Being an occasional consumer of bibles and books about the bible, I got myself plugged into an outfit called Eden, to be found at http://www.eden.co.uk/. No to be confused with the IT outfit also called Eden at http://www.eden.com or that at http://www.eden.org which branches to http://www.christiananswers.net/. Complicated old world out there.
Having got myself plugged into what I thought was a proper Christian site just in case they turn out something of interest, I find that they are a rather gung-ho lot. What used to be called muscular Christians, to distinguish them from their martial cousins in the Salvation Army. So gung-ho that they send me an email or so a day, promoting this or that offering, luckily spotted by the Google email scanner acting on my behalf and which consigns it to my promotions bin, thus segregating it from my more respectable emails.
I was amused by their contribution this morning headed 'NEW Thriller Fiction by Irene Hannon' - not very biblical sounding at all. Although taking a peek at http://www.irenehannon.com/ she does appear to be very Christian, albeit of the commercial variety. I quote: 'I’m delighted you came to visit. If you’re looking for edge-of-the-seat suspense or tender, heartwarming romance—without gratuitous violence, explicit love scenes or vulgar language—you’re in the right place! My books have been called clean, compelling fiction, and that sums up my style nicely'.
And while a few years ago I found the Dawkins/Hitchens assault on the Word of our Lord rather irritating, even unpleasant and bad manners at the very least, peeking at these sites one does get some feel for where they might have been coming from.
PS: these people do not send out quite as many emails as Amazon. But in defence of their marketing people, I should say that I have yet to make a purchase from Eden. Not a confirmed prospect at all.
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