I’m hoping that someone in the media fabricated the story that “Christians” – people who are supposed to be followers of the Lord Jesus Christ – are whining and bellyaching about the new Starbucks Christmas cups. (Or perhaps Starbucks fabricated it to garner publicity?)
The whole thing is so convoluted I cannot imagine any follower of Jesus expending time and energy on it.
Not when there are things going on in this world that the Lord really cares about.
I’m pretty certain that He couldn’t care less about the color of Starbucks’ coffee cups, and I have money hidden in my shoes that says He prefers the red cup over the other images that were plastered on their “Christmas” cups of the past.
Pray tell, when did snow flakes, sleds, elves, and Santa Claus have anything to do with Jesus Christ or authentic Christianity?
Yet we’re being told that “Christians” are experiencing apoplexy over the red cups.
I’m not a Starbucks devotee, but I like the red cups MUCH better than those other images which detract from Jesus Christ and conflate the celebration of His birth with American consumerism, childhood fantasy, and science fiction.
Add to that, when did Starbucks become a Christian organization in the first place?
(As far as I know, they’ve never plastered a Nativity scene on their cups.)
All told, I could care less if their coffee cups are red, blue, green, or plaid. And frankly, to be frank (and I am), why should any Jesus-follower?
I really want to believe that this whole “controversy” is an invention spawned by anti-Jesus followers, making them look like village idiots who can’t figure out the difference between Santa Claus and Jesus of Nazareth.
But sadly, I’m probably wrong here. Sigh.
Johnny Mac’s reaction sums up my feelings on the matter. How about you?
“You cannot be serious!”
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Red Cups: The new face of Christian persecution. Make the madness stop.
As you already guessed, there is a chance it was done on purpose. Among social media managers there is a pretty general consensus the whole thing may have initially been prompted by someone at Starbucks as a publicity stunt. What’s that saying? “there is no such things as bad publicity” It certainly worked.
It’s a sign of things to come. The only way to get noticed is to be louder, angrier and more offended than the next person. We’re going to see a lot more of this kind of nonsense and the best way to counteract it is to ignore it.
I agree that it is preposterous for Christians to be upset about red cups. But could I share just one thing that I’ve heard about that you don’t mention? My understanding is that it was not Christians in general who were upset, but that the whole thing started with one man’s video rant – and his challenge to others to try to get them on the bandwagon. I don’t even remember the guy’s name – maybe because I’ve tried to forget it because I do NOT want to give him any more publicity! Evidently this is what he does: he makes controversial videos to try to stir people up. And evidently it worked with his “followers.”
However, I was delighted to observe that virtually all of the Christians that I heard about or heard from were instead pointing out the absurdity of his challenge. So that’s good news. At least, most people recognized the lunacy this time.
I deliberately chose not to mention the man or his video, but instead, to focus on the absurdity of the campaign.