{"id":24409,"date":"2011-02-07T03:21:40","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T03:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/super_bowl_ads_will_leave_a_religious_question_unanswered\/"},"modified":"2011-02-07T03:21:40","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T03:21:40","slug":"super_bowl_ads_will_leave_a_religious_question_unanswered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=24409","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl Ads Will Leave a Religious Question Unanswered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But according to Fox Sports, which will broadcast the Super Bowl this year, the verse you can see in the stands on television is not suitable for a commercial. The network\u2019s rejection of a 30-second spot centered on John 3:16 is just one example of an advertising culture that can be allergic to expressions of faith.<\/p>\n<p>According to Larry Taunton, executive director of the Fixed Point Foundation, which produced the advertisement, inspiration came during last year\u2019s Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorporate America uses its creativity and millions of dollars to come up with 30-second blasts to get you to buy a beer or Coke or tennis ball,\u201d\u009d said Mr. Taunton, whose evangelical group, based in Birmingham, Ala., promotes campus debates between atheists and believers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/02\/05\/us\/05beliefs.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But according to Fox Sports, which will broadcast the Super Bowl this year, the verse you can see in the stands on television is not suitable for a commercial. The network\u2019s rejection of a 30-second spot centered on John 3:16<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=24409\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,89,108,128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-media","category-religion-culture","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}