Dear CEO Mr. Green,
I have been a valuable customer, a Christian and also a supporter and advocate of God's chosen people, the Jews.
In a recent article you will find floating around on Facebook and other public communication arenas, that you have displayed an attitude and perspective not too dissimilar to the Christians of europe prior to WW2 which led to the destruction of 6 million jews by an otherwise "christian" part of the world.
http://www.kveller.com/blog/parenting/hobby-lobby-doesnt-cater-to-jews/
I would like to point out that in scripture, God proclaimed to Abraham, "I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you" to the nation of Israel (jews) of the Old Testament. I believe you have asked for God's swift judgement upon your company (don't be surprised when JEW loving Christians stop buying from your stores!) in that Jesus was a JEW and he even celebrated the celebration of the temple dedication aka Hanukah in the New Testament. In Romans, Paul (also a JEW) the apostle points out that God is still faithful to the JEWISH people and that there are benefits to being JEWISH, one in that they were stewards and benefactors of God's first words to the human race. That alone should be reason enough to cater some sort product line that would sell to both JEWS and Christians that actually still celebrate the BIBLICAL feasts with their jewish family and friends, such as Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles and yes even Hanukah! That's right, many Christians are seeing the value in celebrating Hanukah because it actually has a spiritual component to it and is way less commercial than Christmas.
Many churches hold seder dinners to educate Christians in their spiritual heritage to better understand where THEIR faith comes from which is essentially founded in Judaism. Perhaps I could assist in finding a messianic friendly congregation near you in Oklahoma that would educate you in the foundations of YOUR faith. I know you are not a pastor, or teacher but you are someone who is of some public view and I feel this attitude is often felt in the community just as it was in the Roman church 2,000 years ago that prompted Paul the apostle to write his letter to the gentiles for being anti Semitic towards their jewish believer brothers and sisters. Perhaps you should read that too and remind yourself of Romans 11 what the meaning of "grafting them back in" really meant.
No one is expecting you to carry all secular product line. But I will stop purchasing our church supplies from Holly Lobby if this policy and attitude does not change. Especially if I see a Santa Clause that has nothing to do with the Christian faith but more to do with idolatry and paganism than the Gospel or Jesus Christ, who was the JEWISH Messiah according to our shared scripture.
Thank you for taking the time to hopefully read this and look deep into the vision and purpose for having a company like Hobby Lobby. I unfortunately can not support your company if your "values" are to train your managers to respond to human beings jewish or otherwise in such an anti semitic tones. I would encourage YOU to re-evaluate your "values" to be truly Christian and understand the foundations of the Gospel (that it's a free gift to everyone first for the JEW, then for the gentile: Romans) May I remind you that your call to share the gospel should be of your first priority over keeping to your "values" and that includes making a buck from importing cheap products from communist China that exploits it's people for cheap labor to supply your stores. I've spent 17 years in the manufacturing and retail business and know the dirty secrets so let's not kid ourselves with relative "values" shall we?
So until I see this policy change, I will shop at your competitors all which carry both Santa AND Hanukkah products because at the end of the day- we really just want stuff cheap, right? Like pagan Rome, we want our bread and our wine and as long as we are well fed we don't discriminate how we get it.
Sincerely,
Lisa Vote
mother, blogger, theology student, Jesus and jew lover
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