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December 15, 2004

God as a spokesman?

Imagine that you're starting a new company. While it's exciting and new, the problem is that you don't really have any loyal customers yet to provide you testimonials and you probably don't have millions to hire a celebrity spokesperson. What's a business owner to do? A burrito and taco purveyor in Florida solved this problem by hiring the one supreme being that never turns his back on a member of the flock and always has a kind word to say about everything and everyone. And everyone knows, besides bus stops, the next best place for a God message is a billboard.

You can imagine the uproar from church leaders and members, but it doesn't seem all that far removed from the way God's name and implied wishes are peddled for dollars on a weekly basis. Sure, churches are selling something a little more fulfilling than double stuff burritos that you'll regret eating later anyway, but many church leaders are using the same marketing tactics to achieve similar goals. I guess they've been granted a lifetime exclusivity license that they like to enforce in these types of cases.

I say let the market take care of this moron. He's wrong in this case because it is in poor taste and it probably doesn't work. I can't imagine these billboards are increasing revenue and they could've been more creative with God's persuasive talents.

Example:
"Hell ain't gonna be cool man, so go ahead and try our fiery green chile salsa. It's heavenly." -- God

View Moe's Billboard

Update: Or, how about, "I chose Moe's for the last lunch."--Jesus

Posted by Don O at December 15, 2004 01:46 PM

Comments

ResurrectionSong--There are consequences for blasphemous acts such as these. Who's running this sacrilegious site falsely advertising the resurrection?

Posted by: God (For real) at December 15, 2004 02:08 PM

*heheh*

Hey, wait a second...

Posted by: zombyboy at December 15, 2004 02:32 PM

Hebrew National Hot Dogs have been using God in their advertisment's for years.

Posted by: Trench at December 15, 2004 02:45 PM

Thanks for the tip. You're right and they do it well. I like their tagline, "We answer to a higher authority." That's good God marketing.

Posted by: OpinionEngine at December 15, 2004 02:49 PM

Sure, churches are selling something a little more fulfilling than double stuff burritos that you'll regret eating later anyway

Uh, they are? :)

Posted by: andy at December 15, 2004 02:50 PM

This is stupid. Everyone knows God likes Italian food.

Posted by: Walter at December 15, 2004 03:04 PM

I think it's a cute idea. I'd eat at Moe's except for the fact that I'm not really into eating big fat burritos that leave me feeling blah for the rest of the day. Of course the fact that I leave 3,000 miles away and don't really care to live in, or even visit, Florida my opinion doesn't really count. OTOH, if Moe had tried this in certain ME or European countries he'd probably be in jail by now.

Just in case though, I won't be wearing my cool and very collectible Resurrection Song T-shirt during any thunderstorms.

Hmmm... a lot of clouds in the sky all of a sudden. Dark, menacing clouds. I think I'd better take off the T-shirt now and walk around the office shirtless for the rest of the day.

Posted by: Remy Logan at December 15, 2004 03:04 PM

Shirtless Remy in the office. God doesn't approve. I mean, I don't know it for a fact, but I'm willing to go out on a limb here...

Posted by: zombyboy at December 15, 2004 03:21 PM

I live in Orlando and eat at Moe's once or twice a month. I probably won't now. Not trying to be a jerk but just because some Christian orgs peddle for money doesn't make it write for a business too. I wouldn't go to a church that manipulates the name of God for money... I won't give money to a business who thinks it's cute to do so either.

Posted by: Randy at December 15, 2004 08:26 PM

Moe's is here in Newnan too. The wife and I walked in one night to check out what they had. We didn't stay -- the menu just didn't impress us.

At the time their advertising was a string of people in company uniforms saying, "Welcome to Moe's!" Haven't seen any God billboards hereabouts, in the midst of the Bible Belt -- and somehow I'm not surprised.

Posted by: McGehee at December 16, 2004 10:39 AM

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