# Holy shit. Nobody knows the difference between "lose" and "loose" any more.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 1, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-nobody-knows-the-difference-between-lose-and-loose-any-more/562547 "2010-12-01T16:25:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-nobody-knows-the-difference-between-lose-and-loose-any-more/562547/82 "2010-12-07T00:55:54Z")

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> [@Apollyon](#):
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> (Not wishing to hijack… but a sermon with Power point? I think I’ve just seen a vision of hell…) 🙂

Oh, I’ve been there. I went with my parents to a mega church once. Once. It was like a cliche business presentation, christian church, and new age self help crap rolled into one – plus a “rock and roll” band! Ugh. The program even advertised their Sunday school as “Sheep School”.

They sold coffee, audio tapes of services, and books in the lobby right outside the sanctuary – clearly honoring Jesus’s well-known love of merchants in temples.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-nobody-knows-the-difference-between-lose-and-loose-any-more/562547/83 "2010-12-07T02:37:27Z")

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> [@drastic\_quench](#):
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> They sold coffee, audio tapes of services, and books in the lobby right outside the sanctuary – clearly honoring Jesus’s well-known love of merchants in temples.

But it’s a church, not a temple. :rolleyes:

😃

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