10.03.2005

for the unholy and profane

Has got to be the most tasteless ad ever. Actually, not tasteless as much as stupid. And it's not the Jesus gambling thing that has me irked. Still unclear on the Christian thought on gambling. Because it treats luck as a god? Because it doesn't depend on Him for provision? Or simply, like alcohol, the association of the Savior with activities deemed unseemly?

No, the atrocious part of the ad, the actual blasphemy, is the mixing of anything less than complete awe and love at the Last Supper. The most intimate of setting, where He displayed His love and foresahdowed the Saving, and instituted the Remembrance. No other rituals in Christianity, just this one.

Nothing touches this sacred event. That is the ghastly part. You could have had them singing instead of gambling, or cooking instead of gambling, and the result is the same. Utter, utter blasphemy.

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