Think Christian: Parodies of the Mac/PC commericals from Community Christian Church

For a raised-Jewish, card-carrying Agnostic, I've managed to find quite a few religious themes to post about today! 'tis the season, I suppose.
Think Christian points to a series of excellent videos put out by the Community Christian Church. They are parodies of sorts, done in the style of the current "I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" ads - which is what makes it relevant here, in case you were going to ask - with their own special twist. Instead of Mac and PC, we meet "Christian" and "Christ-Follower."
The ads are really very good and you don't have to have any religious affiliation to view them, enjoy them, or even despise them, if you prefer. I have no idea whether they are effective or not, but I can say with certainty that they didn't make me, heathen that I am, want to "switch." Your mileage may vary.
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Please refrain from cluttering TUAW with non-Apple news. I'll pay you $10 for each post like this that you DON'T run.
December 25 2006 at 10:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replysomeone might think this is flaming. but i'll say it anyway.
here's the facts about god:
we have no evidence of him
if he exists we have no evidence to help us choose between the various religions all claiming to know the truth about god.
its all belief. but really it's a stupid belief. it's amazing that educated people can be brought to believe such stupidities as mary was a virgin or that jesus made miracles, when holocaust denial is considered insane, and no one who denies holocaust can be taken serious.
but when you look at it, it's all the same. it's believes that have no or very bad evidence to them. that's what the video i linked to tries to illustrates.
it was stupid beliefs about god, that led terrorists to attack wtc. that's what crazy beliefs can lead to.
to 22. -
Did you read all of the comments? Whenever I see someone telling people "repent and be saved", either on a website or by some nut on the street corner with a megaphone, I'd consider that preaching...maybe not in the sense that you would.
P.S. - all should repent and be touched by his noodly appendage
Uh, how were you bring preached to?
There has been no proselytizing.
Great, as if the religious people I see on the street trying to "save" me wasn't enough, now I'm being preached to on TUAW. And please don't tell me I'm being intolerant or whatever...I find it extremely disturbing that people still believe in something they have no proof exists.
December 08 2006 at 2:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI really don't want to sound mean or start a fight, but...
SubGenius, what you said really wasn't Biblical.
"God won't let you into heaven if you are proudly pointing to all the good things you've done.
God will let you in if you are humble and repentant for all the bad things you've done."
Salvation does not depend upon how well someone lives their life.
That statement is actually more Buddhist than Christian.
Here's a cool video for anyone interested in the message of Christ :-) www.juststopandthink.com
Enjoy!
Another: http://www.608worship.org/
December 07 2006 at 10:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyyeah, whatever, i'll debate the christian/christ-follower thing on some other forum. but i like that they used the same actor for both parts, which imho apple should have done, to show the true beauty of the mac over the PC.
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