Thursday, November 26, 2015

The Church of England and the Lord's Prayer video that "carries the risk of upsetting, or offending, audiences”

This is a fascinating news story from England. It's not my intention to stir things up in the United Kingdom from the little City of Lake Worth, Florida, USA, located in the warm climes of southeast Palm Beach County. We've got our own issues to deal with: the 'Common Ground' church's "War on Religion" and the insulting atheist Preston "I'm an Atheist!" Smith are just two.

Here is the article in The Guardian by Haroon Siddique and Harriet Sherwood titled, "Cinemas refuse to show Church of England advert featuring Lord's Prayer" and this is an excerpt:
     The UK’s three leading cinema chains have refused to show an advert by the Church of England that features the Lord’s Prayer, citing fears that it could offend people.
     The 60-second advert was due to be shown before Star Wars: the Force Awakens, released on 18 December and which has smashed records for advance ticket sales at UK cinemas.
     It was cleared by the Cinema Advertising Authority and the British Board of Film Classification
, but the Odeon, Cineworld and Vue chains – which control 80% of screens around the country – have refused to show the advert because they believe it “carries the risk of upsetting, or offending, audiences”. [emphasis added]
Below is the video of the Lord's Prayer advert from the Church of England. Do you think this video would "carry the risk of upsetting, or offending, audiences”?