Fox rejects ‘Jesus hates Obama’ Super Bowl ad
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“Mine eyes have seen the coming if the Lord,” indeed!
“Be they yellow, black or white.
They are precious in his sight.
Jesus LOVES the little children of the world.”
But I’m sure he disagrees with the man-child-president’s behavior.
And I’m sure Jesus is totally put off by his ego………..
Saw your tweet response to the mittens fan who was so happy to get a drudge line out of the straw poll and heard your podcast advice to that crew re using social media. That person’s tweets usually praise the good job mittens did during the 2008 primaries, giving dates and % from a playbook I guess, like that should impress us.
It’s very hard to send emotion thru a tweet, you can’t use the usual bold/italics to make the point, but I think I saw shock from this tweeter. Someone actually blocked him/her, as well as another mittens tweeter, to show disdain for mittens. It really seemed to take the tweeter by surprise, and nasty person that I am, I enjoyed it immensely.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Jesus doesn’t hate anyone. He loves the sinner, but hates the sin.
trevy — You’re right on. As a Christian, I believe Jesus was the incarnation of God into man form. Since “God is Love”, according to the Bible, Jesus, as God wouldn’t hate anyone. That ad offends me, and I’m glad it won’t be a Super Bowl commercial.
The commercial is tacky. I’m sure conservatives would howl if it the title of the ad was “Jesus Hates Bush.” Fox was right to reject it.
As funny as I ashamedly admit I find the commercial, its really not a good idea to add it to the superbowl line up, because it uses our Lord as part of a joke, which is just wrong.
I agree that this ad is puerile and offensive. As Trevy wrote, Jesus loves each and every one of us despite our failings. And we, even as irredeemably flawed human beings, are still able to disagree with others while at the same time choosing not to hold them in contempt. We are all children of God and we shamefully diminish ourselves and our arguments when we resort to such petty and malicious disregard for our brothers and sisters. This does not mean, though, that we cannot engage them in vigorous debate as we try to correct (what we believe to be) their misguided ways.
Ok TAMs I believe in Jesus and while I don’t Identify as a Christian that has a lot to do with my suspicion, really rejection, of organized religion. I respect Jesus and Christianity very much *and* I think the commercial is hysterical! It’s funny *because* it is so ridiculously untrue.
C’mon everyone and lighten up! God does hate sin and since I believe Him to be the creator of the universe it means He also created a sense of humor. Do you not think He hates it when Barack Obama lies, steals, puts lives in jeopardy, abuses power, etc? Then, replace the name ‘Barack Obama’ on Jesus’ shirt w/ sin and maybe you’ll find the humor in it.
Ms. Tammy,
Despite my grim moralizing and the fact that humor is entirely and inarguably subjective*, I wouldn’t say that this ad isn’t funny, just that it’s inappropriate, particularly for FOX. This no doubt would become another wildly wielded cudgel in the hands of the mainstream media with which they could once again pummel Rupert Murdock and his news/entertainment empire. And I do think it would have been less antagonistic and funnier too if, instead of Bobble-Head Obama falling into the fishbowl, it had been his “Action Teleprompters” (sold separately, of course) that teetered into the drink.
*Which to some degree (but by no means completely) explains the careers of Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, et. al.
I’m flashing back to a related t-shirt slogan I’ve seen. Here ya go. (Warning…this one shows more respect for Jesus, but is a bit more vulgar.)
to change it up while i watch football, lucianne referenced hillbuzz and came up with a satisfying (well, to me) explanation for the urkel birth certificate secrecy. it was able to encompass the “don’t look at my transcripts either claim”. i am sure that there was an irregularity in college related to financial aid, but not sure how. falsely claiming a special minority status would be worth hiding. i am positive that his grades and subsequent passing from occidental to columbia to harvard were because of the affirmative action grade inflation. that isn’t worth hiding. lying about your identity for personal gain, that is worth hiding. being unable to see the unintended consequences but plowing though anyway and letting someone else clean up afterwards is typical urkel.
rick
He’s still the President, like it or not. Bad Taste. Properly Rejected.
The very snarky side of me, which seems to be slowly growing as I age, loves this commercial. Of course Jesus loves everyone. C’mon, we all know that and that is the aburdity of it. Since I would have snorted my superbowl snacks had they actually run the ad, I am glad they decided not to. Dark humor to be sure, but I tend to like that “we don’t talk about such things” humor. Makes the rest of life a bit brighter. But be sure, if it was a Sarah Palin bobblehead on another network, she would be swimming with nary a thought as to the taste, correctness, or religious implications of it. Doesn’t make it right, just the truth. I guess I can separate a commercial with a Jesus figure from my spiritual beliefs because, well, they ARE separate. One is a very personal and deep relationship, the other is…a bad commercial..and yet…I snicker softly to myself that someone went there!
Very well said, CurliQ. I am a Christian, and I admittedly found the commercial very funny and was not offended. And I don’t think this bit was malicious or hateful. God will be the final judge of BHB, bottom line. Of that I have no doubt. But, I suppose, a part of me enjoyed seeing my own desire for a sort of divine justice meted out in this funny, ridiculous little ad. I know Jesus doesn’t hate anyone and I also don’t presume to know how God will finally judge Obama. For me, this commercial is just a funny idea put on film. I don’t think it was meant to be a depiction of how Jesus actually operates.
And I seriously doubt that those who made the commercial ever thought it would be approved for airing. But they were able to put their frustrations out there in a harmless, amusing way that will end up being seen by many thousands. Now…I suppose if the real Obama ends up falling into a glass of water…these guys will be in a lot of trouble. 🙂
Whoops. If he ends up falling into a FISH BOWL they’ll be in trouble… . 🙂
blond fabio-pretty aryan jesus/god. that’s either fairly deluded or lavish projection. talk about narcissism.
hitler among others have opined that jesus was… wait wait…
FRENCH!(Gaul) snort! i suggest ending any’ french bashing’, just to be safe.
popular mechanics does jesus:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/forensics/1282186
What are these reports about the SotU speech shaping up to be a big gooey love-fest? What the heck? If it goes down that way, it just goes to show that those jackasses in Washington are all the same. They don’t care about the country; they don’t care about anything but paying off their cronies. They only differ on which cronies to pay off.
I don’t want them to sit around holding hands. I want a brawl. I want to see the entire Congress beating the crap out of each other, while Obama struggles to keep pace on his teleprompter until it gets knocked across the room. I want the ushers and Secret Service agents valiantly struggling to restore order, until they get drawn in and just become another squabbling faction. I want ambulances speeding to the scene with sirens blaring, and distraught matrons on the periphery wringing their hands, or cheering for their team and forcing stragglers back into the ring. Oh, and above all, I want to see somebody spanking Barney Frank while he bawls at the top of his lungs. That’s a scene that will make the front pages around the globe, and it will capture the essence of the moment. America’s back, and we’re mad as hell!
It can be done, but it may require a little help getting started. To this end, I think we need to set up a fund. We need to offer big bucks to the Republican that can set off the battle. And double that if he can make it look like the other guy’s fault.
I’m sorry, people. Tammy has of late questioned whether my comments have moved into the realm of absurdity. What can I say? We’re in a world gone mad. Washington borrows endless trillions, but the Republicans will save us by trimming a few billion. Nukes are loose in the world and Obama clucks his tongue and presses the reset button. A psychopathic mass murderer strikes, and now we’re all accused of being accomplices, and yesterday’s meaningless catch phrase is today’s offensive hate speech…which will all be fixed with a bit of censorship and a Congressional orgy. I’m at a loss for words as to how we’re supposed to editorialize on these things. It’s like editorializing on two plus two being four. It’s self-evident that lunatics are running the show, and anyone with an IQ above room temperature doesn’t need me to point this out. If I drift into absurdity, it’s to keep me from screaming.
Love it, Maynard! But I have to part ways with you on one count:
“Oh, and above all, I want to see somebody spanking Barney Frank while he bawls at the top of his lungs.”
Unfortunately, I think that would be a scenario BF might actually enjoy. 🙂
Maynard,
Firstly, I will refrain from spanking Barney Frank, thanks but no thanks, since he would probably enjoy it too much. Secondly, healthy mental hygiene can only be maintained here on these lunatic fringes of today’s American society by thoroughly removing yourself from all the rampantly contagious inanity and insanity; by seeking a godlike view, as it were, of the world not unlike that taken by the terrific Toshiro Mifune in Kurosawa’s classic “Yojimbo”. In this great and darkly comic masterpiece Mifune literally rises above the fray, climbing as he does the fire watch tower in the center of the film’s hellish town as he watches the two belligerent yet cowardly factions face off against one another in battle. Truly, the only way to avoid being swallowed up by the quicksand of our own sad, dismal age’s absurdity is to step back and continue to mockingly deride the pitiful muck and mire that is the partisan posturing of today’s crony capitalism.
Maynard, you are a kindred spirit.
How often have I watched video clips from other countries where legislators get into full on brawls, only to turn on CSPAN to see some Republican referring to some Democrat by “honorable” or “distinguished” and vice versa.
I mean, could anyone really say that after listening to someone like Grayson (thank God they didn’t re-elect that nutjob!) or Cohen?
I’ve been saying this for years – we need a full on Congressional brawl. I don’t think we ever had one, did we? I would pay good money that I don’t have in order to watch that.
No hand holding, no kumbaya. Just a full on, get down fight.
Ah, one can dream. 😀
krystyna, sadly, the brawls are usually started by the bad guys. Sometimes I think it sucks being good. In 1856, South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks beat the hell out of Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the Senate. His friend South Carolina Rep. Laurence M. Keitt stood by with a pistol to keep others from joining in. This was in response to an earlier speech of Sumner’s in which he insulted Senator Andrew Butler, who was a relative of Brooks. There were no criminal charges, merely censures (seems odd, considering Sumner was knocked out of the Senate for 3 years). Oh, yeah, and of course Aaron Burr (the Vice President) shot and killed Alexander Hamilton. I’m sure there’s a lot more of this stuff.
Also, about that birth certificate. A few months ago, you’ll recall Obama’s remark that “I can’t spend all my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead.” The latest idiocy coming out of Hawaii suggests that maybe Obama couldn’t plaster his birth certificate to his forehead even if he was of a mind to do so and had lots of plaster.
Finally, to be fair, it should be admitted that Obama’s stimulus spending has been reasonably successful in its goal of creating jobs. Unfortunately, those jobs have been created in China.
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Fox hates Jesus hates Obama hates Foxnews? Isn’t it Jesus, that causes Obama to fall in the fish bowl….? At least it’s not the big elbow macaroni of karma! 🙂 I’m just thinking…
I have to admit it made me laugh a little during the stare down… but I generally can’t stand the name of our Lord being used so irreverently. His is the “name which is above every name” (Phil. 2:9) and our culture seems to have lost reverence for almost everything these days. I agree with the decision not to run the ad.
Valid points, Tinker.
Is this commercial intended as a slap against Obama, or a slap against Christians? It seems like the latter, in the spirit of the Austin Lounge Lizards’ “Jesus Loves Me, But He Can’t Stand You.”