3 Responses to “PC/Mac commercial parody on Christians”

1. 1 Andrew  on Dec 9th, 2006 at 1:45 pm

   On one level, these are clever parodies. But on another, they’re a sad commentary on how the contemporary Christian church looks to secular culture to set the standard of what passes for humor or coolness, then meekly follows along with a “spiritualized” (and usually watered down) version.

   But, the Community Christian Church should be given props for at least attempting something out of the ordinary.

   AC

2. 2 BD  on Dec 9th, 2006 at 4:59 pm

   Micheal Spencer of IMonk is seriously annoyed by these. I’m not understanding his viewpoint and will have to re-read him, to understand what he is upset about. This is culture specific stuff.

   http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/what-about-us-vs-them-church-ads

   These aren’t ads for the particular church (and like you Andrew, I didn’t check out the church link), they are apparently sermon aids or openers.

   PC/Apple commercials aren’t going to convince me to go out and buy and Apple or PC, and that set of commercials use personification to sell a product.

   Boar’s Head Tavern is riled up also, saying they are arrogant, slick, smug, self-important, cynical, reverse pharisaism and similar to anti-Catholicism in the 19th century.

   Oh.
   I see these as just more religious marketing using sterotypes.

   Apparently this church (?) is selling these; marketer Bill Kinnon disputes the term parody and says they are intellectual property theft.
   http://www.kinnon.tv/2006/12/christfollowers.html

   Oh.
   I suppose ‘Christian/Christ-follower’ lawyers are next.