CV NEWS FEED // The controversial “He Gets Us” Super Bowl ad shows a “regime-approved Christianity” instead of the real thing, according to an op-ed from Crisis Magazine.
Journalist Michael Ippolito wrote that the ad “is a false Christianity that perverts the Faith by replacing mercy and conformity with tolerance.”
As CatholicVote reported, the ad featured several politically-charged depictions of washing feet that many have viewed as condoning immorality.
Ippolito acknowledged that the ad demonstrated a form of Christian charity, but said that it “leaves out the call to repentance.”
“Christianity is not a religion where our only obligation is to be nice to each other. Far from it,” Ippolito wrote. “Christianity is a religion that calls for a total annihilation of the self and complete conformity to Christ. It is not a religion of just good morals; it involves a radical change of the individual.”
“When the advertisement shows the washing of the feet, it neglects that Christ washed His disciples’ feet so they could follow Him to His passion,” he continued. “The washing of the feet is an act that prepares us to imitate Christ and take up our cross.
While some argue that showing a more welcoming and tolerant version of Christianity could help convert more skeptical people, Ippolito wrote that the ad’s “vision of Christianity is different from what Christianity is supposed to be.”
“The ‘He Gets Us’ agenda is not about bringing people to Christianity. It is about promoting a Christianity that is in line with the spirit of the Antichrist. Christianity becomes weak, maimed, and subservient to the liberal regime in power. It is a Christianity that calls for tolerance not repentance,” he concluded:
Christianity is a religion about dying to the self and serving God. It is not just a religion of vague niceness and kindness. It is time to reject the perverted message and spread the proper Gospel of Jesus.
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