Lords Prayer advert banned

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

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.

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.

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

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.

And alcohol should be promoted in the cinema ?

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

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.

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

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)

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>

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.

Thanks for the links Bags, first one particularly good.

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.

for a religious setup.

Cigarettes were advertised at one time in cinemas , just curious why a prayer in a cinema is so strongly criticised but alcohol is accepted

Well said Kathleen Jowitt - sums it all up perfectly.

I shall be hopping mad if they start any law suits - what a waste of money!

That's a bit fanciful Bags.

Fanciful me, jings, but read that Jowitt article. She's an anglican and is disgusted too.

Can of worms better for your teeth than a can of pop, anyway?

ab that's like wondering why it's not ok to show violence and sex before the 9 o'clock watershed, but it is ok to advertise trashy children's toys when children are watching TV.
There is no connection

Have you read Kathleen Jowitt's letter *Anniebach"? Don't you think she makes some very good points?

I just don't believe the Church would have let it get this far unless they expected it to be shown.

Why would she have felt "uncomfortable"? Sensitive little flower is she.

She looks, and from her description, sounds weird. Wouldn't listen to a thing she says. Typical of the Twittersphere.

Kathleen Jowitt: author of Speak Its Name, English graduate, cyclist, eco-worrier, bisexual, Christian humanist of the Broad Church Anglican variety, liberal socialist, trade unionist, lover of hats, Quaker sympathiser, and slightly bewildered Cambridge resident.

Which bit of her bio do you take exception to jingl?
And what difference does it make to the validity of what she says?