[PJ-Comix]

No couponing deals on the horizon for the next week so I should have more time for DUFUing. The past few weeks I have been overwhelmed by INCREDIBLE coupon deals and put long hours into that, including the FREE pre-cooked bacon referenced above. I might post a pic of me scarfing down that pre-cooked bacon but I don't want to provoke jealousy.

[Army Air Corps]

IBTP

[PJ-Comix]

PING!

[fwdude]

My question is, what Christian would go to Starbucks?

[rocksblues]

Guess these Dummies won’t be watching Duck Dynasty anytime soon.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I often pray before eating. In the Air Force chow halls I people would ask if I was religious after I did. I would say that I’m not very but this food needs all of the help it can get.

[rockrr]

I hate when people pray over their food aloud in public

Public displays of gratitude are so gauche!

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Lighten up, Francis. As long as they were not trying to baptize you with their chai latte or make you eat a live chicken on your bagel, I say give it a rest.

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Mmmmmm...Chicken Sushi!

[PowderMonkey]

I pray over meals in public, and am no longer self conscious about it. There are a surprising number of folks who do likewise. If any wiccan or pagan takes umbrage, they had better keep it to themselves.

In the old days, persecution of Christians was such that whenever a Christian cross paths with a stranger on the road, the Christian would nervously trace a crescent shaped line in dust. If the other was Christian, he would mirror the traced line by drawing an overlapping crescent. The two lines formed the shape of a fish ("ichthus") the symbol of Christianity. In that way, Christian would come to know friend from foe. We may yet be forced to live that way again.

[Honorary Serb]

I ALWAYS try to pray (quietly) over my restaurant meals. I use a fairly long Orthodox Christian prayer, compete with crossing myself at the appropriate times, and making the Sign of the Cross over my food and drink.

I’ve gotten nothing but good comments from people when I do this, and if they have children with them, they might use the occasion to teach them about blessing their food before eating. Once there was a fellow Orthodox Christian sitting next to me, and this provided an opportunity for us to meet each other.

I suppose that there have been members of the cynic and atheist crowd near me when I have prayed over my meals, but I’ve never heard from them.

And people who hate prayers before meals would miss the chance for the GREAT lunches that are served at our Serbian Orthodox parish, which are always preceded by blessings by a PRIEST, no less!!!!

[so_real]

I wonder ... is it perhaps a demon sitting upon the blogger's mind that was so offended by the prayer? Why would a human, completely uninfluenced by all things celestial, really care if another human prays publicly or not? To take offense, such bitter offense, at "thanks" offered to God ... well, I can really only think of one subgroup of the divine that would be incensed by that. If the blogger insists on us making a choice between offending a demon, or denying thanks to our Creator ... let's just say the demon is going to be offended around my family ... often.

[CSM]

“People who pray aloud in public are doing it to be attention whores.”

Says a DUmmie that has likely marched in a gay “pride” parade.

[Arrowhead1952]

Sitting in Starbucks, this couple sits down next toe with their bagel and coffee and hold hands across the table and start praying quite loudly to their God for their fine mid morning snack. Ugh!!

Yeah DUmmie, but screaming "F*** the church" in the Texas capitol is OK. They are a bunch of sick freaks. I am surprised that the DUmmie actually used a capital letter in the word 'God'.

[Billthedrill]

I gotta wonder what our outraged DUer would say if someone sat down to a snack and started chanting “Hail Satan!” Awkward.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

I know a family of three, all of whom stop what they are doing five times a day, kneel, and pray. And they always face the same direction.

HERE is your basic LFT.

[NRA1995]

Sounds like one of those knotheads who sits around all day waiting to be offended about something, anything....

[wbill]

People who pray aloud in public are doing it to be attention whores

The DUmmie should swing by a local church and mention this to a pastor. Especially after a service.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

I’ve gotten into the habit of praying silently when I’m eating by myself. I wonder if a DUmmie would get upset at that?

[Kenton]

So this really gets under their skin, huh... thanks, that was easy. Look for me in your favorite Starbucks, holding a High Latin mass.

[Gay State Conservative]

This gives me an idea.I make it to Cambridge regularly (yah,*that* Cambridge) as well as the Upper West Side of Manhattan.In the future if I stop at Starbucks in either place (I like their pastry offerings) I'm gonna make it a point to pray out loud before eating.Not loud...but loud enough for those nearby to hear.