Comments on: Atheist Advertisement in a Coffee Shop

By: Three Ninjas

Three Ninjas — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:59:47 +0000

I wish I knew what coffee shop this was. A couple years ago I went to a Bible study called The Living Room in a Riverside coffee shop. I don’t think this is the same place, but it would make me smile if it were.

That Bible study, come to think of it, sparked something in me that helped me in my journey toward atheism.

By: muggle

muggle — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:09:34 +0000

Actually I’m thinking this is pretty savvy of the coffeeshop, especially in these hard times. I know you’d have to have some limitation but if they’re renting ad space (and apparently real space to host meetings), why not?

Makes sense from a business prospective. No, I wouldn’t want a lot of religiousity in my face but I’m guessing if the ads start driving away customers, they aren’t going to keep renting the ad space.

By: greg

greg — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:29:16 +0000

I could do without any religious sloganeering in my coffeeshops, to be honest. Whether that be a particular one or a lack thereof.

By: Rubberduck

Rubberduck — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:00:20 +0000

Great.
And so is the picture. Actually it is 2082.83 KB (2132815 bytes) great!
Hmmm….

By: Viggo the Carpathian

Viggo the Carpathian — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:50:12 +0000

So that is why I like coffee shops and books stored… atheists throwing up a mental god shield… knew there was a reason

By: Atalanta_lite

Atalanta_lite — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:06:02 +0000

Amusingly, our local independent coffee shop is a neighborhood clean-up project from a local church. I highly support them, because unlike almost every other organized church group I’ve ever seen, their members are members of the community first, and the community needs – come first.

I *really* wish I could find a group like that that just didn’t have this need to centralized around some “god” thing. I believe in the good works they’re doing, but can’t sign on the religion part. I could even rally around Jesus Christ as some freethinking dude from way back when who had great charisma and a good PR agent. “son of god?” Pffft.

By: Lisa Marie Mary

Lisa Marie Mary — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:43:18 +0000

I’m not an atheist, but, I’m so “Jesus’d” out where I live, I would WELCOME a sign like that in our town!!!

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:24:47 +0000

I was curious and did a little search about the actual demographics of coffee shops.

Coffee bar patrons are younger, more affluent, and educated and are 22 percent more likely to be aged 18-24. They are also 65 percent more likely to have an annual household income of $100K+. Coffee shop patrons are 28 percent more likely than the average American adult to be single and 70 percent more likely to have a post graduate degree.

Yes, that does sound like a more atheist-rich demographic than, for example, users of public transportation.

By: krissthesexyatheist

krissthesexyatheist — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:30:35 +0000

It’s not controversial but I know my boss/owner would never have a sign like that-even though she, me, everyone that works here and many of the customers are atheist. Keep the twitter thing going, You know You like it-so does everyone else. Coolio.Out

Kriss