Is this Religious Intolerance at its Best?

My local bookstore has made some changes.......most of the section on Religion is filled with Bibles or books on Christianity, 18 sections in all, not counting the 12 sections on Christian Fiction. There is 1/3 of a section filled with books on Islam. The remaining sections were designated to Christianity. I asked about Zen and Buddhism.....the attendant apologized and told me, "Those are not really considered religion.....they are Philosophy." I asked where the Philosophy section was located, as Philosophy previously abutted Religion. I was surprised to find it across the store, in a corner behind Modern Fiction. Previously, Philosophy occupied 10 to 12 sections. Now there was a mere 2 sections. The 2 were separated by a doorway. The second section was on 2/3 full. I am thinking that censure is unnecessary if one simply eliminates what one does not agree with.....Free Enterprise and all....one may sell what one chooses.Is this Religious Intolerance at its Best?
Christianity is in its death throes so they will try and censure as much as possible but the end is near for them.
Thank you.

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Is this Religious Intolerance at its Best?
No, you're in a Judeo-Christian culture.
I noticed similar at our book stores

things like Wicca were put in the myths section



no it isnt right and also makes it difficult to read up on religionsIs this Religious Intolerance at its Best?
Ask for the manager or owner. State you will never buy another book there. Money talks.
if I owned that book store religious books would be in the mythology section
Buy a Kindle and shop Amazon exclusively.
It's unfortunate that no one cares about philosophy these days. Just mythology.
Looking around today and looking back on Religious history, was there ever such a thing as Religious tolerance?
I wouldn't call it "intolerance". From a business standpoint, i'm sure the owner of the store decided that the types of books you were looking for didn't sell enough to keep them on the shelves. He instead filled those shelves with stuff that will sell. This is how you keep your business running. Has nothing to do with their personal preference. That's why its called a bookstore, and not a library.
no its not religious intolerance



its supply and demand



if 75% of your clients are christian then you stock your store with what the majority of your clients want.



since they will look for christian material the store stocks what sells.

if only 1 percent of the customers are looking for books on zen, they are not going to have a lot of books on zen on hand.
It has a lot more to do with what sells. Bookstores aren't there to give every point of view equal space, they are there to make a profit.
I think you should thank the store-keeper to give a better title to Buddhism and Zen. I mean putting them in Philosophy section is a good and sophisticated idea. Everybody knows they are religions and those religions are really great that are handy and undisputed enough to be kept in Philosophy section. I feel very happy when I see the Vedas in the philosophy section of my library (but they are kept in religious section too) and keeping them in Philosophy section really matters a lot for me.

btw, very nice and subtle observation !
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