Tesco opens store in church.
This term we are looking at how to write newspaper articles. Which 'coverage' of the story do you think most suitable or entertaining?
And most importantly, do you think a church is a suitable place for a supermarket? Is consumerism really our new religion?
I don’t really care if a Tesco grocery or anything is placed in a church but if I were to choose I’d placed it anywhere else. You can believe in God or not, you can be religious or not, but churches are history and for many people important places. So, for their respect it is better not to install such market in such place. People can feel offended if they see this Tesco market. I’d feel offended if I were religious!
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, Tesco may have done this in order to attract consumers and make them stand out so people buy their products. So, from an economic and marketing point of view it is not so bad at all!
I don’t really think consumerism is our religion! That is absurd! How can be consumerism our religion? Relating this case with being a new religion I think is a mistake. Sorry but consumerism is part of capitalism, not at all a new religion. If they’d built it in a parliament, would it be the new political government? Not at all!
So I see it both right and wrong to establish this shop in a church, I’d prefer not but only for the respect of others who believe churches are sacred because they are God’s house.
I agree with Santi in many points of view except for the one that I really think that consumerism is turning up to be some sort of "religion". The way to maintain the capitalist system and ideology in which we are immersed is consuming; economical interchange. Although that's the only way capitalism can work, every year - despite the terrible crisis - consumerism keeps on a high percentage, specially on christmas days. For example, in United States, the day after Thanks Giving there's huge, long cues, at 7 a.m. waiting for the diverse shops and markets to open, due to the low prices. Moreover, here in europe, travel agencies have made the new called holiday shopping. This consists in traveling to a city in which it has a great variety of shopping centers, shops and boutiques - such as New York, London or Paris - and spend all the day shopping. the duration can be between 1 or 3 days. That's pure addiction. Another great influence to it is the loads of propaganda and advertisements of low cost prices, including flights, hotels, cars, computing, etc.
ReplyDeleteHowever, converting a church to a supermarket is an offense and insult to all believers of the different religions. It's a sanctuary as a historical monument of a region. In terms of religion, a church is a holy building in which people go there to pray, reflect on their problems and take their time to listen and chose the best way to pass through. It's a matter of respect to all of those who really feel the spirit of God and their religion; unfortunately, society is loosing this precious and valuable respect people had to each other.