I hope they don't serve broccoli.
Posted on 04/13/2018 3:59:29 PM PDT by Rummyfan
The New Yorker approaches topics like a shallow teenager: Slap a disparaging word onto a popular topic and bingo! You have journalism.
Among the long, hallowed list of people, places and things the magazine has found “creepy,” the publication’s latest target is – surprise! – the Christianity of the Chik-fil-A franchise. Blogger Dan Piepenbring found the franchise’s “pervasive Christian traditionalism” with its statue of “Jesus washing a disciple’s feet” and its policy to close on Sundays just too much.
Then again, The New Yorker has called many things “creepy.” From Miley Cyrus’ return to sobriety to IKEA’s aesthetic to children’s books (and don’t forget the Ultimate Creep, Donald Trump). But for a place to be considered creepy because of its endorsement of Christianity lacks humor. Though Piepenbring did his best, declaring “NO MOR” to the “infiltration.”
Angered, no doubt, by the “ersatz homespun ambiance of a megachurch,” Piepenbring accused the restaurant of having an ulterior motive: proselytism and “glorifying God.” Rather than just understanding that the free market exists and that there is in fact a niche for enthusiastic Christians who want to sell chicken sandwiches, the writer took the same, stale path that the rest of the media has been parroting since 2012: Chick-Fil-A is “anti-LGBTQ” and full of “bigotry.”
In his slightly offensive, albeit amusing, metaphor comparing Chik-fil-A to a megachurch, the cows apparently are “the ultimate evangelists.” But that’s not what confuses Piepenbring the most. He wonders why New York City is content to have a restaurant chain that “does not quite belong here.” Even though Mayor Bill de Blasio tried to prevent the franchise from opening in the city, there wasn’t much “controversy” when it actually did open its doors. As for the “suburban piety” displayed by the owners? It’s “distasteful.”
“New Yorkers are under no obligation to repeat what the [cows] say. Enough, we can tell them,” Piepenbring concludes.
How edgy.
Only someone with a darkened mind would consider being Christian creepy.
I hope they don't serve broccoli.
That was such a great episode.
I love broccoli, too. Seriously.
VILE WEED!!! /Newman
It is the way Roman 1:18-32 describes them and those who champion them.
Correct.
Romans 1:22 King James Version (KJV)
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
I love their frozen coffee drink. Delicious. I thought I had found a new go-to drink. Then I read the calorie count. Oy! We have a CFA a mile away, but it’s always packed and it’s impossible to find a parking spot. Two parallel drive-through lanes.
What a great testimony to a caring staff.
We are always living in Biblical times.
Very touching story. Sorry for your loss.
I know it will be hard, but.... When you can, you should go back there... Try to remember the good times. It will help.
Peace be with you.
I’d like to know why bashing Christianity is accepted by many people in the 21st century when it would have been rejected in the 18th century.
Nobody is forcing anyone else to go.
If this so-called journalist doesn’t like Chick-Fil-A, he doesn’t have to patronize it.
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The last thing I would do as ask an ignorant doctor a question about nutrition.
Nutrition puts doctors out of business.
Deep fried foods are definitely life threatening.
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Did you mean we are always living in prophetic times?
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LOL
I had their chicken biscuit today for breakfast and is pathetically small. Their regular chicken sandwich is excellent but overpriced. Get extra pickles on it!
My local Chick Fil A is way over staffed. I don’t get how they make money. Long line at the drive by window.
The biggest “bigots” are the noisiest of them all. Oh no, the big scary chicken sandwich place people told them to hate.
You probably had a mini-biscuit, they sell boxes full of them, kind of like Krystal does with their sliders. I’ve found that a deluxe combo is no more expensive than a comparable sandwich at practically any other fast food restaurant. As far as the staff and the long lines, the staff is to serve the long lines. It’s typical here to have multiple people outside taking orders via touchpad to speed service to customers waiting in that seemingly never-ending double lane drive through that is always wrapped around the building. In my experience those restaurants are very well run, and get people served very quickly, usually within five to ten minutes even with walk in lines out the door and the double lane drive through wrapped around the building.
It’s OK to say you don’t like it, but be fair.
True, that!
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