Lords Prayer advert banned

And I'm pretty sure the CoE knew that and did this stunt deliberately to cause a stir. 100% success. You've got to give them credit for that. Devious.

And they've got their ad shown for free in umptyump places that aren't cinemas. Double devious.

Impressive but a bit despicable.

Thanks for the links Bags, first one particularly good.

Alcohol isn't religious or political (even though monks used to produce it; may still for all I know), which are the two the cinema ads company avoid.

Quite, alea.
One of the good things about our wonderful, independent Tyneside Cinema is that alcohol is freely available. Much healthier anyway than a can of pop.
<opens can of worms and goes wildly off topic>

Why not, janeainsworth??
A nice glass of something chilled (stirred not shaken) would go down a treat with Spectre or *The Lego Movie*(but that might need something stronger)

No one has said alcohol should be promoted anywhere ab.
What's that got to do with anything?

I would think Star Wars is a highly inappropriate film to promote any religion. Not satisfied with blowing trillions on weaponry on this planet, it celebrates the idea of exporting our deadly wars to other planets.

Jess Star Wars films are always about the fight between good and evil. Very relevant today. You could say it was an appropriate film.

And alcohol should be promoted in the cinema ?

No one has the right to be offended by the prayer of anyone elses sincere religion but a cinema is not the place to promote religion.

Thank you for posting that open letter to her bishop. Says it all, clearly and succinctly.

Well I don't know anything about the plot of the latest Star Wars, but i guess it will be similar to all the others. Seems to me one of the C of E's sillier ideas that they were going to place this religious ad specifically with a single hyped science fiction film. What were they on when they made that decision? Do they have a marketing department?
I agree, once i have paid for a ticket and settled down in the cinema I have no wish to be preached at by any religious or political adverts. One of the pleasures of going to the pictures in one of the many lovely cinemas in NZ is that ads are minimal and you don't have to sit through 20 minutes of commercials. At home on the TV I can mock them loudly, talk about something else/ turn them off/mute the TV/scroll through to the end of the break.

Kathleen Jowitt, an anglican, writes this open letter to her bishop about the advertisement hoo-ha.

And Stephen Evans points out that ad has been broadcast by lots of people so, clearly, saying free speech is at risk is disingenuous.

Rosequartz , why shouldn't the Bish think the same as you ? Millions thought the same. Priests are human beings

Not shouting at you, but can't see my typing. The cursor is going across the page but nothing is showing up this is really weird

JINGS tHE aRCHBISHOP SOUNDED MORE LIKE ME THAN THE LEAXDER OF THE4 cHURCH OF eNGLAND [HMM]

PS. Surprised that STB hasn't posted on this thread (at least I don't think she has). Are you ok Soon?

I have just looked at the websit Lillygran. Thank you for the link. Lots of prayers and comments posted by a variety of people including non believers.

I think it could be a good website for those struggling with their beliefs or who need support in difficult times.

The Archbishop of Canterbury overcame his momentary - and very human - doubts. He said God's answer to his question, "Where are you in all this, God" was "I am there in the midst of it". He found that helpful, as would many, many Christians.

What a great way to reach out to people . Thank you Lillygran for the link

The Lord's Prayer commercial was to advertise a prayer website, www.justpray.uk

I doubt it can be shown where it can reach such a large number if people , I do agree it could cause problems if it had been shown but still think it may have helped some.

I think it was the right thing to say, millions must have said the same and it was how he felt

I do think that the Pope's message about the Paris attacks was very strong and robust, but that the Archbishop of Canterbury's response was very feeble - if he doubts then that's not a good message to send out, is it?

Are they going to show it anywhere?