Well ya! If you are a Christian, it seems logical to want to support a Christian owned company. As a side note these scriptures verses provide you an opportunity to witness to someone else. To a Christian this should be important because that is what we are called to do. Spreading the good word is not a negative thing. The verses themselves do not project any negativity either.
No one said Trijicon was a "Christian company". Their founder was a Christian but that doesn't mean the company as a whole is. It's a legal name and financial entity, it is not an individual.
I think you missed the point I was trying to make.
The biblical references might get them some business they wouldn't otherwise have gotten.... But it is definitely sending away some customers to their competition
It's my guess that this practice is net negative for the company as a whole. I think eventually they will discontinue it when the sales figure stops going up
Even worse... Sometimes business practices drive away customers permanently.... There is a reason I will never shop at questar again (although not related to religion at all)
Outside of gov contracts the majority of sales are to Americans who on the whole identify themselves as Christians. I don't think Trijicon really gives a rats a$$ what people think of their biblical verse references. You are correct in that taking a stand one way or the other usually pisses off half of the customer base.
Any person who either would or would not buy a sight from Trijicon based on the fact they put a bible verse on it -not even the actual verse mind you, just letters and numbers for all intents and purposes- is an idiot. Period. Either you like the sight for how it functions, or you prefer something else. If a tiny little printed series of letters and numbers effects your decision to buy, you are stupid.
Absolutely correct. Unfounded ignorant rhetoric to do so.
Absolutely. Everyone is 100% entitled to their opinion. That doesn't mean that one's opinion isn't stupid, or wrong, or clouded by ridiculous ideals, but one is entitled to it just the same. I don't care that someone might deprive them self of a great sight based solely on being anti-religion, but I will call them stupid for it.
Probably worth noting I am neither religious, nor a Trijicon fan-boy. I want an ACOG someday. I would prefer it didn't have a reference to a bible verse on it. That said, I will probably own one, and I will probably love it.
And again, correct.
Gauging someone's intelligence on this doesn't sound very intelligent.
It's not a very promising start to dismiss quality goods over something trivial like this.
It has to do with the world we live in today. People get extremely offended over simple things, instead of just brush it off and move on.
I'm offended, where's my safe space...
So if I understand you correctly, you think it's stupid to make purchasing decisions based on a company's ethics and values?
The company is the company, the religious beliefs of its founder(and likely most of its employees) has no bearing on the quality of the product. Some here are butt hurt over the biblical verse references, and yet many on this forum continue to buy and use defective garbage made by a company run by scumbags who put profit over soldier/officer safety.. That company would be L3/EOTECH for those who aren't up with current events. Between the two companies one is risking getting people killed and committing fraud, the other is discretely referencing biblical verses on their products, tell me which is more ethical..
If they (they company's ethics and values) have no bearing on your life, the lives of others and the quality of the product, yes. If their religious views don't coincide with yours, but that is the only factor the prevents your from purchasing an otherwise sublime product, yes. I know that is stupid, it's not a question of think. Bear in mind we're not talking about a company that laid off it's works to outsource to china or anything here. We are talking about a company that believes in a fairy tale. Who, pray tell, is that hurting?
The atheist often proves himself to be more asinine then the believer by lowering himself to the level of (anti)religious fanaticism.
Again, not religious.
Well said sir.
Simply because a company's ethics and values does not impact you directly, don't assume harm isn't done to others. I have seen dozens of families and individuals negatively impacted by this religion first hand and don't wish to financially support those who subscribe to this doctrine. I know many who are absolutely wonderful people, but I know many, many more who are not. To assume a person is stupid because their experience is vastly different than yours is puzzling.
And those families have the FREE CHOICE to participate in religion or not. I have zero sympathy for dumb people who get taken advantage of due to religion or any other cult/organization. I don't agree with it but I have no sympathy.
"I don't like polar bears. A polar bear ate my granddad. I found this awesome sight that is everything I need, but the company that makes it is called Polar Bear Tactical. I'm not buying this sight." <- A retarded person.
HAHAHAHAHA-Awesome, you sir are pure gold.
And aren't we all making the assumption here that Trijicon as a company has religious beliefs? I mean can't they just be discretely putting bible verses that are kind of bad ass when applied to the context and we are all getting bent out of shape because of an assumption?
Ever seen Pulp Fiction? I doubt Tarantino is a Christian.
I suspect you're correct about Trijicon and Tarantino.
Trijicon's founder Glyn Blindon was a devout Christian and it was apparently his idea to put the inscriptions on his products.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trijicon_biblical_verses_controversy
There are a number of companies in the U.S. that are guided by religion.
http://www.deseretnews.com/top/1700/19/Trijicon-20-companies-with-religious-roots.html
America is predominantly Christian in belief. Do you think the Turkish firearms some here own aren't being produced by companies that follow the Muslim faith as do their employees?
I don't expect people to understand, and I'm not making it my life's work to discredit religion or cast judgement on individual people. But if I had a choice to buy a Trijicon sight or a comparable product, I'd go with the comparable product.
What logic do you use to validate the decision besides your personal distaste for the innocuous biblical references on the side? More importantly, for those who didn't know about these references before this thread I would say you're trying to jump on the bandwagon of which you were clueless too.
I am not religious but I certainly don't take offence to trijicon doing this. I bought mine because they are bad ass optics.
Exactly why I buy them.
