So, What is it that makes Starbucks coffee company feel compelled to try and become an "every man's soapbox"?
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from www.wnd.com Anti-God Starbucks cup Woman says: 'I don't think there needs to be May 6, 2007 Ohio woman is steaming after reading an anti-God message published on the side of a Starbucks coffee cup.
and was included as part of an effort by the Seattle-based coffee giant to collect different viewpoints and spur discussion. a married mother of three who is Catholic, told the Dayton Daily News. "I don't think there needs to be religious dialogue on it. I just want coffee." |
Starbucks spokeswoman Sanja Gould said:Respectful conversations DO NOT begin with the mass production of an implicatory opinion.
the collection of thoughts and opinions is a "way to promote open, respectful conversation among a wide variety of individuals."
What do I mean "implicatory opinion"?
Well, for instance, the statement given in this article could easily do without the belittling comment regards the Creator being "a figment of our imaginations".
Granted a reasonable person might agree that we "cause most of the catastrophes we need to endure.". But even if this is so, what would be wrong or errant about admitting failure and "repenting" so to speak, and then asking for help from the very One that you believe could have prevented the catastrophe in the first place, had you sought Him before hand. I'd say "well done", to admit your wrong would show a great deal of integrity.
But I digress.
Starbucks; I'm not sure who you think you are fooling, but it's not us. It is painfully obvious that these "The Way I See It" comments are NOT an effort to promote conversation of any kind; other than conversation about you and your product. ADVERTISEMENT! is your goal! That and the indoctrination of your customers.
now reporting about the ozone. The ozone is
actually shown in the Holy Scriptures but under a
different name. Prophecy also shows the real
cause of its deterioration. You need to study the
complete Message to understand why Yahweh
gave us Laws that would have prevented what
we are now seeing in today’s world news.
2 comments:
The message on the cup is entirely illogical. The message on the cup states in part: “Why would we ask something that may well be a figment of our imagination for guidance?” “After all, we are strong enough to cause most of the catastrophes we need to endure.”
The unfounded statement implies that the strength to cause a catastrophe somehow evinces an ability to endure or solve that catastrophe. But that is plainly not the case. It is very easy for an individual to set a forest fire, even accidentally, but once the fire is started, it can take hundreds of men and millions of dollars of equipment and material to put the fire – if it can be extinguished at all. If we extend the message on the cup to the forest fire, the message on the cup would ask “Why call the fire department just because you started a fire when you know they might not answer the phone. After all, you started the fire, you should be able to put it out.” Why call a dentist? you ate the candy!
An old Beatle song asks us to “imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try”, “No hell below us, above us only sky.” The song ties this accidental existence to peace on Earth. “Imagine all the people, living life in peeeeace - yoouUuoooOOOo, oooooo OO-ooOO-00---0OOhhh --- Sorry, my voice is a little rusty. The implication of the song and the message on the cup is the same -- the problems with the world and the problems in our lives are caused in large measure by our belief in a creator. If we could imagine no heaven and hell, we can imagine all people living in peace. If we weren’t so busy asking “something that may well be a figment of our imagination for guidance”, we could “search inside ourselves for the power to overcome.” A belief in a creator is depicted as the barrier between us and the solutions to our problems. The message implies that bad consequences of wrong behavior are not caused by the wrong behavior, but by those who speak against that behavior. It must follow that the more you believe in a Creator, the more problems you cause. -- AIDs is caused by the intolerant. I submit that just the opposite is the case. It is the failure to believe in a creator that is the heart of all of today’s problems.
Definitely!!!!!!
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