turned on the Superbowl for a moment only to see a commercial for Jesus (yes, that Jesus) that used the Depeche Mode song "Personal Jesus" which was anything but an endorsement of Jesus, I feel like I'm perpetually losing my mind. Jesus. - ThreadSky

jwolfe73.bsky.social • 13 days ago

turned on the Superbowl for a moment only to see a commercial for Jesus (yes, that Jesus) that used the Depeche Mode song "Personal Jesus" which was anything but an endorsement of Jesus, I feel like I'm perpetually losing my mind. Jesus.

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evepick.bsky.social•12 days ago

Do those people not know how to use Google? Major ad agency fail.

e-warren.bsky.social•12 days ago

Why not the Marilyn Manson cover I wonder

freakanatcha.bsky.social•12 days ago

Any religion that has to run a bunch of ads saying they aren't racist is probably pretty racist.

vegetablegremlin.bsky.social•13 days ago

That’s just how it is now. I dont even think johnny cash would have cosigned this

2strong2silence.bsky.social•13 days ago

Cash has no say. It’s a Depeche Mode song.

vegetablegremlin.bsky.social•12 days ago

I figured that didn’t need stating

wetlettuceleaf.bsky.social•12 days ago

Hey Jes, is 'Jes' short for anything?
Are you Jesus?

jwolfe73.bsky.social•12 days ago

😈

kevinnelson84.bsky.social•12 days ago

Next year they'll use this Jesus

just-1-g.bsky.social•12 days ago

While holy Jes us having hard time following ;)

ckilgore.bsky.social•12 days ago

Those have been running for a few years. This article is from 2023, and the organization behind them seems to have changed but the background is not great! https://jacobin.com/2023/02/christian-super-bowl-ads-he-gets-us-servant-foundation-abortion-gay-rights