Rant against Christian bookshops

I find it very hard to like Christian bookshops. I feel very uncomfortable in them, and always come out feeling angry.

Why?

I find it hard to put my finger on. Certainly the fact that the science sections in most I've been in are full of dreadful, dreadfully ignorant and misleading books doesn't help. But it goes much further than that.

I find the middle-of-the-road worship music in the background very irritating. I'm not sure what I *want* to hear, but this stuff sounds insincere, hyped up and unimaginitive.

I find the range of books disturbing. Sometimes it's the unthinking, reactionary, judgmental books that I don't like. On the other hand, sometimes I'm upset by the books that seem to have lost touch with the truth. I know it's a good thing that people have the freedom to look at a whole range of books, but that doesn't stop me feeling unsettled, and even secretly wishing that certain books weren't on offer in this particular forum.

I don't like the commercialism. These bookshops sometimes feel just like rather aggressive vendors of any other product. We seem sometimes to have bought into exactly the same marketing ploys, however cynical, that are around outside the church.

If you like these bookshops, or work in one, feel free to disagree with me! But at the minute I find it a real chore when I have to go into one of these places. What do other people think?