As Americans all across the nation are in a state of frenzy over the year's most anticipated shopping day, one man believes Christians should be different and not fall prey to the mania of Black Friday.
Aiden Enns, co-founder of Buy Nothing Christmas and guest columnist for The Washington Post, explained his stance in an article titled, "Why Christians Should Resist Black Friday."
In the piece, Enns, a man of faith and "one inspired by the teachings of Jesus," cited his own reasons for abstaining from the shops this weekend and also provided seven reasons for believers to resist as well.
"Retail products occupy too much space in our homes and hearts," he shared on the Post.
"To me, Black Friday is essentially our version of a religious pilgrimage. We worship in mega stores, make schedules around holiday deals, display allegiance to brands and low prices, offer tithes to the cashiers."
It's not that there's something more important than the economy, it's that the economy needs to be re-fashioned, the founder and editor of Geez magazine continued.
"Jesus acknowledged wealth and power and sought to undermine it. By resisting the impulse to shop for deals on Black Friday we stand at the feet of the retail titans and, with the power of non-cooperation, we challenge the injustices of poor labor conditions, exploitative hiring practices, unfair monopolies, and irresponsible resource extraction."
Referencing the pioneer of civil disobedience, Enns relayed that Jesus was "like Gandhi before Gandhi was Gandhi."
Source: Christian Post | Eryn Sun
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