Posted on 01/01/2011 7:49:25 AM PST by NYer
In my opinion O’Reilly is a CINO. He talks too much middle of the road stuff. He he were a REAL Catholic, he would be out slugging against Obama and his obritonists.
The majority of attendees at the Super Bowl will not scrutinize the setting. Many of them have not entered a church in years, much less a traditional Catholic Church. They are far more interested in the content material.
Good greif, I just noticed that the guy playing the priest has a wedding ring on. LOL!
(Not that the Catholic Church has some married priests — but I think they goofed!)
Done.
I sent Teresa a FB message asking why they aren’t mocking Islam.
I’m Catholic.
I say it’s ok as long as they also show one with a mosque and bacon strips.
It wasn’t actually created by Pepsi, it’s a contest and we can vote against it at the website. Six of the ten competitors will win and get a Superbowl ad spot.
Let’s vote like Democrats - early and often! Bring out your dead, too.
Lol ... truth can oftentimes be stranger than fiction. Not far from my home in upstate NY, muslims have just completed construction of their first mosque. There were plenty of empty lots along that road but they chose a site directly behind the Knights of Columbus Hall. The knights and columbiettes (women's group) hold several fundraisers each year. The major summer event is a "pig roast", quite popular with the local community. This summer's pig roast should prove most interesting!
“That Church could not possibly be a Catholic Church in the picture.”
For one thing, there were no kneelers in the pews. It looked like a Presbyterian or Evangelical Church, but I am not sure if their ministers wear a collar of if they call their members parishioners.
I actually did see some humor in the sense that some congregations will do almost anything to attract members. Given that many non-Catholic religions do not believe in the Divine Presence and already use pieces of bread and grape juice, it is not far fetched that some of them might go a step beyond.
Did that too - one of the subcategories for 'hate groups' is 'religious'.
Uhhh....I think it is a joke.
I think you are right about the building not being a Catholic church. The kind of sign in front where the letters can be easily changed (for a new message each week) is used by many Protestant churches, but I don’t remember ever seeing one like that in front of a Catholic church.
Some Catholic churches don't look like Catholic churches. As the local priest said who is trying to move a church building from Buffalo, some of them look like Pizza Huts.
But as for Catholic churches and marquee signs:
But, seriously, the ad looks like it is a mischmasch of stuff put together by a bunch of unchurched idiots.
It seems like the in thing is mocking others sacred religious beliefs and practices..
Religion bashing is the stylish thing today.
And that's the reason Fr. Dye in Norcross is trying to move the old St. Gerard Majella church building from Buffalo. The parish was decommissioned several years ago, the roof leaks, and the diocese can't afford to heat the building. The city preservationists are whining about the building going to Georgia . . . but haven't offered to pay the heating bill.
Well yes, but usually the mockery is for the Christian faith. I have not yet seen a commercial or sitcom that blatantly mocks muslims, Hindus or Buddhists. Even the practitioners of pagan beliefs such as santaria, voodoo, wicca or animism are afforded more respect by the media.
When was the last time on a sitcom a character who was a total JERK who wasn’t some kind of Fervent Christian?
The ad is very offensive and obviously put together by people who know very little about Catholicism. Let's see them put on a commercial making fun of Islam and see what the reaction is.
If this country still believed in civility, a major company would not be considering airing such a crude mockery of one of the most important beliefs of tens of millions of Americans. I hope enough outrage will be expressed before the Super Bowl that Pepsi will abandon the idea.
The St. Jude’s in our area is in the old jet-ski dealership. It was a mission in a strip mall, but they got promoted to a parish a while back.
The dealership’s sign used to say: “Your wife called. She said you can buy whatever you want.”
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