Starbucks. Who Cares?

American Christians love to perpetuate on all sorts of irrelevant felt needs and causes that are completely silly. The whole Starbucks fiasco is just the latest of these.

In case you haven't heard, Starbucks has decided to use plain red cups this holiday season.

Starbucks Holiday Cups

There are a few vocal Christians out there who are protesting this and claiming that Starbucks is waging a war on Christmas. First of all, they're not. Second of all, if they were, they have a right to do so. Third of all, who cares?

This is yet another example of Christians engaging in conspiracy theory nonsense. Granted, it's not a big conspiracy theory like the Illuminati is taking over the world or something like that, but in the end, it's the same sort of idea.

Why should we expect Starbucks to patronize Christianity? Is Starbucks a Christian enterprise? Last I checked, it's not. Even more so, why should we expect any business in the public realm to be forced to patronize Christianity?

Not to mention, it's not like Starbucks is making cups that say "Jesus sucks" or something like that. Come on, it's a plain red cup. If you don't want to buy Starbucks, then don't buy it.

We have no right to go off on Starbucks for plain red cups any more than Starbucks can tell us that we can't say Merry Christmas to them while buying their product.

As much as the far left agenda is going completely bonkers these days; the far right conspiracy theorists are just as bad.

The moral of the story is that this very vocal small minority of Christians are pretty clueless when it comes to public policy and the rights of businesses.

But what is even worse is that this very small vocal minority is clueless when it comes to what Christianity is all about.

It's about Christ crucified for the forgiveness of your sins, given to you objectively in Word and Sacrament. Not about red cups and not about some grand conspiracy.

Ignore these silly people. Their thought process and causes are about as valid as the far left.

Yeah, I said it. Same coin, different side.