Megachurch hopes to ‘crash’ Super Bowl in ad

[foxfeet]

Spot featuring spoof on Christ’s resurrection is a finalist in online contest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPTAOgPIUds

updated 2 hours, 47 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - Pastors have long competed with the NFL on Sundays, but this season a hipster megachurch is turning the tables with a 30-second ad that could muscle its way into that all holiest of sporting events: the Super Bowl.

Mosaic, a 3,000-member megachurch, is one of six finalists in the Doritos' "Crash the Super Bowl" challenge with a lighthearted spoof that plays off the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

If the church's ad, titled "Casket," is among the top three vote-getters in an online playoff, it will air on Feb. 7 during the Super Bowl. If the commercial ranks in the top three most-popular ads among viewers, it could win its creators either $400,000, $600,000 or $1 million.

more at:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35184947/ns/business-business_of_super_bowl_xliv/

[KamaAina]

1. A hipster megachurch?!

Ye gods! :scared:

And will it run before or after St. Tebow's ad? :eyes:

Should we DU the contest by voting for a different ad?

[tularetom]

7. Sounds like an oxymoran don't it?

Probably attended by regular morans.

Although I'm not really sure just WTF a "hipster" is anymore.

[WCGreen]

8. Mostly rich suburbanites trying to reconsile their lust for material things

and wealth with their belief in the myth of Jesus...

[Initech]

16. I like what Jon Stewart said about megachurches:

"I cant be frightened when our houses of worship sound like they could take on Godzilla."

:rofl:

[DesertFlower]

2. are they going to have jesus

skyrocket into heaven?

[mdmc]

3. hehe

Now that is something I can get behind!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. Jesus and athletics just go together.

[CurtEastPoint]

5. They tout on their webpage that the 3000 member church raised $10K for Haiti. Mine has about 700...

and we raised that much.

Mega nothings, if you ask me.

"What's in it for ME?" is probably more like it.

[WCGreen]

9. that's like 3.25 a piece...

Way to go... Yea... Dig deep...

[KamaAina]

13. I just stuck a fiver in the box at the store

plus the fifty to the telethon, plus the fifty to my godless, heathen UU church... :sarcasm:

[niyad]

11. THREE DOLLARS AND 33 CENTS per member? I have that much change in the bottom of my purse.

[Poll_Blind]

6. "When you foul the least of mine, you foul me". n/t

PB

[stopbush]

10. I assume the theme song will be "Drop kick me, Jesus, thru the goalpost of life."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XePepJvvcjY

[EmeraldCityGrl]

12. DU the contest...

It's ok to be sacrilegious as long as it's for a million $$$$$.

Then you can use the money to produce ads like Tebows.

[foxfeet]

14. There have always been Christians with a sense of humor.

They've just been hard to find for the last few decades. Even if it's proselytizing with a punchline, it's still proselytizing, which I find repugnant.

[rucky]

15. Culture wars during the SB will not go over well. n/t