Commercials all over the place!

[tundramom]

What’s up with the new Mormon.org commercials? Is this a new PR campaign?

I’ve only noticed them the last couple of days and they seem to be in twos.

I’m this… I’m that… I do this… I do that… my name is ____ and I’m a Mormon. That’s it.

I thought the LDS church was trying to get away from the name “Mormon”.

Steph

 

[TikiTokiguy]

Maybe they are trying to soften up the public when Romney runs again for the White House.
I hope they bring up the fact he made fun of singles in an adult singles ward once, calling them losers. I don’t care what he thinks about me, but do all the unmarried people what a guy in the White House who believes singles are losers? If he says that about his own church members what does he believe about non members?

 

[TikiTokiguy]

I’ve seen three of the commercials online. All focus on the family - husband, kids and wife. Wife in her “place” in the house. I went to a Catholic Mass Saturday evening. I’m sure there were lots of singles there. Are any of the LDS commercials focusing on single women I seen at Catholic Mass yesterday? Christians who pray, tithe, try to live a good Christian life, but don’t want to get married or get re-married. Where are they at in the LDS church and their commercials? The focus on the family also gives me as spooky feeling like they are really pushing the family idea in hope of someday extending the family, really really extending it, by bringing back polygamy on earth, in the U.S.A.

 

[CatholicGuyNY]

I’ve seen three of the commercials online. All focus on the family - husband, kids and wife. Wife in her “place” in the house. I went to a Catholic Mass Saturday evening. I’m sure there were lots of singles there. Are any of the LDS commercials focusing on single women I seen at Catholic Mass yesterday? Christians who pray, tithe, try to live a good Christian life, but don’t want to get married or get re-married. Where are they at in the LDS church and their commercials? The focus on the family also gives me as spooky feeling like they are really pushing the family idea in hope of someday extending the family, really really extending it, by bringing back polygamy on earth, in the U.S.A.

If I remember correctly, one of the videos is of a single mom that’s an ophthalmologist.

 

[Holly3278]

I would guess that it is their new public relations/proselytizing campaign. I am guessing that they are trying to make more people realize that Mormons come from a variety of different backgrounds. All well, I don’t see what good that would do for them though. There are people from every religion from a variety of different backgrounds.

 

[TikiTokiguy]

If I remember correctly, one of the videos is of a single mom that’s an ophthalmologist.

That’s good. But they should do one one the church putting pressure on her to get married or be incomplete in Gods eyes.

Better yet, do a commercial with the women who’s a secretary for a Catholic Parish I visited a few months ago. She’s not Catholic, she’s protestant. I told her I was thinking of leaving the LDS church. I was there to talk with the Priest of the Parish. She said she joined the LDS church as a teen but quit after she got out of high school because they put tremendous pressure on her to get married and have kids and she wanted to go to college. So she quit the church.

 

[PaulDupre]

What’s up with the new Mormon.org commercials? Is this a new PR campaign?

Every so often the LDS put out a series of commercials whose message seems to be “We’re just regular folks, not weird or cultish or insular at all. Really. We’re not. No really, we’re completely normal.”

It goes along with the approach we see from LDS here so often: “We’re nice, so our religion must be true.”

This is calculated to make people feel safe enough to let the missionaries in or to accept “friendshipping” attempts by LDS neighbors and co-workers.

 

[twopekinguys]

Every so often the LDS put out a series of commercials whose message seems to be “We’re just regular folks, not weird or cultish or insular at all. Really. We’re not. No really, we’re completely normal.”

It goes along with the approach we see from LDS here so often: “We’re nice, so our religion must be true.”

This is calculated to make people feel safe enough to let the missionaries in or to accept “friendshipping” attempts by LDS neighbors and co-workers.

Which translates to…“We spent too much money on our shopping mall, and hotel in Hawaii. We need more people and money”.

 

[TikiTokiguy]

It goes along with the approach we see from LDS here so often: “We’re nice, so our religion must be true.”

Yes, that’s one of the things that made me feel the church was true. But getting to know them I now know they sin like all the rest of us, disappointing to me.

 

[IHeartAquinas]

The oppressive friendliness (yes, I said and do mean oppressive) of the Mormon missionaries is what helped me really research Mormonism during my period of spiritual wandering which ultimately turned me against the LDS Church. NOBODY is that nice. People can be pleasant, and you can tell a genuinely pleasant person even when they’re being rather stoic or withdrawn. But if your pleasantness drips off you like biting sarcasm from a bitter teenager, there’s something suspicious behind your motives…like not sharing everything about your religion up front. Catholics will hand you a Bible and answer any question. A Mormon will hand you a BoM and then avoid answering questions about their deeper theology such as “Sealing,” pre-birth spirit children, and the planet Kolob.

 

[PaulDupre]

Yes, that’s one of the things that made me feel the church was true. But getting to know them I now know they sin like all the rest of us, disappointing to me.

That’s really the point of the gospel:

23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God

• Romans 3:23

8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

• 1 John 1:8-10

We are all broken and in need of Jesus’ mercy. To pretend that we are better or more righteous than others is to make Him, our Savior, a liar. The Catholic Church is not true because we are righteous (we are not), but because Jesus is righteous and we are His.

I am an evil man, a sinful man. But I have a Savior who is Christ the Lord.

 

[benidict]

Maybe they are trying to soften up the public when Romney runs again for the White House.
I hope they bring up the fact he made fun of singles in an adult singles ward once, calling them losers. I don’t care what he thinks about me, but do all the unmarried people what a guy in the White House who believes singles are losers? If he says that about his own church members what does he believe about non members?

so where did this “fact” come from? i like the guy, and his daddy did wonders for michigan when he was govenor. my state had a boom! nowadays its just a bust… i think he would be great for america. im single myself, and im sure the comments were taken out of context from some liberal reporter. Peace

 

[benidict]

Which translates to…“We spent too much money on our shopping mall, and hotel in Hawaii. We need more people and money”.

well goodness! they someplace to stay while in hawaii. their temple is being renovated… beautiful area though. you should visit sometime. nice people, albeit a little pushy. i could have stayed longer, but my parents were uncomfortable. i love engaging others. guess that comes from my traveling experience. Peace

 

[Dale_M]

Which translates to…“We spent too much money on our shopping mall, and hotel in Hawaii. We need more people and money”.

Oh, I doubt that is the reason. The LDS have been aggressively proselytizing for decades, well before they invested in the Hawaii real estate you mentioned.

And I remember seeing TV ads back in the 1970s which pitched the same: “We’re nice family type people - just like you.” As PaulDupre mentioned, these ad campaigns are launched every so often. I haven’t seen the latest ads, but in the past, they have promoted their image of squeaky clean family togetherness as a selling point to lure in possible converts.

 

[twopekinguys]

Oh, I doubt that is the reason. The LDS have been aggressively proselytizing for decades, well before they invested in the Hawaii real estate you mentioned.

And I remember seeing TV ads back in the 1970s which pitched the same: “We’re nice family type people - just like you.” As PaulDupre mentioned, these ad campaigns are launched every so often. I haven’t seen the latest ads, but in the past, they have promoted their image of squeaky clean family togetherness as a selling point to lure in possible converts.

Actually, I believe it is a little bit more than coincidental.

I remember back in the 70’s and 80’s, when the economy wasn’t doing that great (i.e. the gas shortage, high interest rates, high unemployment) their commercials were all over the place.

Now, move into 2010, we have high unemployment, stock market roller coaster, etc., and add that to the fact that they are spending $200 Million +/- on renovating a hotel in Hawaii, that their own “prophet” wouldn’t stay in because it was bug infested (Deseret News) and a shopping mall and condos (which they have cut the purchase price of), that is costing them $3 Billion +/-, there is a definite correlation.

Just the economic factors alone, like unemployment and stock market losses, means they would be losing tithing money. Add in the number of people who are leaving, or going in active, and the losses are even greater.

 

[rapunzel77]

I’ve seen them too. They are a bit creepy but at least they aren’t as offensive as the Methodist ad campaign that was put out a couple of years ago. That particular ad campaign made it sound like they were the only “welcoming” church around and all others were judgmental and unfriendly.

 

[PaulDupre]

Actually, I believe it is a little bit more than coincidental.

I remember back in the 70’s and 80’s, when the economy wasn’t doing that great (i.e. the gas shortage, high interest rates, high unemployment) their commercials were all over the place.

Now, move into 2010, we have high unemployment, stock market roller coaster, etc., and add that to the fact that they are spending $200 Million +/- on renovating a hotel in Hawaii, that their own “prophet” wouldn’t stay in because it was bug infested (Deseret News) and a shopping mall and condos (which they have cut the purchase price of), that is costing them $3 Billion +/-, there is a definite correlation.

Just the economic factors alone, like unemployment and stock market losses, means they would be losing tithing money. Add in the number of people who are leaving, or going in active, and the losses are even greater.

I think of it differently. The LDS always prey on the confused, insecure and vulnerable. So when the economy is bad and people are more vulnerable and worried, the LDS go into overdrive to take advantage of that to increase the membership roles.

 

[twopekinguys]

I think of it differently. The LDS always prey on the confused, insecure and vulnerable. So when the economy is bad and people are more vulnerable and worried, the LDS go into overdrive to take advantage of that to increase the membership roles.

 

[dianaiad]

What’s up with the new Mormon.org commercials? Is this a new PR campaign?

I’ve only noticed them the last couple of days and they seem to be in twos.

I’m this… I’m that… I do this… I do that… my name is ____ and I’m a Mormon. That’s it.

I thought the LDS church was trying to get away from the name “Mormon”.

Steph

This answer isn’t specifically to Steph…it’s to all the posters who have commented so far on this thread, and to those who have a tendency to do this sort of thing…

Yes. We have ads that promote the family.
We have ads that show others that we are…simply people like you.

It’s not a sin.
It’s not a crime.
It’s not unethical.
It’s not immoral.

It’s a very good idea, and one that Catholics have used frequently and to great effect.

For instance, one of my favorite ads of all time…one that so impressed me that I have the link to it permanently in my file of 'things to watch over and over again," is this very wonderful…

and very Catholic…

Political ad from 2008. .

youtube.com/watch?v=61wj4tJICcc&feature=player_embedded#!

Please be sure that when you criticize something, you do it because the ‘something’ is a problem, not because you dislike the people doing it. Remember, Catholics, too, evangelize. Catholics, too, have ads showing their best sides, extolling their own virtues, and letting others know who they are and how they want to be seen.

So, if you think it is awful of Mormons to do this, kindly write to the Vatican.

Because, my friends, Catholics do this too, and if it is a bad thing when Mormons do it, it’s a bad thing when Catholics do it.

Period.

 

[benidict]

I’ve seen them too. They are a bit creepy but at least they aren’t as offensive as the Methodist ad campaign that was put out a couple of years ago. That particular ad campaign made it sound like they were the only “welcoming” church around and all others were judgmental and unfriendly.

yeah, i will admit. im much more comfortable with Mormons than liberals. Mormons dont tick me off! Peace