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oldernell [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 9:18:33 AM  
FSM doesn't need to advertise.
 
wet drum sandwich [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 9:21:31 AM  
Well, if the Jesus people want to buy advertising, okay. Their money is just as good as beer ad money or car ad money.
 
weddingsinger [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 9:29:48 AM  
A $100 million campaign, "He Gets Us," that promotes Jesus Christ and his teachings is set to showcase its ads during the Super Bowl.

I will bet my house that it wont.
 
growinthings [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 9:36:04 AM  
Another reason not to watch the Superbowl.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 9:45:04 AM  

growinthings: Another reason not to watch the Superbowl.


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SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 9:45:25 AM  
Which Jesus?
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SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 9:46:43 AM  
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SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 9:47:59 AM  
And somehow religious people flock to the GQP.

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Sexy Jesus [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-01-29 9:48:45 AM  
Oh, he gets us alright, after that whole thing where we nailed him to a piece of wood.
 
Martian_Astronomer [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 9:59:09 AM  
Everyone gets mad at me when I say Christians are all about marketing and attempting to control the brand identity, then they do something like this.

/ People are way too obsessed with Jesus
 
downstairs [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 10:08:31 AM  
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2023-01-29 10:10:47 AM  
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SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 10:11:47 AM  
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grokca [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 10:23:43 AM  
I rather see Janet Jackson's tit, at least there is a chance it is real.
 
Mangoose [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 10:28:45 AM  
God would need nothing. Not your obedience, not your praise, not your money or your loyalty. People who say they represent god need all of that and more.  The creator of the all things would need nothing from you, what would probably amount to less than a sub-atomic particle.
 
edmo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 11:38:36 AM  
It's funded by anonymous donors acting through a nonprofit linked to staunchly conservative causes

These ads strike me as a counter message to the worst of the Right Wing. They aren't listening. Maybe because I misunderstand.
 
Benevolent Misanthrope [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 11:57:06 AM  

edmo: It's funded by anonymous donors acting through a nonprofit linked to staunchly conservative causes

These ads strike me as a counter message to the worst of the Right Wing. They aren't listening. Maybe because I misunderstand.


I think you misunderstand.

Much like late night ads for male enhancement and miracle diet cures, this is aimed at the desperate, the lonely, the disaffected. This is about money and power - religion, and especially Christianity, is completely about money and power.

They want to sell you a product. The product is not church or faith - it's hope. Hope that you are not inconsequential, hope that one day you will be given everything you want, hope that someone loves you no matter what. And above all, hope that you won't really die. They also spend a goodly amount of time creating fear, so the hope is more valuable to the flock.

In exchange for that hope, you will give money and/or time to them. Whether you give them control of you or gain the right to claim control of others depends on how much money and/or time.

To my mind, though, this is a good sign. When mainstream Christians start to feel like they have to advertise like Scientology, that indicates progress in diminishing their influence over the larger culture.
 
capn' fun
2023-01-29 12:27:30 PM  
I don't think what's driving the decline in Americans identifying as "Christian" is either that they've never heard of him before, or a lack of advertising.
 
Kubo [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 12:27:54 PM  
Spending $100 million on advertising for God rather than using that money to support his teachings (e.g., feed the poor). Pretty on brand for "Christians."
 
Wadded Beef [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 12:28:06 PM  
Tithing is significantly down. Gotta restart the awareness campaign.
 
Martian_Astronomer [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 12:29:50 PM  

capn' fun: I don't think what's driving the decline in Americans identifying as "Christian" is either that they've never heard of him before, or a lack of advertising.


You know this and I know this, but according to your archetypical evangelical the problem with the world is that people aren't yelling about Jesus enough.
 
Russ1642
2023-01-29 12:31:58 PM  
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Troy Aikman's Giant Thumbs
2023-01-29 12:32:43 PM  
This is just as bad as all those annoying atheist and campaigns.
 
TheManofPA
2023-01-29 12:32:46 PM  
Medical marijuana ads still being banned?
 
electricjebus [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-01-29 12:32:56 PM  
And I thought picking a lawyer because of a commercial was a bad idea...
 
i_dig_chicks
2023-01-29 12:33:00 PM  
Didn't Tebow do this already?
 
meanmutton
2023-01-29 12:35:26 PM  

weddingsinger: A $100 million campaign, "He Gets Us," that promotes Jesus Christ and his teachings is set to showcase its ads during the Super Bowl.

I will bet my house that it wont.


This is a progressive group that focuses on Jesus as a Socialist, anti-capitlist, racially inclusive loving figure that repudiated Republican Jesus.
 
BitwiseShift
2023-01-29 12:36:02 PM  
The Superbowl now counts as credit for going to church as does praying at school or in the office and is not at all like a Nuremberg rally.
 
I dont want to be on this planet anymore
2023-01-29 12:36:17 PM  
$100 million you say, phhhhht. What's one 45 second spot gunna do?
 
Hinged
2023-01-29 12:36:47 PM  
Well, let's see what Satan has to say.


/starts reading thread
 
Begoggle
2023-01-29 12:38:58 PM  
Republicans throwing their money away?
Oh no. Stop. Don't do it.
 
mistahtom
2023-01-29 12:38:59 PM  
Bad shiat in the form of military armed conflict is coming down the pipeline from the MIC needs to program the next wave of impoverished young people with Jesus propaganda to trick them into serving.
 
frankb00th
2023-01-29 12:42:35 PM  

edmo: It's funded by anonymous donors acting through a nonprofit linked to staunchly conservative causes

These ads strike me as a counter message to the worst of the Right Wing. They aren't listening. Maybe because I misunderstand.


Why so many layers of anonymity? You'd think they'd be proud of their conspicuous religiosity. Its almost like the whole thing is a giant dog whistle.
 
frankb00th
2023-01-29 12:43:49 PM  

Benevolent Misanthrope: edmo: It's funded by anonymous donors acting through a nonprofit linked to staunchly conservative causes

These ads strike me as a counter message to the worst of the Right Wing. They aren't listening. Maybe because I misunderstand.

I think you misunderstand.

Much like late night ads for male enhancement and miracle diet cures, this is aimed at the desperate, the lonely, the disaffected. This is about money and power - religion, and especially Christianity, is completely about money and power.

They want to sell you a product. The product is not church or faith - it's hope. Hope that you are not inconsequential, hope that one day you will be given everything you want, hope that someone loves you no matter what. And above all, hope that you won't really die. They also spend a goodly amount of time creating fear, so the hope is more valuable to the flock.

In exchange for that hope, you will give money and/or time to them. Whether you give them control of you or gain the right to claim control of others depends on how much money and/or time.

To my mind, though, this is a good sign. When mainstream Christians start to feel like they have to advertise like Scientology, that indicates progress in diminishing their influence over the larger culture.


Thank you for that point of view, it gave me hope
 
rpm
2023-01-29 12:44:08 PM  

meanmutton: weddingsinger: A $100 million campaign, "He Gets Us," that promotes Jesus Christ and his teachings is set to showcase its ads during the Super Bowl.

I will bet my house that it wont.

This is a progressive group that focuses on Jesus as a Socialist, anti-capitlist, racially inclusive loving figure that repudiated Republican Jesus.


FTFA: "It's funded by anonymous donors acting through a nonprofit linked to staunchly conservative causes "
 
zgrizz
2023-01-29 12:44:30 PM  
Typical CNN misinformation through distortion.

Most religious people tend towards conservatism. The basic tenets of conservative life fit more with a religious belief. Most liberals are not religious, or religious in appearance only. Few religious tenets align with left-wing beliefs.

This is common sense, and is inarguably reality.

So why does CNN feel the need to include the part "to staunchly conservative causes "?

Only to inflame, distort and try to twist a positive message into an evil conspiracy.

Any they wonder why the network that was once the #1 go-to for news is now bird-cage paper.
 
Mad_Radhu
2023-01-29 12:45:23 PM  

SpectroBoy: growinthings: Another reason not to watch the Superbowl.

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So you're a fan of watching people get brutalized for entertainment to the point where they have long-term brain damage? Oh yeah, and occasionally they get hit so hard their heart stops beating.
 
meat0918 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 12:46:25 PM  
Jesus does doesn't he....

1 Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

2 "So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
 
SpecialSnowFlake
2023-01-29 12:47:17 PM  
This campaign -- which champions the ideals of hippy socialist 'turn the other cheek and help people Jeebus' instead of the more prevalent Republican 'God, Gold and Glory Jeebus' -- seems to really trigger Christ-o-Facists so it can't be all bad...
 
lymond01
2023-01-29 12:47:42 PM  
Raised Catholic, I haven't been in a church for decades.  I don't recall what they talked about being terrible: mostly stories in the Bible where the takeaway was generally something good.  Be kind.  Share.  Be open.

Having not been in a church since, all I know about it is what I read in the news or on Fark.  I find it hard to believe that it's all mega churches and gay hating.  I mean, that's there, I've met the folks who subscribe to it.  I'm just hoping that's the very small majority with a bullhorn.
 
MrKevvy
2023-01-29 12:49:36 PM  

SpectroBoy: Which Jesus?
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Someone Else's Alt [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 12:50:12 PM  

zgrizz: Typical CNN misinformation through distortion.

Most religious people tend towards conservatism. The basic tenets of conservative life fit more with a religious belief. Most liberals are not religious, or religious in appearance only. Few religious tenets align with left-wing beliefs.

This is common sense, and is inarguably reality.

So why does CNN feel the need to include the part "to staunchly conservative causes "?

Only to inflame, distort and try to twist a positive message into an evil conspiracy.

Any they wonder why the network that was once the #1 go-to for news is now bird-cage paper.


The NY Post?
 
Barricaded Gunman
2023-01-29 12:50:13 PM  
Perhaps if the loudest, most visible Xtians weren't such relentless, inveterate assholes their imaginary Sky Buddy wouldn't have to buy airtime during a football game.
 
edmo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-29 12:50:38 PM  

zgrizz: Few religious tenets align with left-wing beliefs


Republicans tend to be Christian. I tend to believe in healing the sick, feeding the poor, and loving one another. Explaining that view to Republicans gets me labeled a liberal. It is then explained that liberals can't be Christians.
 
gunga galunga [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 12:51:01 PM  
A $100 million campaign, "He Gets Us," that promotes Jesus Christ and his teachings is set to showcase its ads during the Super Bowl. It's funded by anonymous donors acting through a nonprofit linked to staunchly conservative causes, as CNN's Tom Foreman reports.

This ad will do one or the other. It would be fundamentally impossible to do both.
 
Omnivorous [BareFark]
2023-01-29 12:51:06 PM  
They routinely run these ads during sporting events.  They're running right now in the Purdue-Michigan State game.  They're meaningless: there's no call to action.
 
BeerBear
2023-01-29 12:56:10 PM  
"A $100 million campaign"

Guess giving that money for food and shelter to those that needed it never crossed their minds
 
SecondaryControl [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 12:56:38 PM  
Your god's plan to reach me, to teach me, to convert me, to save me involves not miracles, not a revelation, not personal contact, not even an individual epiphany but an expensive ad during an overhyped, completely commercialized sporting event?  Competing in the marketplace with money?

/That's a pretty sad little god you got there.
//Your god knows exactly what it would take to make me a believer.  Exactly what series of events, what chain of thought, what match it would take to ignite a religious passion in me: Yet he refuses to provide it.
 
mongbiohazard
2023-01-29 12:57:12 PM  

wet drum sandwich: Well, if the Jesus people want to buy advertising, okay. Their money is just as good as beer ad money or car ad money.


FTFA: It's funded by anonymous donors acting through a nonprofit linked to staunchly conservative causes, as CNN's Tom Foreman reports.

Rich people want us to be religious, because religion makes it easier for them to stay in control of us.
 
Someone Else's Alt [TotalFark]
2023-01-29 12:58:36 PM  

lymond01: Raised Catholic, I haven't been in a church for decades.  I don't recall what they talked about being terrible: mostly stories in the Bible where the takeaway was generally something good.  Be kind.  Share.  Be open.

Having not been in a church since, all I know about it is what I read in the news or on Fark.  I find it hard to believe that it's all mega churches and gay hating.  I mean, that's there, I've met the folks who subscribe to it.  I'm just hoping that's the very small majority with a bullhorn.


I have not met anyone in the last 10-15 years that goes to any Christian church that is also not a Republican or full blown MAGA.

YMMV
/They are all garbage people when they support anti-LGBTQ regulations.
//They are all garbage people when they support an international pedophile ring.
///They are all garbage people when they support taking away a woman's body autonomy.
 
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