I'm really interested If anyone ITT has seen the recent ads "He Gets Us" promoting Jesus and funded by a billion dollar Christian fund to kind of revamp the image of Christianity in the US due to declining religious rates.

Do you guys feel like that's a good use of the money?

Do you think the ads are even neccesary?

Do you think that there's been a decrease in religious people?

Do you feel like Christians have a bad reputation in America rn and you think it's fair?

Just really interesting situation that speaks to the kind of unique Christian capitalism that exist in America and also is kind of rich Christians in America admitting things aren't going well in their opinions.

I'd like to hear people's thoughts because I think the whole thing is interesting and it's not alot of places beyond churches you can get a dedicated group of you guys to maybe ask this stuff.

i see no ads for nothin f*** ads

it's funny rich ppl think Jesus need a rebrand tho

Do you love this s***?

Are you high right now?

Do you ever get nervous?

no because i use ad block

I’m Christian and I think they’re weird.
Hard to place why, but I feel like they don’t do a good job actually articulating any teachings, and focus too much on trying to connect Jesus to whoever is watching

I have they’re creepy as hell

you need Jesus

I’ve seen those heaven or not ads on sportscenter that s*** is eerie as hell don’t know how those ads get passed along on national television

I definitely think there's been a decrease in religious people especially with these newer generations. the ones doing these ad campaigns are probably the same ones to blame for that. haven't seen the ad but something not right with spending that much money on ad when it could've been helping people. in their heads this somehow is helping people and I'm sure it'll push some people to maybe look into Christianity but be fr

"promoting Jesus"

all the time!

I just get ads about my community college

The AI probably detects how down bad I am and is trying to tell me to sign up even tho I'm already attending. Or maybe it's reminding me to do my hw

They are everywhere

yeah i’ve seen that s*** on TV. gives me cult vibes

just gonna repost

nah it’s not a good use of money, and pretty futile really

well no, because it’s pretty functionally useless

now this, is where i can really get into the swing of what i wanna say, yes, there’s been a very large decrease of religious people and this is primarily due to individualism, materialism and albeit i know people don’t like it when i take a s*** on science—scientism, all of these things coalesce and play with one another to effectively reduce religion’s role and purpose within the world, it’s essentially why a lot of people tell others that you have to make your own meaning in life, that there’s no intrinsic value to our existence and we live within a cold and uncaring universe

it’s a moorish mix of secular hubris and philosophical ignorance (i mean, what use is philosophy if science, or scientists rather proclaim to have the answers for each question?) many of the reasons ive seen people reject religion and/or God are for very poor and unsophisticated understandings of religion(s) and God generally, a lot of the gripes and questions people have with religion could possibly be rectified if they bothered to engage with it beyond a surface level, however why do that, when the idea of man being the only ends or measure completely void of any sort of higher power to pay heed to is immensely more attractive to people who are raised in a “me-me-me” society?

there’s a reason why most of the spirituality that people take interest in America is pop astrology, manifestation, crystals, Westernized (bastardized, really) Buddhism etc. because they either offer a benefit to the person that partakes in the practice exclusively or they’re completely null of anything that would have someone feel accountable spiritually for the things that they do to other people, Buddhism within the West has been essentially leveled to mindfulness and be nice to others, completely absent of the various metaphysical principles, realms and supernatural beliefs that are essential to it as a religion regardless (such as anatta, sunyata, indra’s net etc.) religion was always generally collectivist and was about forming unity with your fellow man, this is pretty much gone

i am not surprised at Christians being oppressed and sort of trampled on nowadays because the pendulum is simply swinging back, this is essentially retribution for all of the crusades and oppression that happened in the name of the Abrahamic God, Christians definitely have an absolutely horrible reputation (borderline irreparable if you ask me) due to the evangelists, making people feel bad for their sexuality (which could possibly be based on a misinterpretation of the Bible lol) and forcing Christianity and all down people's throats, this isn't even getting into the general intolerance of other religions that people of Abrahamic faiths have either, which is an entirely different mess within itself—as an aside, as a pretty spiritually minded person i do genuinely feel marginalized and/or in a world that’s hostile to any sort of spirituality

regardless, this is all in line with the Kali Yuga, the irreligious will continue to spread and the sacred will continue to be lost to a select few/die out until eventually some sort of supernatural cataclysm comes through and resets the world at large-it's certainly going to be awhile so im pretty nihilistically bitter at watching religion fade out, but it is what it is really

I ain’t reading all that
I’m happy for you
Or sorry that happened

i do think i have seen these recently.

f*** all religious campaigns

No.

I’ve seen those Christian dating site ads though.

Yeah they are strange af. I first saw one as an ad at a baseball game, it was huge on the left field wall. They have been all over TV since.