Jesus junk

Jesus junk
 n.— «Whether a Christian-themed trinket is tacky or a treasure is in the eye of the beholder, says Pennington, who opened The Compass Christian Lifestyle Superstore in Waco in September 1997. “We don’t want it to look like a bunch of “Jesus junk,” as it’s known in the trade,” he says. “But I realize that not everyone is going to see it with the same eyes.”» —“Faith fashion” by Terri Jo Ryan Arizona Republic (Phoenix) May 23, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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