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rug

(82,333 posts)
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 03:07 PM Apr 2013

Catholic Church pitches religion to young New Yorkers with new ad proclaiming Jesus was the 'Origina

New $60K ad campaign includes ads on phone booths in trendy Brooklyn and Queens nabes



Joe Marino/New York Daily News
An ad on a phone booth at the corner of Dekalb Ave. and Ashland Pl. in Fort Greene that says "The Original Hipster," and depicts a Jesus-type figure in sneakers.

By Simone Weichselbaum / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, April 25, 2013, 12:59 PM

It’s like the sequel to “Jesus Christ Superstar.”

The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn is spending $60,000 on a new ad campaign billing the Son of God as “The Original Hipster” — an add that features Christ in a pair of red (and untied!) Converse sneakers poking out from under his robes.

The goal is a resurrection even niftier than Jesus’ original one: getting young urbanites to stop saying “P-eww” to the pews.

“Why is that an image of Jesus in Converse sneaks so shocking to us?” said Diocese spokesman Msgr. Kieran Harrington. “The Church is countercultural. ... The Church is accepting of all people.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/jesus-hipster-catholic-church-ads-draw-young-parishoners-article-1.1327253

At first blush this campaign looks silly, although there is much to be said for the counter-cultural nature of Christianity.

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Catholic Church pitches religion to young New Yorkers with new ad proclaiming Jesus was the 'Origina (Original Post) rug Apr 2013 OP
Apparently, the Catholic Church is clueless. RevStPatrick Apr 2013 #1
Countercultural Christianity is not drinking lattes in Williamsburg. rug Apr 2013 #3
Awww . . . mykpart Apr 2013 #4
Have you seen the movie "Dogma"? Fortinbras Armstrong Apr 2013 #5
Facepalm 47of74 Apr 2013 #2
Personally, I think the campaign is ridiculous meow2u3 Apr 2013 #6
 

RevStPatrick

(2,208 posts)
1. Apparently, the Catholic Church is clueless.
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 04:33 PM
Apr 2013

I know, a shocking statement if there ever was one!

"Hipster" is NOT a good thing.
Hipsters do not refer to themselves as hipsters, and get offended if someone else does.
This is not going to get more asses in the pews.
It is going to make their target audience laugh at them even harder.
Hipster bashing is almost as much fun as Catholic bashing, so now one can do both at the same time!

I'll have to look for one of these ads in my hipster north Brooklyn nabe.
Before they all get defaced...

Almost as dumb an idea as Buddy Christ:

meow2u3

(24,743 posts)
6. Personally, I think the campaign is ridiculous
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 10:28 AM
Apr 2013

Everybody knows Jesus was a long-haired, socialist hippie.

Hipsters are not hippies, nor are the socialist.

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