"Why Believe in God" ad campaign

flippyshark · 12-08-2008, 07:18 PM

Oh dear, GODTUBE is going to cost me a lot of hours and brain cells.

A very dear friend of mine is involved in the drama ministry of her Methodist church. (As churches go, I like it. It's very gay-friendly and has a terrific music program.) My friend often brings scripts to work and I sometimes run lines with her for practice. I've noticed a trend, well exemplified by this skit, called "The Stool." Go ahead, give it a look.

I've ended up reading as some hip, cool version of "Jesus" numerous times for skits very much like this one, and I'm always surprised at how nonchalantly modern day Christians put words in the mouth of their Lord and Savior. These skits are the dramatized equivalent of those billboards that feature messages such as "Hey, why don't you spend Sunday at MY place? - GOD."

I know its supposed to be a light-hearted way of getting a message across, but, really, I could see this approach creating problems. ("I don't feel as close to Jesus as I'd like." "Well, perhaps you aren't listening hard enough." "But, the lady in the skit was able to trade lame quips and actually climb all over him. Why can't I?")

I think there are scriptural passages that would discourage such casual attributions. Anyway, it's hard to satirize this stuff. Jesus needs a better PR person.

12-08-2008, 07:18 PM	#11
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	Oh dear, GODTUBE is going to cost me a lot of hours and brain cells. A very dear friend of mine is involved in the drama ministry of her Methodist church. (As churches go, I like it. It's very gay-friendly and has a terrific music program.) My friend often brings scripts to work and I sometimes run lines with her for practice. I've noticed a trend, well exemplified by this skit, called "The Stool." Go ahead, give it a look. I've ended up reading as some hip, cool version of "Jesus" numerous times for skits very much like this one, and I'm always surprised at how nonchalantly modern day Christians put words in the mouth of their Lord and Savior. These skits are the dramatized equivalent of those billboards that feature messages such as "Hey, why don't you spend Sunday at MY place? - GOD." I know its supposed to be a light-hearted way of getting a message across, but, really, I could see this approach creating problems. ("I don't feel as close to Jesus as I'd like." "Well, perhaps you aren't listening hard enough." "But, the lady in the skit was able to trade lame quips and actually climb all over him. Why can't I?") I think there are scriptural passages that would discourage such casual attributions. Anyway, it's hard to satirize this stuff. Jesus needs a better PR person.
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