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pegkerr ([personal profile] pegkerr) wrote2004-12-01 07:07 am

Jesus too open-minded for TV networks

Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] cakmpls for this one.

The UCC (the United Church of Christ) tried to air a spot announcing that, like Jesus, they welcome everyone. Some networks consider that too controversial.

http://www.ucc.org/news/u113004a.htm

Edited to add: [livejournal.com profile] king_tirian pondered aloud a bit whether the problem the UCC identified with other churches was actually a real problem. Are people really turned away from churches? Based on this news story, and this followup, among others, I'd say that it is.

[identity profile] pegkerr.livejournal.com 2004-12-01 09:30 am (UTC)(link)
And here's another story. The latest twist in this story was that the church discovered later that someone from this group "Ushers of the Eucharist" scattered salt and oil all around the church late at night, to perform exorcism ritual because gays had been allowed to commune there. The cleanup cost to the church turned out to be thousands of dollars.

Wow!

[identity profile] huladavid.livejournal.com 2004-12-01 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
Just read the article you linked.

Maybe it's just because I was raised Baptist, but gads, the website seemed pretty loopy. Baptisim being invalidated because the priest didn't say, "Father, Son, & Holy Ghost"(that was mentioned a couple articles down from the one about St. Paul's)? Seems to me that'd be like making a fuss over using "Jesus" rather than "Christ"...

But what can you expect from someone whose church used Welch's Grape Juice & Bunny Bread for communion... ;D