LONDON - Britain's advertising watchdog Tuesday banned a mobile phone company commercial which featured a cartoon Jesus who winked and gave a thumbs-up gesture. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that the Phones 4 U campaign, which carried the slogan, "Miraculous deals on Samsung Galaxy Android phones," appeared to be mocking the Christian faith. "We considered that, although the ads were intended to be light-hearted and humorous, their depiction of Jesus winking and holding a thumbs-up sign, with the text 'miraculous' deals during Easter, the Christian Holy Week which celebrated Christ's resurrection, gave the impression that they were mocking and belittling core Christian beliefs," the ASA said.
Is Britain's Advertising Standards Authority kidding me? Who would find this offensive, I mean, its a kind of commonly known fact that Jesus was the greatest salesman of all time, no?
This was the man with the golden tongue, convinced all the Apostles that a heavenly, invisible man deity in the sky was his father (much to his human father, Josheph's, chagrin I'm sure, like dude, he's standing right there), managed to convince a guy nicknamed Doubting Thomas that he had risen from the dead, convinced a blind guy he could see, and somehow talked a group of people into believing the water they were drinking was actually wine.
