# "Christian" publishers are crooks, sky is blue. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 5, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-publishers-are-crooks-sky-is-blue/785905 "2017-05-05T12:58:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-publishers-are-crooks-sky-is-blue/785905/61 "2017-05-10T00:58:22Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > So then, humor me. What the fuck ARE you trying to defend or justify? Nothing, you lackwit. I was making fun of the SDMB’s aggressive atheists and their special hard-on for American Xianity. I am an atheist of some decades and still find them utterly ridiculous. You’re ridiculous AND stupid. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-publishers-are-crooks-sky-is-blue/785905/62 "2017-05-10T01:53:39Z")
Not the OP but a main contributor. Moderators. We have left the rails. Feel free to close. Note to actual post readers. There are more comments and testimonies from Tate employees at the referenced web site. Grim reading. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-publishers-are-crooks-sky-is-blue/785905/63 "2017-05-10T02:14:36Z")
> [@Beren\_Erchamion](#): > > Inasmuch as being a Christian is incompatible with exploiting your brothers and sisters for profit, the phrase “Christian business” is a contradiction in terms. This. They should read the freaking book. > [@smithsb](#): > > Not the OP but a main contributor. Moderators. We have left the rails. Feel free to close. > Note to actual post readers. There are more comments and testimonies from Tate employees at the referenced web site. Grim reading. Sorry, smithsb, but we are still making fun of the Tates. We’ll go there when we need more ammunition. _Shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-publishers-are-crooks-sky-is-blue/785905/64 "2017-05-10T02:58:46Z")
Here’s what some of their clients think of them. :mad: [https://www.consumeraffairs.com/misc/tate\_publishing.html](https://www.consumeraffairs.com/misc/tate_publishing.html) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-publishers-are-crooks-sky-is-blue/785905/65 "2017-05-10T03:05:29Z")
And here’s what people had to say about it on Yelp. > **[Tate Publishing and Enterprises - Mustang, OK](https://www.yelp.com/biz/tate-publishing-and-enterprises-mustang)** > > 10 reviews of Tate Publishing and Enterprises - CLOSED "ATTENTION ALL PROSPECTIVE AUTHORS.... > RUN DON'T WALK FROM THIS COMPANY! > > And as he taught them, he said, "Is it not written?: > "My house will be called > a 'house of prayer for all nations' > But... ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-publishers-are-crooks-sky-is-blue/785905/66 "2017-05-10T08:28:25Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > This. They should read the freaking book. > > Sorry, smithsb, but we are still making fun of the Tates. We’ll go there when we need more ammunition. _Shrug_ Okay 🆒, stay on point. Tates are scumbags, evil, anti-christian, mean, etc… ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-publishers-are-crooks-sky-is-blue/785905/67 "2017-05-10T21:06:38Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Nothing, you lackwit. I was making fun of the SDMB’s aggressive atheists and their special hard-on for American Xianity. I am an atheist of some decades and still find them utterly ridiculous. You’re ridiculous AND stupid. So it was a big damn WHOOSH??? Aw shit. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-publishers-are-crooks-sky-is-blue/785905/68 "2017-05-10T21:12:59Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > So it was a big damn WHOOSH??? > > Aw shit. I take back all the shit I talked on you in this thread. You’re all right. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-publishers-are-crooks-sky-is-blue/785905/69 "2017-05-10T22:25:25Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > I take back all the shit I talked on you in this thread. You’re all right. It’s all good, you really had me going 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-publishers-are-crooks-sky-is-blue/785905/70 "2021-09-14T22:38:58Z")
I was reminded of this by a question in GQ, thought I might as well bump it with an update I found: > **[Canadian County judge approves restitution for Tate Publishing victims](https://www.oklahoman.com/story/business/columns/2019/12/13/canadian-county-judge-approves-restitution-for-tate-publishing-enterprises-victims/60414468007/)** > > A Canadian County District Court judge issued an order Thursday that sets out how and when Tate Publishing & Enterprises customers who qualified to get reimbursed for their losses will get paid. > Ju… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-publishers-are-crooks-sky-is-blue/785905.md?page=3)