Restaraunt gives discount for praying

[Cecilie1200]

Idiots get offended.

The debate over officials praying in government meetings has raged in the past few years, but one restaurant claims to be supporting the religious rights of individuals, by offering a discount for praying in public. While many find the move a positive thing, others say it’s religious discrimination, and that the practice should be stopped.
An image that shows a receipt including a 15% discount for praying in public has been going viral since an Orland, Florida radio station posted it yesterday. Z88.3 shared the image on its Facebook page, saying,

A friend of ours just shared her receipt from lunch where she got a discount for praying in public!!! How cool is that?
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When some people expressed doubt that anyone anywhere was getting a discount for praying in public, even calling the image photoshopped, they were directed to a North Carolina restaurant, Mary’s Gourmet Diner. On that restaurant’s Facebook page, the rumor was confirmed:

Yes, if we see you praying, you get 15% off your bill.
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While this produced a spate of support, it also returned some anger, and accusations of discrimination. One poster asked,

Just a question, because it has come up in some comments sections. Would a Muslim still enjoy a discount for praying at your restaurant? As a Christian. I would hope you are respectful of all religions that worship.
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Restaurant's 'Praying In Public' Discount Returns Praise, Ire; Religious Freedom Or Discrimination?

Matthew 6:5-6New International Version (NIV)

Prayer
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.


I love telling Christian's what's in their Bible.

Well, under the circumstances, I guess it's a good thing that you enjoy being laughed at for pronouncing on things you know nothing about to people who don't give a damn that you exist, let alone that you mistakenly believe you can think.

The spectacle of a fish trying to lecture a bird on how it's not flying correctly never ceases to amuse, particularly when the fish is convinced of its brilliance and totally oblivious to the fact that the birds are laughing at it.

 

[ErikViking]

Idiots get offended.



Restaurant's 'Praying In Public' Discount Returns Praise, Ire; Religious Freedom Or Discrimination?

Does the prayer has to be directed to a specific god? If you slam your head into the counter and scream, from the top of your lungs, that you beg Mighty Odin to grant me a place in Valhalla when I'm slain - would that count?

If they want it to. If they don't, fuck off.

Ain't personal freedom grand?

The right to fucking off should not be overlooked.

 

[Carla_Danger]

Idiots get offended.



Restaurant's 'Praying In Public' Discount Returns Praise, Ire; Religious Freedom Or Discrimination?

Matthew 6:5-6New International Version (NIV)

Prayer
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.


I love telling Christian's what's in their Bible.

Well, under the circumstances, I guess it's a good thing that you enjoy being laughed at for pronouncing on things you know nothing about to people who don't give a damn that you exist, let alone that you mistakenly believe you can think.

The spectacle of a fish trying to lecture a bird on how it's not flying correctly never ceases to amuse, particularly when the fish is convinced of its brilliance and totally oblivious to the fact that the birds are laughing at it.

I swear to the freedumb loving Jebus, another bird just crashed into my window!!!


It's written in plain English. Sorry if you can't grasp that.

 

[Pogo]

That would not be the same circumstance at all, but I suppose I would simply not take my business to that restaurant.

How would it be significantly different?

There's a difference between taking someone's money, and giving your own money away.

Which is not to say that they can't charge for anything they want, so long as it's posted and people are aware of incurring that charge beforehand. I believe it's actually illegal in every state to charge people for something you didn't tell them you were going to charge for ahead of time.

This restaurant doesn't advertise this discount; are they not therefore charging everybody they don't see praying 15% more than those they do?

It isn't "giving your own money away" anyway. It's on the bill; they haven't been paid yet.

Suppose another restaurant did the opposite and charged 15% extra if they saw you praying. What then?

That would not be the same circumstance at all, but I suppose I would simply not take my business to that restaurant.

On the contrary it's the same thing expressed in reverse. See above.

 

[PixieStix]

Idiots get offended.

The debate over officials praying in government meetings has raged in the past few years, but one restaurant claims to be supporting the religious rights of individuals, by offering a discount for praying in public. While many find the move a positive thing, others say it’s religious discrimination, and that the practice should be stopped.
An image that shows a receipt including a 15% discount for praying in public has been going viral since an Orland, Florida radio station posted it yesterday. Z88.3 shared the image on its Facebook page, saying,

A friend of ours just shared her receipt from lunch where she got a discount for praying in public!!! How cool is that?
​

When some people expressed doubt that anyone anywhere was getting a discount for praying in public, even calling the image photoshopped, they were directed to a North Carolina restaurant, Mary’s Gourmet Diner. On that restaurant’s Facebook page, the rumor was confirmed:

Yes, if we see you praying, you get 15% off your bill.
​

While this produced a spate of support, it also returned some anger, and accusations of discrimination. One poster asked,

Just a question, because it has come up in some comments sections. Would a Muslim still enjoy a discount for praying at your restaurant? As a Christian. I would hope you are respectful of all religions that worship.
​

Restaurant's 'Praying In Public' Discount Returns Praise, Ire; Religious Freedom Or Discrimination?

Matthew 6:5-6New International Version (NIV)

Prayer
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.


I love telling Christian's what's in their Bible.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18...16 Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

I love telling non Christians that they simply do not get it. Because they have refused to understand. But the Bible does describe many God haters

Romans 1:30...Backbiters, haters of God, spiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things

 

[Pogo]

Idiots get offended.



Restaurant's 'Praying In Public' Discount Returns Praise, Ire; Religious Freedom Or Discrimination?

Great idea. And I'm pretty much atheist. Be interesting to see who's actually read the Bible where saying grace is mentioned. You're supposed to say it AFTER, not before

10 When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. 11 Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. 12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, 13 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, 14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 8

Can you also provide us the quote for, "And thou shalt then receive thy religious instruction from people who loudly proclaim their lack of faith"?

Or, to dumb it down for you so you'll understand:

Your first sentence told us you were "pretty much an atheist". You then proceeded to lecture people on the correct way to be Christians. The irony is so staggering that I don't even have words to adequately express it. Basically, this means you're too droolingly stupid to realize how droolingly stupid you are.

Huh?

How would being an atheist (or even more, "pretty much" an atheist) preclude knowing how some religion works? If anything a knowledge of what religions are about would be required to be able to arrive at a rejection of them.

You don't know the difference between understanding something and therefore rejecting its pretexts? What basis then do you have to reject any political idea you find incompatible? Or for that matter any choice at all?

Didn't think this through, didja?

 

[Carla_Danger]

Idiots get offended.



Restaurant's 'Praying In Public' Discount Returns Praise, Ire; Religious Freedom Or Discrimination?

Matthew 6:5-6New International Version (NIV)

Prayer
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.


I love telling Christian's what's in their Bible.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18...16 Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

I love telling non Christians that they simply do not get it. Because they have refused to understand. But the Bible does describe many God haters

Romans 1:30...Backbiters, haters of God, spiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things

By golly, this should be removed from the Bible! In fact, let's remove all contradictions!


Matthew 6:5-6New International Version (NIV)

Prayer
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

 

[Missourian]

Bless this food -- saying grace and giving thanks before meals is the most common form of spiritual nourishment - Beliefnet.com

 

[Pogo]

These are the grits:

I hate grits. When I lived in Charlotte I tried them once. It was like eating dirt.

These ain't. These are more like warm pillows of taste bliss. Stone ground whole grain. I swear, nobody makes grits better than I do except Mary.
And I've admitted that to them. Credit where due.

 

[Missourian]

Matthew 6:5-6New International Version (NIV)

Prayer
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.


I love telling Christian's what's in their Bible.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18...16 Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

I love telling non Christians that they simply do not get it. Because they have refused to understand. But the Bible does describe many God haters

Romans 1:30...Backbiters, haters of God, spiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things

By golly, this should be removed from the Bible! In fact, let's remove all contradictions!


Matthew 6:5-6New International Version (NIV)

Prayer
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

It's not a contradiction.

Matthew is referring to the folks who are praying in public ONLY to be seen doing it.

If you ONLY bless a meal in public, to be seen doing it, but didn't bless a meal at home in private, this passage would refer to you.

If you bless every meal whether public or private...it would not.

The selected verse doesn't say "Never pray in public", what it says is "Never pray in public for the purpose of your own aggrandizement."

 

[Pogo]

Will they give me a discount if I lay a prayer rug on the floor and bow to Mecca?

I'm sure they would. Those people are totally cool. They don't festoon the place with religious icons at all but they strike me more as Wiccans.

Dammit Pogo, quit messing up the thread...the left can't bash them if you keep defending them.

You're messing with the natural order of things.

Exactly. Summa the proselytizers think they found a kindred spirit. Mary's a pagan, as is probably most of her staff; the irony is almost as delicious as the menu.

 

[SteadyMercury]

I'd sure as hell pretend to pray for 15%.

When I was in basic training I pretended to have religion just to get a breakup of the routine by being allowed to go to the church for a couple hours on Sundays, I was the loudest amen person in there.

Ah, the liberal mindset...the first instinct is "how can I game this system".

Ah the partisan retard mindset... the first instinct is "how can I spin this to attack a political ideology?"

 

[Pogo]

You cannot treat people who pray differently to those who don't.

Our government needs to know that little tidbit post haste.

Uhh - I think they thought of that some time back. We call it the "First Amendment".

 

[PixieStix]

Oh and this post is directed to my fellow Christians. Just a gentle reminder

John 17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

 

[Peach]

These are the grits:

I hate grits. When I lived in Charlotte I tried them once. It was like eating dirt.

These ain't. These are more like warm pillows of taste bliss. Stone ground whole grain. I swear, nobody makes grits better than I do except Mary.
And I've admitted that to them. Credit where due.

Who could turn down grits like that?

 

[Carla_Danger]

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18...16 Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

I love telling non Christians that they simply do not get it. Because they have refused to understand. But the Bible does describe many God haters

Romans 1:30...Backbiters, haters of God, spiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things

By golly, this should be removed from the Bible! In fact, let's remove all contradictions!


Matthew 6:5-6New International Version (NIV)

Prayer
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

It's not a contradiction.

Matthew is referring to the folks who are praying in public ONLY to be seen doing it.

If you ONLY bless a meal in public, to be seen doing it, but didn't bless a meal at home in private, this passage would refer to you.

If you bless every meal whether public or private...it would not.

The selected verse doesn't say "Never pray in public", what it says is "Never pray in public for the purpose of your own aggrandizement."

It doesn't say "only." You just made that up to suit your needs.

 

[Missourian]

I'd sure as hell pretend to pray for 15%.

When I was in basic training I pretended to have religion just to get a breakup of the routine by being allowed to go to the church for a couple hours on Sundays, I was the loudest amen person in there.

Ah, the liberal mindset...the first instinct is "how can I game this system".

Ah the partisan retard mindset... the first instinct is "how can I spin this to attack a political ideology?"

And insensitive to the feelings of the mentally and developmentally challenged to boot.

Allow me to assist you in your struggle on both fronts-

Integrity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

R-word | Spread the Word to End the Word

 

[Capstone]

if you start yelling in any diner you will be asked to leave.

but then people like you like shitting on other people for fun.

If by "other people" you mean Christian Fundamentalists from the Bible Belt, I stand guilty as charged.

I know some decent, kind, and caring fundamentalists,...

So do I (my own mother comes to mind here), but their decency, kindness, and generally caring attitudes don't negate the irreparable damage that's been done and is still being done to our society by certain aspects of their faith. There have been 'good people' in the ranks of nearly all of the failed ideological groups of the past; that didn't make their flawed ideas and principles any less damaging.

 

[Missourian]

By golly, this should be removed from the Bible! In fact, let's remove all contradictions!


Matthew 6:5-6New International Version (NIV)

Prayer
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

It's not a contradiction.

Matthew is referring to the folks who are praying in public ONLY to be seen doing it.

If you ONLY bless a meal in public, to be seen doing it, but didn't bless a meal at home in private, this passage would refer to you.

If you bless every meal whether public or private...it would not.

The selected verse doesn't say "Never pray in public", what it says is "Never pray in public for the purpose of your own aggrandizement."

It doesn't say "only." You just made that up to suit your needs.

Not at all.

Read the verse:

...for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others...

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The verse admonishes those who engage in public prayer SPECIFICALLY "to be seen by others"...not to everyone who says a prayer in public.

If you pray over a meal you happen to take public sincerely to thank God for his blessings, thinking nothing of being personally elevated by doing to, this verse doesn't apply to you.

 

[westwall]

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