Ok – I am offended. This isn’t as bad as the “Last Supper” ad in San Francisco earlier this year, but I would be writing a letter to Virgin Mobile if I were a customer (I believe they’re British, yes?)

Offensive is way too benign a word. Blasphemy seems a nice fit.

Hmm… well they seem to have a firmer grasp on what Christmas is all about than most companies advertising.

If they had done this kind of clip about the life of Mohammad, there would have been fatwas issued all over the Middle East, and creators of this ad would have gone into hiding.

Or something last that.

Ingrid, is that enough to get you going?

And no, I don’t expect non-Christian (pagan) companies to be overtly anything but anti-Christ or at least disrespectful of Him, but that does not diminish my abhorance of it when they do.

You can only call them “pagans” if you call them “beloved pagans”… sheesh… don’t you get that? = )

iggy

S.J. Walker,

i am not sure this equates with the crown of thorns and barren women… but to each his own.

I guess…

iggy

iggy,

To be sure, a funny video is nothing when compared to the torment of the cross, but it was that video so to speak that put my Lord there and was my laughing with it that drove the nails. Mockery is mockery no matter how lighthearted. Though I am far from innocent of this myself, it only serves to remind me that mocking my Lord and Savior is no laughing matter.

if skill was gasoline, I wouldn’t have had enough to ride an ant’s motorcycle around a cheerio.

The profane, whether offered by the unbeliever or the professing believer, is still profane. No one can accuse me of not having a sense of humor, but there are some things that are foolish jesting and speak evil of things they know not.

Everyone will give an account of things they have said, and it is advisable not to make light of God Himself in any form. Let us be joyful and merry, but let us never mix the holy with the profane. Ever.

As a customer of Virgin Mobile I’m dissappointed!

The dancing was alright but the music was too funkadelic for me. I would’ve much rather seen them dancing to “Play that funky music white boy”.

If they had done this kind of clip about the life of Mohammad, there would have been fatwas issued all over the Middle East, and creators of this ad would have gone into hiding.

So should we respond like Muslims?

I’d just like to point out that Jesus was a full grown adult at the point of his birth in this scene. That’s all.

I think intent is the greater issue. Our church used dance in our weekend concert – I don’t think Virgin really intended to celebrate the fact that our savior was provided.

Sorry, but I despise the commercialization of Jesus. I realize that is a personal conviction, but I would simply say that the video was in poor taste…

At the same time, though, I would never suggest that we respond in the way Muslims have in recent history with threats of violence, etc. In this case, I would suggest that the appropriate response would simply be to take your business elsewhere…

Hmm. I know I should be offended – (unlike Muslims we are not here to defend God, just a defense for he hope in us) – but I cannot help but see the positive in it. Jesus must have partied to a certain extent to be accused of being a glutton and wine-bibber. He drew a sharp distinction between the asceticism of John the Baptist and the fact he came eating and drinking.

So … I saw this as a refreshing acknowledgment of the reason for the season. Jesus wasn’t portrayed as a ‘cartoon’ character, but as a cool dancer – that isn’t so bad really.

BTW – I don’t think I have actually seen the advert on here in the UK – but then I don’t watch much commercial TV (mainly BBC to be honest, and then not much).