Religious Groups Mobilize to use Japan for Publicity
This really gets old, but once again religious groups are putting lots of money toward using the earthquakes in Japan as a public relations stunt. Sure, there are helping the people there too, but they are doing it mainly out of a need to promote their ridiculous beliefs.
I remember seeing the commercials on television for Philip Morris. Because I didn’t smoke, I had no idea what they did. So when I saw their commercials, I thought they were a humanitarian group. They always showed someone doing some good deed. I remember seeing a female oil rig worker saying something like, “Philip Morris helps people” and/or “Thank you Philip Morris,” in one of the commercials. The commercial had nothing to do with smoking at all.
Religion is a little like that except that when they go to help people they also push their product, in this case religion. Could you imagine if Phillip Morris came to help those hurt in Japan and then took the opportunity to shoot a commercial and to really rub it in, they then handed out free cigarettes to those in need? That is what religion does.
I am happy they are there to help, but leave the PR machine, the free Bibles, and the Jesus talk at home. If they are there to help, they should just help instead of using tragedy as an opportunity for converts. It is immoral and unconscionable that religious people can’t understand that people who need help don’t want to be used as propaganda and don’t want to be marks for religious con-artists.
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- Massive earthquake in Japan (scienceblogs.com)
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