobby to close, it's a fine time to be a Democrat!

Does Hobby Lobby run it's own troll farm? Reading this thread makes it suspect it does. Do they pay above minimum wage? I assume not.

"I have never set foot in a Hobby Lobby .. and never will. "

I did once, many years ago. They had nothing of interest to me, no art supplies, all their shit seemed to be there for people like model train nutters or doll collectors. Very weird place, and almost entirely empty.

R40, it's been a day...have they denied the allegations?

R49: Not a peep yet.

R45: Not necessarily. Sometimes it's best just to ignore controversy.

I suspect Barbara has driven a few U-Hauls in her day.

R47 surprisingly they do pay above minimum wage. They were starting people at $15 hourly way years ago, when min wage was still under $10.00. There's benefits as well. They also close earlier than other stores, give off for holidays, and are closed Sundays. People in my area were clamoring to get a job there, Christian crap and all. This was after the recession, when people were fighting for any shit min wage jobs.

That pay rate has probably increased since that time, but I haven't looked at current pay.

However; Cons -- we all heard how they treated employees with an overreach in health coverage and a history with a religious agenda. People that applied were really dismayed to discover their conservative requirements regarding appearance. No piercings, tattoos, and so on. I know how DL feels about it, but I got the feeling it wasn't just about professionalism, because even with them concealed it was an issue -- they wanted wholesome types -- think A&F, but LDS style.

$15 hourly wage* not way

At least the employees will get to meet Jesus.

I went into one for the first time just before Christmas and I was surprised that it was predominantly home accessories. I had always assumed it was like Michael’s, but 80% of their merchandise is silk flowers, [italic]Start Each Day With a Grateful Heart[/italic] wall decals, accent tables, and chicken-wire shadow boxes.

The funniest part was when my Molly Mormon sister saw the aisle of crosses and whispered, “This place feels like a cult store.”

Oh, irony.

R54, will they wear the Christmas Shoes when they meet Jesus?

Fuck them , they have nothing I need or want.

Except masks.

Masks, no. But I'm sure they have white hoods in there.

I hope they all die.

R41 you can bet there are going to be lawsuits. Wait until on of their employees gets infected, becomes a vector and takes her asymptomatic infection home and kills Grandma. Fuck them and their bullshit God stories. You can bet they’re not visiting the open stores. But in the meantime, they’ve got poor people doing their dirty work, which is further proof there is no god.

I wonder if heaven will be just getting to watch people like this, who thought they were good christians, get sent to hell.

[quote]Isn't the owner of The Hobby Lobby the guy who bought all the fake Dead Sea scroll fragments and donated them to his Museum of the Bible?

Yep. There has been debate about whether he was swindled or complicit.

So they have a museum similar to this?

R63, Yep, they were confirmed as forgeries this month.

It's funny if you examine all the accounts of visions from God it's pretty clear they were a little bit of crazy. Seriously seeing burning bushes, well that one could be real if lightning hit the right place but visions of Jebus, Gawd and the crew. Not so much else it could be but craziness.

R66, There's a lot that has reality-based explanations. Manna from heaven was likely something from an insect, similar to how we get honey from bees. The great flood likely is just referencing the seasonal flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates.

I shop there frequently

You want a fucking medal, R68, or just hope a poor employee coughs on you?

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

Susan B. Anthony

Smart lady...............

These people are the worst sort of "christians" but then religion has always been a good business for con artists and flim flam men to get into and manipulate the weak-minded.

We are an essential business!

God is trying to call those people home, I guess. I really hate hypocritical Christians.

[quote] hypocritical Christians.

Redundant

When there's $$$$ on the line, the sanctity of life bullshit that "Christians" love to spout about goes right out the window.

Customers should do as they please and let the virus sort it out.

Ohio cracks down after they re-open

Faith is dead.

Why does he indent his paragraphs as if this were the 90s?

Apparently, God told his wife to shut down.

The only thing worse than a social justice warrior is a prayer warrior!

Hobby Lobby spokesperson responds to controversy of not covering reproductive rights.

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins slams craft stores that are still open. On Thursday evening Dallas County deputies went to the Hobby Lobby off Preston Road to deliver a cease-and-desist letter.

From cleveland.com:

Hobby Lobby is owned by David Green, a white evangelical Christian who says his faith guides the way he does business. (I’m using white as an adjective here, because in the U.S., white evangelicals are different political animals than evangelicals of all other races.) In a March 19 memo to his thousands of employees, Green assured them “God is in control” and ended the note with a mention of Hobby Lobby’s Statement of Purpose, written in 1972: “We believe that it is by God’s grace and provision that the Company has endured. He has been faithful in the past, and we trust Him for our future.”

A few years ago, as people across the country were protesting abusive police departments, white evangelicals often quoted Romans 13, the Apostle Paul’s admonition to obey authority, essentially using it as a weapon to bludgeon other Christians who might have joined those protests.

But all that’s in the past. During this current crisis, a disturbing number of white evangelicals seemed to have abandoned the belief that the governing authorities were established by God and are, therefore, meant to be obeyed. Now they’ve been defying the authorities in an effort to keep open their religious schools, hold large worship services and even run arts and crafts stores.

Given the seriousness of what we’re facing, every large institution – especially those that claim to be godly and loving – ought to be doing what it can to protect the greatest number of people. Opening arts and crafts stores amidst a crisis such as this does the opposite; it puts a large number of people at risk.

Now they're closing their stores. And they won't pay their employees. Did God tell them rip off their workers?

Thanks for the tip, OP. I had been meaning to buy some wall art to brighten up my quarantine. Now I can! Praise God!

R86, LOL!

The Gospel of Wealth, the golden calf of our times. If these are our is Aarons, who is our Noah?

"our is Aarons" Can you "Oh, dear." yourself

[quote]who is our Noah?

Here in CA it was Dr. Sara Cody.

R90 A fine choice!

This guy bought fake Dead Sea Scroll fragments and put them on display in his Museum of the Bible in DC. People are now questioning whether he was swindled or COMPLICIT.

My aunt worked for them and said it was the worst job she ever had. Like many retailers, they intentionally scheduled her for 39 hours per week so she could not make the full-time requirement and qualify for benefits, among other shifty practices.

We know, R92, R39 and r63 told us.