[Discussing Super Bowl commercial]
I am so opposed to this commercial and I honestly do not understand why others are not appalled by Dodge frrely adding to the Word of God! The commercial starts out by saying that on the 8th day (presumably they are referring to creation), God needed someone to be a caretaker for his paradise. We all know that there was no 8th day of creation and Adam was the caretaker of the earth initiallly.
The commercial adds to creation in order to tug at heartstrings to sell vehicles. Yes farmers are wonderful people and I come from a long line of farmers. But, God also created many, many other occupations and farmers should not be placed on a pedestal and given their own day of creation!!
How is this commercial not an abomination? How is it not wrong for adding to the Word of God? How is it not wrong for altering the Word of God? Everyone I know is giving the commercial two thumbs up and absolutely no one can tell me why it is okay for Dodge to take the liberties that did with the Word of the Almighty.
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Calm down, Grace. Here:
:::: hands Grace a kleenex ::::
Wipe the flying spittle off of your chin, honey. It makes you look crazy. There you go. Better now?
It's just a stupid truck commercial. Remember your blood pressure. And next time pass me an umbrella before you get started.
And not a fuck was given.
(I admit, though, that it is kind of funny.)
You'd probably have to take it up with the late Paul Harvey, who said it long before Dodge ever decided to make a commercial out of it.
But I wouldn't be so concerned with taking liberties with the bible, after all you guys believe in that whole rapture thing and are always putting words in God's mouth.
I think it's funny, though, that they have a problem with something a fellow conservative Christian said.
"How is this commercial not an abomination? "
How is your opinion not a reason for pointing and laughing? Oh wait, it is.
Wow, you cultists need to relax. Not everything is an attack on your god. Sometimes people just use Biblical imagery because they like it. Doesn't mean Dodge is actually trying to rewrite the Bible (unlike rapturites who invented the rapture and invented the Jesus who thinks the poor are lazy bums, takes vengeance instead of turning the other cheek, and is obsessed with guns).
How is this commercial not an abomination?
I'd hope that if a god actually exists he'd be secure enough to know this is just a commercial. And one that most people are in the bathroom for at that. I'd hope god wouldn't overreact like his followers to every imagined slight.
I'm not a fan of car commercials. I think most of them are annoying and if I have to sit through a commercial break there's a good chance they'll irritate me to no end. However, seeing as how this one offended some small minded religionists that would find anything to get angry over, I might just come around on this one.
Distind, I kind of agree as well, except for the part where this person is apparently taking this as a deliberate usurpation and/or addition of God's word. That's what makes it so funny, apparently they have no concept of "metaphor."
The indignant defense of "other occupations" was rather funny too.
@Pete: Good luck convincing them they're adding to the Bible. As far as they can tell, they're "only" interpreting it as God intended it to be. It's part and parcel of Darby's attempt to divine out an absolute overarching message--and, more importantly, prophecy--contained within the totality of the Bible. (Now if he could have just abjured the bibliolatry, and acknowledged that the Bible did NOT exist in its current state before the first day of creation, but is better understood as an anthology than a monolith...Bruce Bawer did think his legal training may have gotten in the way of his interpretations, though.)
Wow Grace, no need to take it literally. It's just a stupid commercial.
These rages can't be good for you. The thing to do in these circumstances is to think happy thoughts. Think of flying up to meet Jesus, His piercing blue eyes sparkling benignly upon you and His perfectly coiffed, yet naturalistic blonde locks gently waving in the God-breeze.
Then imagine ecstatically winging your way through the glorious star-lit heavens as you soar majestically toward your new mansion.
Imagine the magnificent suffering of the those left behind unfortunates. Come on, indulge your fantasies. You know it makes sense.
1. Who gives a flying fuck about tv ads? I mean, come on, really.
2. The Super Bowl has proven how totally gullible and stupid an entire nation can become: over the past 20 years, the advertizing industry has actually convinced people to stay seated and watch ads during half time instead of going out to pee, or drink a beer, or get something to eat, or whatever, like they used to.
Three "duhs" for that.
What will big business convince Americans of next? Maybe that "Big Brother loves you"?
Wow. Network TV finally throws you Biblers a bone, and you still bitch about it. Not from a farming family myself, but I did grow up in farm country, and even though I didn't like that commercial at first, I started to get it after a moment.
You seriously need to get out more, Grace.
p.s. I owned a Dodge once, and had to pray it would start every time I turned the key, so I guess that also makes this commercial appropriate.
We all know that there was no 8th day of creation
Wait, wait, wait.
Wasn't the 8th day of creation "Eight maids a-milking"?
And a partridge in a pear tree. ;-)
(checkmate)
Actually, Apple already went that route once, with one of their Super Bowl ads being an homage to Orwell's 1984 . It's almost certainly watchable on Youtube, if you've not seen it.
You sure pick some stupid things to be outraged about Grace.
I wonder if you get so outraged over the things Jesus decried, such as the exploitation of the poor, neglecting the sick and the use of biblical literalism by religious leaders to control people. Call me a cynic, but I am guessing you don't.
> We all know that there was no 8th day of creation
Or, you know, it could be talking about the day after the Creation . You know, the part where supposedly the actual part of our pitiful existence is supposed to take place. The rest of the eternity. Ever heard of that one?
Here we see one of the greatest problems with the fudamentalist mind: They don't give rat's ass what happens outside of their doctrinal framework. (Kind of like the abortion issues. Who cares about actual heath and societal issues, ze Bible supposedly says stuff and that's final, deal with it.)
Seeing as I watched the XLVIIth Superbowl on BBC TV, they went back to the presenters whenever the adverts were on, so I have no idea what you're wittering on about, dear. And considering that a far more important incident occurred - the 30-min semi-power outage early on into the 3rd Quarter - what the flying fuck does a TV advert have to do with anything in the grand scheme of things here on Planet Reality?!
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Wow, Grace, I have met some humorless, tight-assed freaks in my life, but you must crap diamonds! Unclench, dear, unclench!
On a side note, according to your own Bible, before the Forbidden Fruit incident Adam was an innocent/a simpleton who didn't know good from evil, right from wrong or clothed from naked. Does this really sounds like prime caretaker material?
Actually, I sort of respect Grace for being honest about her wackadoodle beliefs and taking them to their inevitable conclusion. The other rapture idiots slaver over this commercial for its pandering, but Grace actually follows her ridiculous religion to the letter, without being swayed by blatant commercialism.
Seriously, the one about the truck offended you? The one that got me was GoDaddy's disgusting prolonged close-up of the supermodel noisily and sloppily kissing an ugly guy. Their other commercials don't bother me, not sure why that one did.
And what did Adam do? He lived of the bounty of paradise, he was a gatherer at best. Your Creation was six days people, so no, it's not refering to creation and it's not refering to Adam either, in fact it's just the type of disjointed unfulfilled analogy you idiots regularly produce.
Adding to the word of God is a Fundie hobby, your preachers are doing it daily, trying to wrap current events around out of context Bible verses, demonizing liberal concepts and elevating right-wing politicians, preachers and media figures to divine providence.
Dodge coulda claimed it's factories were Gods gift to America and Angels watched over every vehicle and still be less presumptuous then your Fundie preachers.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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