By Soverytired - 11/12/2014 13:29 - Australia

Today, I received a gift certificate from my grandmother for a local bookshop. Considering how broke I am, this would be a fantastic gift. If the bookshop in question wasn't a right-wing evangelical Christian Bookshop, and I wasn't Jewish. FML
I agree, your life sucks 31 127
You deserved it 3 695

Same thing different taste

Comments

klim105 0

Maybe u need to go to church and get on the right path. Jesus is life.

rocker_chick23 27

If Jesus was real, he would have been Jewish, so OP is walking the right path.

Eh Jesus was Jewish but didn't practice what most Jews today do

ned diggers 14

The right path isn't being evicted from 206 different countries for the past 2000 years.

Try and find something that you'll enjoy, if you can't then buy books and donate them. Maybe your nana will appreciate the though

There are usually nice gifts at them too.

You'd think you'd be excited about something free no matter what it is.

Did she know you were from different religions, or did she just assume?

Idk what you normally read but Ted Dekker's book are pretty good. More thriller with a christian undertone.

I don't understand why your Grandma would give you this gift... Did you convert to Judaism? Or, are you Jewish on the other side of your family? I'm Jewish on my mother's side of my family (for those who don't know, if you come from a mixed faith family, in the Jewish faith, you take your mother's religion), and my father's family (Irish Catholic) were totally chill. My parents got married in a Temple. I'm curious to know the circumstances behind the gift. My Nana (father's mother, now deceased) used to think this one building was just so pretty because it's was bright pink. It was called 24Karat Gold and was a now defunct strip club.

danimal_crackerz 26

Sorry op! It's the thought that counts I guess

I agree with 49. This needs a follow up! I am personally a Messianic Jew by faith! My Mother is Jewish and my Father is a retired Evangelical Pastor! So I grew up in Synagogue on Saturday & Church on Sunday! In the end my parents both became Messianic Believers! All my Grandparents love us grandchildren, but this time of year is always tense because one side does Hanukkah & the other side does Christmas! I would personally try a gift certificate exchange website! P.S. Messianic Jews or Messianic Believers (non Jews) believe that Jesus is the Son of G-D! We worship G-D on Saturday & keep all the Jewish traditions!

rogwest 23

Look for Old Testament or new an expand your horizons… don't be so closed minded.

rocker_chick23 27

How is OP being closed minded? If anyone is, it is OP's grandmother.