Posted on 05/06/2007 12:49:39 PM PDT by cowtowney
An Ohio woman is steaming after reading an anti-God message published on the side of a Starbucks coffee cup.
The message that got Michelle Incanno's blood boiling reads:
"Why in moments of crisis do we ask God for strength and help? As cognitive beings, why would we ask something that may well be a figment of our imaginations for guidance? Why not search inside ourselves for the power to overcome? After all, we are strong enough to cause most of the catastrophes we need to endure."
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
Easy solution - quit buying Starbucks overpriced crap.
and spur discussion
What? Oh, never mind.
To date, Starbucks has gotten $0.00 from me.
Ditto that!
Aaahhh, freedom of speech. Most of disagree with the notion that God is a figment of our imagination. There is a statement at the bottom of each of the cups that states that they aren’t endorsed, etc by Starbucks. To say that Starbucks is anti-God is silly. This would mean that all the people from corporate on down are anti-God and I don’t think this is the case. Nor would it be a good business practice to alienate customers. We should not be so thin skinned.
Fair enough on the thin-skinned, but if they want to chase customers, they’ve found a good place to start.
Its crap, why would anybody drink tarbucks? QT is ten times better and alot cheaper.
We should not be so thin skinned.
Hm-m-m-m, it is an indication of one of the following:
1. Someone at Starbucks’ management is not keeping their eye on things
2. Someone at Starbucks’ wanted that message to get out
Would they have let a message along the lines of the following appear: “Slavery is in the mind of the beholder”
It is because we are cognitive beings that we believe in God.
I am betting that a snail doesn’t have a concept of God. Then again, I could be wrong.
I’ll take Tim Hortons over Starbucks any day. In fact, I dont think I’ve ever bought at Starbucks.
This just bolsters my decision. Let the little socialist coffee shop get by on what the libs buy.
HA, hardworking, great point.
Does starbucks have quotes from Ronald Reagan?
Phylis Shafley? (sp sorry)
Rush Limbaugh?
Dobson?
If they want to be enlighted then they shoudl have conservative quotes too.
I like 7-11 coffee better.
What’s QT?
I will agree if they would put an anti-homosexual quote on their cups or a pro Jesus one. They may have. I don’t drink coffee so I don’t know.
Our coawfee machine is beclempt. I’ll give you a topic. God is for dummies. Discuss amongst yourselves.
That rumor was nothing more than that...just a rumor. I worked at Starbucks up until last year, and we had donation baskets out in out lobby for care packages for soliders.
That story about the corporation refusing to send anything to the troops was a bunch of crap and places like Snoops.com have listed it with the other internet email lies.....
So if that’s the only reason you’re not a Starbucks drinker....you can start!
I don’t buy Starbucks for the cup or the thoughts on the side of the cups. Churches and synagoges aren’t under attack Starbucks. Most people don’t even read the cups. And if they do, they should be aware that those thoughts are only their to promote discussion. How did we ever get to the point that we can’t have discussion?
OK, you got me. Where are they trying to be fair?
The thought that is posted on this thread is different than the one pictured on the link. Why is that? I didn’t read the article, but found that very interesting.
They did have a quote from Jonah Goldberg (editor of NR) on their cups for quite a while. There is a place online, through their website, where you can submit quotes. I never submitted any....so I don’t get upset when there are some that I don’t agree with. Most of the quotes are just stupid from radom puffed up artists talking about how the world would die without color.
Anyone that spends over $4 for a cup of coffee deserves this kind of abuse.
I am with the woman, but this is not grounds for a lawsuit just in case she is considering one. I doubt she is. Boycotting would be far more effective.
Burned Beans Bump!!
The Way I See It #224 previous | next
Darwinism’s impact on traditional social values has not been as benign as its advocates would like us to believe. Despite the efforts of its modern defenders to distance themselves from its baleful social consequences, Darwinism’s connection with eugenics, abortion and racism is a matter of historical record. And the record is not pretty.
— Dr. Jonathan Wells
Biologist and author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design.
“How did we ever get to the point that we can’t have discussion?”
When democraps took it upon themselves to determine just what we can discuss and what words were ok to use. All else is, in their minds, HATE SPEECH!
While visiting my daughter in Billings Montana she turned me on to Mountain Mudd coffee kiosks. They’re less than half the price of BigBucks with 5 times the flavor. And they don’t call bitter burnt coffee by 10 different names that all taste the same. Plus you don’t have to get out of your car to get it. I wish they had Mountain Mudd here in Texas.
“I stopped buying Starbucks when I found out that they refused to send coffee over to the troops in Iraq after some soldiers requested it.”
This is a myth. There might have been one employee of a shop that wouldn’t give any coffee, but it certainly isn’t a corporate policy. The Starbucks that I go to is not anti-military.
This brings up another point. You stated, “Let the little socialist coffee shop get by on what the libs buy.” I don’t find it socialist, and I am certainly not a lib. Nor are any of my friends that go to Starbucks. We are conservatives. In fact, the Starbucks that I go to is in a very conservative town, Glendora, CA. Yes, there are places like that in California.
I do really, really like Starbucks coffee....
Radon is a cancer-causing natural radioactive gas that you can’t see, smell or taste. Its presence in your body could cause a person to make outrageous statements.
However, the topics they pick do seem worthy of discussion. It wouldn’t hurt our society to have more people debating serious philosophical topics. (As Tribune7 points out in #15, they do seem to cover the spectrum.)
“QT” is the abbreviation for Quick Trip gas stations. Cheap coffee. Cheap gas.
I agree that is a big part of the problem. They don’t want to discuss freely they want to control what can be discussed and how it can be discussed with the goal of shutting out any disagreement.
ditto
then drink your heart out....I do!
Starbucks is pricey, but I worked there because I needed health insurance. My daughters and I qualified for state aid but I chose to work instead. Most of my coworkers were mothers who needed health benefits as well. And most, like me, would have qualified for state aid, but chose to work because they were capable. So when I shell out nearly four dollars, I know it’s to support a company that takes good care of it’s people and does, in it’s own way, help control the size of government.
As you see, I can justify paying Starbucks prices!
Check out this one from rudy giulliani:
The Way I See It #189Leadership requires relentless preparation. You cannot predict every possible challenge. But if you prepare for those challenges you can predict, you will be better equipped to handle all problems, even the unexpected ones.
-- Rudolph W. Giuliani
Former mayor of New York City.
Too bad for him he wasn't prepeared for the expected abortion question from christy matthews during the debate.
That's the truth!
The Way I See It #192Many people lack a spiritual belief system and fill that void with obsessions about celebrities. The celebrities are raised to the rank of gods, and these earthly gods will always fail the expectations the masses have set for them. The cycle runs thusly: adoration turns to obsession, obsession turns to disappointment, and from disappointment it is a just a short emotional jump to contempt.
-- Donna Phillips
Freelance writer. She lives in Claremont, California.
Didn't happen.
See the links at http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/pressdesc.asp?id=684&rumor=true.
I was hoping you weren't drinking and liking Quick Tan Suntan lotion.
Charbucks coffee, bleh!
Nope. Instead, I am a Starbucks addict. But to make up for this weakness, I own shares in the company.
A good one. I don’t feel like there is a problem. I think people have jumped to conclusions. Starbucks my be a yuppie haven but it clearly wasn’t trying to piss anyone person off. lol
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