We continue our years long boycott of Target.

[LesSme]

People say we are haters because we are against this.
We are not hating, we want 2 things.
1. Keep your hands and trashy thoughts away from our kids. You do not own them or have the right to expose them to questionable things on topics that belong exclusively to parents in the home. Do what you want... that is your business. When you come after our kids, you make it our business.
2. We, just like everyone else, have the right to inflect our beliefs and standards into the universal culture. We contribute to what is considered normal. Nobody has the right to silence us or cancel us. We are not going to bow out because you are ultra sensitive and fain offense at our mere existence. Their may be a time when our standards fade and lose their effect. But not yet.
When you carry a line of anti-Christin trinkets aimed at kids created by a professing satanist that promotes violence against "homophobes", I think that clearly states where you as an institution are coming from and what you want to happen. When we talk about "normal" this is what we are resisting. We have to stive against this becoming the "norm" in our culture. Many years ago David Wilkerson predicted that the day would come when there will be bands of militant, violent homosexuals wandering the streets. Target, please to not help this prophecy come true.

I get where you are coming from but Christians cannot placate the world and its ways. Including being apologetic about and afraid to admit to hating what God hates.

Hate has long (long before wokeism et al.) been a word whose meaning has been completely reimagined to where it is now always in every situation and context understood to be something wholly evil and completely indefensible and inexcusable. It’s not and it has its place. A vital place in the life of every true Christian as we are fully engaged in the battle against the forces of darkness.

Eccl 3 A Time for Everything (NIV)​

3 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,

 

[friend of]

We don't have Target up here in Canada.

We don't have Chick-fil-A either.

 

[SavedByGrace3]

I get where you are coming from but Christians cannot placate the world and its ways. Including being apologetic about and afraid to admit to hating what God hates.

Hate has long (long before wokeism et al.) been a word whose meaning has been completely reimagined to where it is now always in every situation and context understood to be something wholly evil and completely indefensible and inexcusable. It’s not and it has its place. A vital place in the life of every true Christian as we are fully engaged in the battle against the forces of darkness.

Eccl 3 A Time for Everything (NIV)​

3 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,

Thank you.
Plus, there are instances in the Bible where hate seems to have a different meaning than what we commonly hear it to be.

When we hear "hate," I think we see a black hat, evil eye, and malice.
But in the scripture we see it in the context of having a preference.

Romans 9:13 KJV
13. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

But I do not see this to mean God had malice and evil intentions toward Esau. He just preferred Jacob over Esau.

Same with the followers of Jesus and their parents.

Luke 14:26 KJV
26. If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children,
and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Of course Jesus is not saying we should hate our parents and wife and children...
He is simply saying that if you are pressed to choose between them and Him, you must choose Him. I am sad to say I was forced into such a choice. It is not hate. I did not hate the people, but I was forced to choose, and I chose Jesus.

So when we are talking about cultural sins that have been elevated to a "community," and awarded "rights." We do hate them with malice, it is just we are preferring to follow our Lord and scripture. If you force us to choose, we will choose Him; even to our hurt.

 

[LesSme]

Thank you.
Plus, there are instances in the Bible where hate seems to have a different meaning than what we commonly hear it to be.

When we hear "hate," I think we see a black hat, evil eye, and malice.
But in the scripture we see it in the context of having a preference.

Romans 9:13 KJV
13. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

But I not see this to mean God had malice and evil intentions toward Esau. He just preferred Jacob over Esau.

Same with the followers of Jesus and their parents.

Luke 14:26 KJV
26. If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children,
and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Of course Jesus is not saying we should hate our parents and wife and children...
He is simply saying that if you are pressed to choose between them and Him, you must choose Him. I am sad to say I was forced into such a choice. It is not hate. I did not hate the people, but I was forced to choose, and I chose Jesus.

So when we are talking about cultural sins that have been elevated to a "community," and awarded "rights." We do hate them with malice, it is just we are preferring to follow our Lord and scripture. If you force us to choose, we will choose Him; even to our hurt.

So well stated. Glad you addressed the Bible’s differing meanings of the word especially as connoting choice and of course you are entirely correct in this regard.

 

[Rajni]

Excuse me, but did you imply something about Love? That Christians are to live a life of Love towards all people?

God is love, Love God above all and Love our Brothers & Sisters like ourself! Right?

So just to probe a bit deeper, would that imply that Christians should welcome gbtz with open arms and love them like scripture says?

I'm sorry my friend but you've inadvertantly implied that All Love is Good Love and Right Love. After all, God is Love and the two most important commandments say to Love God and to Love man, right?

Wrong. If the source of the Love is not from God, and the Love does not bring glory to God, then it is a bad Love. An evil Love? A sinful love? Come to think of it, there are quite a few scriptures in there that say do not love this do not love that, or, the Love of Money is the root of all evil? So gays can say they love each other until they are blue in the face, and it will be a sinful love and not bring any glory to God.

So the Christians love so they have to love gays is getting to be a laughable argument.

Which part of my post triggered the above reaction?

 

[Divide]

Which part of my post triggered the above reaction?

That was my response to your post. I can post it for you but I can't understand it for you.

 

[Rajni]

That was my response to your post. I can post it for you but I can't understand it for you.

I can't understand it either, so I guess that settles that.

 

[Fantine]

I am a focused shopper. I shop the aisles I need and ignore the rest.
E.g. Guns are sold in Walmart.i hate guns. I give that aisle a wide berth. I don't boycott or picket.
We do find it odd Wal-Mart isn't allowed to sell alcohol because it's next door to a middle school but are allowed to sell guns.
No one has ever killed children with a six-pack of Coors.

 

[Aldebaran]

We don't have Target up here in Canada.

We don't have Chick-fil-A either.

If the boycotts go well, we won't have them in America either.

 

[Aldebaran]

I am a focused shopper. I shop the aisles I need and ignore the rest.
E.g. Guns are sold in Walmart.i hate guns. I give that aisle a wide berth. I don't boycott or picket.
We do find it odd Wal-Mart isn't allowed to sell alcohol because it's next door to a middle school but are allowed to sell guns.
No one has ever killed children with a six-pack of Coors.

The ones who add driving afterwards have killed plenty of children.

 

[tampasteve]

I honestly have not bought anything at Target for years. Not due to the boycott, which I would start now if I were a shopper there. I just don't tend to go there for anything in particular.

 

[Benjamin Müller]

To be perfectly honestly: this is what happens when good men stay silent. It reminds me of the Peter the Great where Peter has to take care of the Streltsy and he tells Catherine, in this world, against force, there is only one weapon: force.


Boycotting will harm Target financially, sure, but it won't stop the left from inciting violence and pushing their agenda.

There's only two ways this could end: either they win, through intimidation tactics and bullying, or . . . . the nation goes Peter the Great against each other. Either way, the future of this nation is not looking good.

 

[Benjamin Müller]

You know, thinking about this also makes me think about the psychopathic behavior in children. For example, a little girl drowning her doll is a red flag that she could go on to become a full-fledge killer. They work up to murdering a person: it starts with harming the doll or stuffed animals, then animals and pets, then children, then people.

To flaunt a pin like that is a red flag of psychopathic behavior: how long before the left starts killing people for their causes? It always starts out small. Always. And it always ends in murder if the behavior is not corrected.

 

[peaceful-forest]

The entire concept of "homophobe" is a farce to start with. I do not know anybody who opposes gayness that fears it. It has nothing to do with fear. So that is a lie.
So I wonder who it is they are both accusing and threatening? It is innocent people being accused of an imaginary crime. Another Americana Witch Hunt.

They are accusing and threatening: God, Christians, and anyone that opposes homosexuality. It's an attack on truth, good things, and godliness.

 

[Rev. Adam McKay PhD]

I am a focused shopper. I shop the aisles I need and ignore the rest.
E.g. Guns are sold in Walmart.i hate guns. I give that aisle a wide berth. I don't boycott or picket.
We do find it odd Wal-Mart isn't allowed to sell alcohol because it's next door to a middle school but are allowed to sell guns.
No one has ever killed children with a six-pack of Coors.

If people want guns, they can get guns, so boycotting a specific store would be stupid. On the other hand, I imagine many Christian parents wouldn't want to talk into a store celebrating "Mormon Month" with displays of Mormon Literature and Temple undies for kids. I believe places should sell controversial products discretely.

 

[Fantine]

I find guns in big box stores controversial so you are speaking for yourself.

 

[Rev. Adam McKay PhD]

I find guns in big box stores controversial so you are speaking for yourself.

I read things instead of having a twitter feed based brain. I was suggesting any store ought to sell controversial items, but do so discretely. I think having displays and promotions of "Back to School month means hunting season is around the corner" are inappropriate.

 

[Aldebaran]

I find guns in big box stores controversial so you are speaking for yourself.

When Wal-Mart used to sell guns (our doesn't anymore), they were located in a locked display case in the very back of the store. If they were right up front where they were prominently displayed to everyone as soon as customers entered the store, (or within the children's clothing section, or next to the school supplies), I could see an issue of certain people being offended by it.

 

[SimplyMe]

Another gay pride item sold at Target. This one says "Heteronormativity is a plague".


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You are bearing false witness, though I hope it is from ignorance, merely a failure to read captions and the article. The item you posted in the quoted post and in the OP were never sold at Target. Instead, when you get to the end of the article, they mention items that are available from Etsy, not from Target.

Of course, from what I know of the Daily Mail (and their lack of regard for truthful reporting) they included those items from Etsy precisely to "outrage" people like you -- to make you believe they are sold at Target and outrage you that Target would sell them.

If you actually read the article, the only items Target sold were three items; one said, "cure transphobia not trans people," "too queer for here," and "we belong everywhere." Perhaps it is just me but I don't see anything in those three items that should make me want to boycott Target.

 

[Hank77]

If you actually read the article, the only items Target sold were three items; one said, "cure transphobia not trans people," "too queer for here," and "we belong everywhere." Perhaps it is just me but I don't see anything in those three items that should make me want to boycott Target.

It's a bad look to even be doing business with the creator of these disgusting badges, etc. even if they are not sold in Target.

But attention - and outrage - has now turned to one of the designers whose works are showcased, and his apparent penchant for the satanic.

Erik Carnell is the British designer behind Abprallen, an LGBTQ brand that sells t-shirts, sweaters, bags and badges.