Forever 3:16?

I just discovered something. And essentially, I find it quite peculiar. I was digging through my bag of plastic bags, trying to find one large enough to house my growing colony of Batman t-shirts (that's a story for another day), when I pulled out a massive bag from Forever XXI (herein F21). The first thing I saw was some small print on the bottom of the bag. After realizing what it said, I was shocked. It says "John 3:16". That's a passage from the Bible! What the heck is it doing on the bottom of a F21 bag??

In my confused, yet curious state, I looked it up on the internet. Sure enough, it is a passage for the Bible. First, let's get this straight; I'm not religious. I guess you could say I'm mostly an Athiest, but somewhat Agnostic. I don't believe in a higher power, but I believe in the possibility of there being something. I'll believe it when I see it type thing. I do not believe in worshiping something that you cannot know for sure exists. I understand what faith is, but I prefer to have faith in something tangible. Anyway, that could go on forever, so back to the religious bag!

John 3:16 is the following passage "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life". Hmm..so what are you saying, F21? If I buy your clothes and don't believe in Jesus, it's unlikely that I will live forever? Well, I already knew that, it's just nice to have a clothing store to reassure that for me. Ok, first of all, assuming that this place is religious, have you seen the clothes? I doubt any good Christian mother would let her young and 'innocent' daughter wear anything from there. I love that store, it's one of my favourite places to shop! But I've seen some things (and I've bought some too) that would make Jesus blush. I'm really not trying to offend anyone, and I apologize if I have, I know religion is a touchy subject.

Anyway, upon further reading into this sneaky 'advertisement', there are other companies that do the same thing! An American drive-tru chain print it on the bottom of their paper cups, and a fuel saving device company prints it on their boxes. I have never seen anything like this before, so I just found it very strange. What is the point? Is it to let everyone know, like, "Hey! We believe in God!", or are they trying to gain fandom from fellow religious customers? I don't know, and I don't think I will ever understand. Whatever floats your boat, I guess? Whatever their objective, I don't think it worked on me. If anything, they got a blog post about it.

Proof!