4 ms·

Confession: I'm a christian entrepreneur and I purchase all my domains and SSL certificates from GoDaddy. I never got the memo that I should boycott their servi

Confession: I'm a christian entrepreneur and I purchase all my domains and SSL certificates from GoDaddy. I never got the memo that I should boycott their services. I have no problem with groups (christian or not) choosing to boycott certain companies because they object to their marketing practices. But I personally don't have time to cherry-pick these companies myself and make a public statement out of it. I'm too busy trying to nurture my own family and business to worry about GoDaddy. One last note: when it comes to watching sports (which my daughters enjoy watching with me), I find ads for E.D. treatments much more uncomfortable than GoDaddy's.

exfswlkrji 18y ago
Why were you watching tv/sports on sunday anyway? Has the 8th commandment been changed?
- sant0sk1 18y ago
  I don't believe this is the forum for that discussion, but the Jewish Sabbath was never on Sunday. Sabbath means 7 (and rest), and Sunday has never been the 7th day of the week.
  - exfswlkrji 18y ago
    If you are a christian the Council of Laodicea forbid you from keeping the sabbath on the same day as the Jews - it also forbade you from eating bagels, so you can probably ignore it. It is interesting that a christian was watching ads coverting their neighbours SUV on their sabbath - while complaining about someone mentioning tits.
    - sant0sk1 18y ago
      The "Council of Laodicea" has no bearing on Christian doctrine. Your response is what I feared might happen and why I stated that this forum isn't great. If you want to take this up out of band feel free to email me.
      - unalone 18y ago
        Then out of curiosity, why do Christians go to church on Sundays? I genuinely have never understood what led up to the day switch - I was born and raised Jewish.
        sant0sk1 18y ago
        First, Christians do all sorts of things for the wrong reasons, its best to clear that first before trying to explain their actions. Second, Going to church on Sunday and believing Sunday to be a Sabbath day are two totally different things. In fact, keeping Sabbaths is not a Christian thing to do at all. Christians do it, but that's because they think they are (really, really want to be) Jews. Tons of the crazy stuff Christians do are because they try to adopt little pieces of the Jewish economy (10 commandments, feast days, sabbaths, etc, etc,). I don't know when/why Sunday became the de facto day for Christian church-going, but I can answer for myself, that I attend church on Sundays because it is the most convenient day (where I live) to do so. I don't regard it higher than any other day of the week (ok, maybe Monday ;).
        zdflemin 18y ago
        Sunday is the day on which Christ rose from the dead. See Matthew 28 (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Matthew+28&src=esv.org http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Matthew+28&src=esv.or...) Christians meet on Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. At least that is my understanding.
        tptacek 18y ago
        Catholics meet on Sunday to give God his due, as he demanded in the Ten Commandments. Jesus is God, and is an intrinsic part of that ceremony. I'm not sure Jesus rising from the dead is what makes Sunday the issue. Catholics are explicitly, overtly allowed to work on Sunday. It is, however, a venal sin to work on Sunday (a) at the expense of worship and reverence (in other words, don't skip Mass) and (b) when you had a reasonable option not to. Five generations of American Catholic men appear to have established the convention that Sunday afternoon football incurs minimal expense to revering Jesus.
    - tptacek 18y ago
      Always nice to see people try to reduce incredibly complex phenomenon --- like Roman and Orthodox Catholic canon law and its relationship to modern Christianity in all its forms, from Unitarianism to Mormonism --- to a single cherry-picked Wikipedia article. Well played, sir!
      - mrtron 18y ago
        One of the simplest but most complex religious concepts is hats. Christians say no hats for men, hats for women, but special men can wear special hats. Jews say no hats for women, but hats for men. That is the tip of the iceberg, hats play a major role in many forms of worship. I don't think a single Wikipedia article could contain the hat concept alone, let alone your example.
        tptacek 18y ago
        Unitarians don't care what hats you wear. It's the word "christians" in these sentences that gets us into trouble.
- callmeed 18y ago
  Is watching sports labor of some sort? The sabbath (whatever day you observe it) is for resting from work. Sometimes I rest by watching sports, sometimes I sit in my hammock, sometimes I go snowboarding. And, yes, if one of my servers crashed on the sabbath, I will work on it. This explains it better than I can: http://tinyurl.com/cjqf2q http://tinyurl.com/cjqf2q
  - ijntybvrt 18y ago
    Did you switch on the TV on shabbos?
blogimus 18y ago
I find ads for E.D. treatments much more uncomfortable than GoDaddy's. You are certainly not the only one. Sports fan friends with kids mentioned E.D. ads on sports games over the holidays. They like to watch games as a family, but the ads make them think twice. I can't say I blame them. I see this as part of a larger problem that the only way we currently have to control the ads we see is to just turn off or change the channel.
- tptacek 18y ago
  Am I the only confused as to how they can continue to run those ads? Didn't the founders of that company get indicted?
  - johns 18y ago
    Not those ones, the other ones made by companies like Pfizer and Eli Lilly. The "legit" ones.
- potatolicious 18y ago
  For those of us not in the US, can you let us know what the big deal is with these E.D. ads? Somehow in my head an ad about treating ED doesn't seem so bad...
  - scott_s 18y ago
    The ones I'm thinking of are a guy talking into the camera about erectile dysfunction, and how it's impacting his life. With no sound, you'd have no idea what was being advertised. Compared to, say, a beer commercial, it's not as racy, but the frankness of the man talking into the camera can make it more awkward than scantily clad people if you're with parents/children.

exfswlkrji 18y ago

Why were you watching tv/sports on sunday anyway? Has the 8th commandment been changed?

sant0sk1 18y ago
I don't believe this is the forum for that discussion, but the Jewish Sabbath was never on Sunday. Sabbath means 7 (and rest), and Sunday has never been the 7th day of the week.
- exfswlkrji 18y ago
  If you are a christian the Council of Laodicea forbid you from keeping the sabbath on the same day as the Jews - it also forbade you from eating bagels, so you can probably ignore it. It is interesting that a christian was watching ads coverting their neighbours SUV on their sabbath - while complaining about someone mentioning tits.
  - sant0sk1 18y ago
    The "Council of Laodicea" has no bearing on Christian doctrine. Your response is what I feared might happen and why I stated that this forum isn't great. If you want to take this up out of band feel free to email me.
    - unalone 18y ago
      Then out of curiosity, why do Christians go to church on Sundays? I genuinely have never understood what led up to the day switch - I was born and raised Jewish.
      - sant0sk1 18y ago
        First, Christians do all sorts of things for the wrong reasons, its best to clear that first before trying to explain their actions. Second, Going to church on Sunday and believing Sunday to be a Sabbath day are two totally different things. In fact, keeping Sabbaths is not a Christian thing to do at all. Christians do it, but that's because they think they are (really, really want to be) Jews. Tons of the crazy stuff Christians do are because they try to adopt little pieces of the Jewish economy (10 commandments, feast days, sabbaths, etc, etc,). I don't know when/why Sunday became the de facto day for Christian church-going, but I can answer for myself, that I attend church on Sundays because it is the most convenient day (where I live) to do so. I don't regard it higher than any other day of the week (ok, maybe Monday ;).
        zdflemin 18y ago
        Sunday is the day on which Christ rose from the dead. See Matthew 28 (http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Matthew+28&src=esv.org http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Matthew+28&src=esv.or...) Christians meet on Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. At least that is my understanding.
        tptacek 18y ago
        Catholics meet on Sunday to give God his due, as he demanded in the Ten Commandments. Jesus is God, and is an intrinsic part of that ceremony. I'm not sure Jesus rising from the dead is what makes Sunday the issue. Catholics are explicitly, overtly allowed to work on Sunday. It is, however, a venal sin to work on Sunday (a) at the expense of worship and reverence (in other words, don't skip Mass) and (b) when you had a reasonable option not to. Five generations of American Catholic men appear to have established the convention that Sunday afternoon football incurs minimal expense to revering Jesus.
  - tptacek 18y ago
    Always nice to see people try to reduce incredibly complex phenomenon --- like Roman and Orthodox Catholic canon law and its relationship to modern Christianity in all its forms, from Unitarianism to Mormonism --- to a single cherry-picked Wikipedia article. Well played, sir!
    - mrtron 18y ago
      One of the simplest but most complex religious concepts is hats. Christians say no hats for men, hats for women, but special men can wear special hats. Jews say no hats for women, but hats for men. That is the tip of the iceberg, hats play a major role in many forms of worship. I don't think a single Wikipedia article could contain the hat concept alone, let alone your example.
      - tptacek 18y ago
        Unitarians don't care what hats you wear. It's the word "christians" in these sentences that gets us into trouble.
callmeed 18y ago
Is watching sports labor of some sort? The sabbath (whatever day you observe it) is for resting from work. Sometimes I rest by watching sports, sometimes I sit in my hammock, sometimes I go snowboarding. And, yes, if one of my servers crashed on the sabbath, I will work on it. This explains it better than I can: http://tinyurl.com/cjqf2q http://tinyurl.com/cjqf2q
- ijntybvrt 18y ago
  Did you switch on the TV on shabbos?

blogimus 18y ago

I find ads for E.D. treatments much more uncomfortable than GoDaddy's. You are certainly not the only one. Sports fan friends with kids mentioned E.D. ads on sports games over the holidays. They like to watch games as a family, but the ads make them think twice. I can't say I blame them. I see this as part of a larger problem that the only way we currently have to control the ads we see is to just turn off or change the channel.

tptacek 18y ago
Am I the only confused as to how they can continue to run those ads? Didn't the founders of that company get indicted?
- johns 18y ago
  Not those ones, the other ones made by companies like Pfizer and Eli Lilly. The "legit" ones.
potatolicious 18y ago
For those of us not in the US, can you let us know what the big deal is with these E.D. ads? Somehow in my head an ad about treating ED doesn't seem so bad...
- scott_s 18y ago
  The ones I'm thinking of are a guy talking into the camera about erectile dysfunction, and how it's impacting his life. With no sound, you'd have no idea what was being advertised. Compared to, say, a beer commercial, it's not as racy, but the frankness of the man talking into the camera can make it more awkward than scantily clad people if you're with parents/children.