God and Coffee
23 October 2005 by Bob
Coffee drinkers in the US could soon get Jesus with their morning jolt as Starbucks plans to put a religious message on its cups next spring. [...] “You are not an accident. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He wanted you alive and created you for a purpose. Focusing on yourself will never reveal your real purpose. You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense. Only in God do we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance and our destiny.”
Yep, just what we all fucking need first thing in the morning…
23 October 2005, on 8:24 pm
It’ll be fun to make a scene and demand a different cup–if I ever get handed one. I don’t actually go to Starbucks too often, though.
24 October 2005, on 12:46 am
Maybe I’m making a bit of a stereotype here, but aren’t a lot of the people who go to starbucks homosexuals and stuff like that? Wouldn’t that alienate a lot of their customers? Won’t that kill their sales? I mean, you just don’t picture the fred phelps types going to a place like that.
24 October 2005, on 8:35 am
Sportin’-
I would demand they put it in a different cup when I made my drink order- that would stir up some people in line.
Ford-
*sigh*
24 October 2005, on 9:06 am
Anecdote alert
When I’ve gone into the coffee shops here in Lincoln, Ne, I usually see college Emos. From Wikipedia: In recent years, the derision has increased dramatically. Male fans of emo are often hit with homosexual slurs, largely a reflection of the “nerd” style of dress popular within the emo scene and the fact that in many cultures, males are expected to be stalwart and strong, not overly emotional; emotions are “weak” and “feminine”. That mentality, however, hasn’t stopped people from enjoying the style and music of the emo scene. They probably won’t like having Jeebus shoved in their face. (BTW, Emos hate LABELED[Rockstar's band]. They call us “penis music”. I totally agree).
24 October 2005, on 10:30 am
Since the cups have quotes from a wide variety of people, I honestly have no problem with the god quote. I’ve read Warren’s book and it’s pure drivel, but that’s okay.
I love the idea of demanding a different cup. That’s good stuff.
24 October 2005, on 11:29 am
Ford- I agree Starbucks is looking for trouble with these cups… and that’s probably their point. There is no bad advertising anymore… I guarantee they have a backup plan for each possible scenario that will deliver $$$. They’re fucking Starbucks… bucks is in the name and that’s their game.
24 October 2005, on 12:51 pm
Heh, maybe calling them all homosexuals wasn’t right (not that that should be an insult, but it is a bit of a stereotype) but the general mentality of people I’ve seen at starbucks seem as though they would be insulted just the same. I mean, if you really think about it even the cracker barrel wouldn’t do something like that because they would drive away some business, even if it’s only 2% of their customers that’s still a significant loss in money over something as stupid as a label on a cup that somebody high up decided would make them look morally superior.