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#1364341
anonymous #42
I think we do indeed have a troll here, but I just lurk a lot.
1/7/2012 11:59:56 PM
#1364348
I've eaten at a few Pizza Ranches before. Though the music is Christian, the place itself is usually just a western-style restaurant. You can pretty much tone out the music--trust me, I was there the other day and I forgot they played Christian music until right before I walked out the door--and I recommend the place solely on the wide variety of pizza they tend to have.
Of course, maybe it depends on which Pizza Ranch you go to. Some might force it a bit more on you than others, but I've never been to one like that.
1/8/2012 12:37:05 AM
#1364350
being happy? that's going too far!
What's this? A restaurant playing Christian music? Clearly this is the same as the government forcing everybody to convert!/sarcasm
I think the rule is if it's Christian, it's fundie, but if it's another religion saying "gays should die", it's fine.
1/8/2012 12:49:24 AM
#1364360
Wehpudicabok
Not fundie one bit. I did enjoy "God-thing," though. Gonna have to remember that next time I'm reading one of those "God-things" elsewhere on this "web-thing."
@OP: When I hear things like "glorify God by positively impacting the world," I just imagine that "God" is meant metaphorically, and then ask myself if I would say the same sentence myself using a different metaphor. If so (and this case is very so), it's just people coming from a different point of view, not being stupid or mean or anything else.
Edit: Oh wait, it's a pun. Boy do I feel stupid.
1/8/2012 1:43:35 AM
#1364367
The Jamo
I agree, there is nothing stupid or fundie about this. It sounds like it might actually be an ok place. So what that it's a restaurant centred on god? They have a right to do that.
1/8/2012 2:09:36 AM
#1364368
aaa
Why is this here?
1/8/2012 2:13:58 AM
#1364369
Bollox
Which idiot voted this on? I feel sorry for Naomi, whose naivetie and optimism is about to be crushed by serving the unwashed and ungrateful masses, but otherwise, WTF is wrong with any of this? Have we got PZ Myers on the voting squad, or something?
1/8/2012 2:40:11 AM
#1364370
I think sheltered people without a lot of real life fundie experience aren't seeing the fundie, and that's to be expected. That's what this kind of piece is designed to avoid. But this cock slobbering slave girl who loves Jesus attitude is pretty much PR speak for "I am a psychopath who uses religion to throw people off guard and hide my crimes, behind closed doors I'm starving dogs and beating my kids because they're sinners."
Also consider the kind of person who must be assured of the godliness and purity of their pizza parlor workers. This place will attract the nutters and that's exactly what it wants to do. False purity of business = false purity of buyers.
1/8/2012 3:00:47 AM
#1364371
Raised by Horses
Because when you think about the Lord and salvation and eternity and stuff, you think "pizza!"
Other than that, this is awfully tame stuff.
1/8/2012 3:00:56 AM
#1364378
Professor M
@ #1364348--
Honestly, I'd rather not eat at a place where part of their schtick is masturbating furiously at the thought of how horribly I'll be tortured after I die (by natural causes or because they manage to push the fascist government of their wet dreams). Knowing that the profits of the restaurant I'd be eating at would be actively funding an attempted totalitarian takeover of my country would make my meal rather unappetizing, I think. Of course, you might not care about the impact of your dining choices on the potential fate at the hands of those you cheerfully fund of those of us who are on their hit list.
1/8/2012 4:04:03 AM
#1364388
sounds like a nice eatery. Not sure about the music, but I'd go eat there.
Not sure if fundie.
1/8/2012 5:40:01 AM
#1364461
Berny
There's one restaurant I'll never set foot in. The music being played would be enough to turn me off the food.
1/8/2012 9:09:07 AM
#1364491
Frank
If they're not going to sell alchohol then they're not going to get much of the night business. If you're going to eat out you're at least going to want a beer or the odd glass of wine. After all Jesus had wine at the last supper. Lucky he didn't have it at "Pizza Ranch".
PS. I'll bet the staff only get minimum wage. God doesn't like to overpay anymore than the owners of any other fast food joint.
1/8/2012 10:12:02 AM
#1364498
Dinomancer
Not knowing anything more about her job or position, this idea of a job that also promotes community service seems like one of the good things religion can do.
1/8/2012 10:18:06 AM
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SpukiKitty
Ah....A "Christian"-themed restaurant. Goofy but I don't have a problem with it.
1/8/2012 11:03:05 AM
#1364514
SpukiKitty
I'll listen to Christian music if it's something cool like DC Talk, Jars Of Clay, Newsboys, OC Supertones, etc.
Look, I have no problem with "Born Agains"...I have a problem with "Born Agains" who are rabid & push their stuff into Government & get uber-hateful-fundie. Keep it to yourself. If being a "Holy Roller" makes you happy & a better person, fine. If that's not the case & you're a Pharascidical farthead then STFU. Thanks.
1/8/2012 11:10:23 AM
#1364517
Elia
Welp, I hope you never decide that it's all a crock of shit, because then you'll end up like so many other people have: working in a place you loathe while trying to figure out how to get the fuck out of there.
1/8/2012 11:22:48 AM
#1364544
Headache
I guess no bacon on any of their pizzas or pork....
1/8/2012 12:53:11 PM
#1364552
NoXion
To all of those saying that this is "not fundie" - have you ever seen a country that isn't soaked in God-woo like the US? Just because they aren't calling for people to be killed or locked up doesn't mean they aren't fundie.
I would say that despite having an established religion, the UK is in general more irreligious than the US. Which is why people like Naomi come across as creepy and weird.
After all, if strong faith in God can take your mind off the fact that you're working a crappy service job (in a place that doesn't even serve alcohol to boot!), it's not much of a stretch for other stuff, as other quotes on this site illustrate.
1/8/2012 1:19:02 PM
#1364564
Brendan Rizzo
You got a job just by walking in?! I call bullshit. Unless of course, Pizza Ranch will hire anyone as long as they are a fundamentalist Christian, which is a possibility.
That said, I cannot think of anything fundie in this. Who posted this to the site?
1/8/2012 2:04:47 PM
#1364567
Fanatic-Templar
How dare you be happy doing things that harm no one but that are not congruent to my tastes!
Seriously though, it's not fundie unless the fundie is the one saying the above statement.
1/8/2012 2:13:26 PM
#1364599
Amanda
As long as the pizza is good and the prices aren't too bad, I don't really care. They are planning on serving non-Christians, right?
1/8/2012 5:24:02 PM
#1364615
tranz2deep
Good luck.
After all the bad associations certain people's behavior have created between kids and religion, it'll be good to see a better example.
#1364147:
She was saying it is a family friendly restaurant that happens to not serve alcohol, but that the first is due to the second.
1/8/2012 5:55:06 PM
#1364660
Reynardine
Well, at least this one doesn't look mean. If the worst thing Christians ever did was tomatos and basil, I could co-exist with them cheerfully ever after.
1/8/2012 9:27:59 PM
#1364666
ok, good luck !
1/8/2012 10:51:55 PM
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