Anti-God Starbucks Cup has Catholics Steamed

Most of us who frequent Starbucks with any regularity know that they often have quotations written on the side of their cups, ostensibly to provoke thought and contemplation.

Well, via Powerblog, try this one on for size [here's a picture of it]:

"Why in moments of crisis do we ask God for strength and help? As cognitive beings, why would we ask something that may well be a figment of our imaginations for guidance? Why not search inside ourselves for the power to overcome? After all, we are strong enough to cause most of the catastrophes we need to endure."

[WorldNetDaily continues:]

The quote was written by Bill Schell, a Starbucks customer from London, Ontario, Canada, and was included as part of an effort by the Seattle-based coffee giant to collect different viewpoints and spur discussion.

Starbucks has taken heat before for a quotation that promoted homosexuality appearing on one of its cups. Of course, as Jim Powers noted, Starbucks wouldn't dare publish the same quotation with the word "Allah" substituted for God. I also loved one of the comments by the Unseen One, "So I guess the people in Greensburg, Kansas should look inside themselves because they caused the tornado, eh? Nothing like a little liberal self-loathing to brighten up a Monday."