Cinema ban on the Lord's Prayer

[Leafitout]

Surely if anyone finds this advert offensive they can choose not to watch it. I can't see the problem with showing it.

[VinylScratch]

What advert is that? I've never seen a prayer shown in a cinema.

[AliceScarlett]

What walk out of the cinema?

They knew it was against cinema policy to not show political or religious adverts, IMO they did it for the publicity.

[Oswin]

The thing is In a cinema its really hard to not watch the advert. You cant just flick it over or walk out the room.

[Nataleejah]

I wonder how many would actually walk out if they saw it

[GabiSolis]

Yeah they knew what they were doing and they knew even asking would whip up a storm. Clever.

Am I offended by it? No. But equally I don't think it has any place whatsoever in a cinema.

[JeanSeberg]

Link here:

www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/22/cinema-chains-ban-advert-featuring-lords-prayer

[PiperIsTerrysChoclateOrange]

Any religious things should not be shown in the cinema. Unless it's a film specifically that has a religious them. Such as the nativity.

Then people can decide if they want to watch that film.

[Seriouslyffs]

To be fair, it's a very captive audience!
But I don't agree with the decision. I've been trying to think of an analogy. It's like banning an advert by PETA against the fur trade or Muslims for giving alms or Quakers,
pacifism.
The advert is here it's very beautiful.

[rogueantimatter]

What could possibly be offensive about it? It's not sexist, racist, homophobic, disablist or anti- anything.

[SwedishEdith]

But why is a cinema an appropriate place for religion?

[LilacSpunkMonkey]

Is it not just pushing religion on people who haven't asked for it?

I go to the cinema for entertainment purposes not religion, thanks.

I think all church services should start with trailers for the latest James Bon film. AIBU?

[AuntieStella]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34891928

It had been intended as part of 'prayer at christmas' it seems.

[Jinglebells99]

I went and watched it in YouTube. I'm not offended by it, but equally not inspired by it. It's very dull.

[SoupDragon]

I do wonder how on earth this kind of thing offends people.

If you agree with it, all is good.

If you don't, it's just meaningless words.

[rogueantimatter]

It's vaguely entertaining. Lilac

I don't go to the cinema to have anything pushed on me except the film obviously. All sorts of unwanted things are being 'pushed' on people in cinema adverts.

[LineyReborn]

I had the Lord's Prayer rammed down my throat as a kid to the point where it lost all meaning.

I think on the whole I would like my cinema visits to be religion free.

[catfordbetty]

I was pleased to discover that cinemas do not permit religious or political advertising.

[Leafitout]

How the Lord's Prayer can be seen as having the potential to offend is baffling!

[Samcro]

can we now ban the cliff song?

[LilacSpunkMonkey]

I don't find it offensive but I'm not a religious person and I've always felt that if I wanted religion I'd go to church and find it for myself.

To me, religious ads in the cinema is the same as JWs knocking my door. I don't want it in areas of my life where it has no relevance.

[travailtotravel]

Good. About time CofE realised they don't have exemption because Christianity is different. Proselytising is proselytising whether about the monotheistic or polytheistic faiths. IMHO far more damaging to free speech that we are forced to watch this stuff ( you can't opt out in a cinema!). Can you imagine how much wailing and gnashing CofE would do if the call to prayer was shown in cinemas.
Complete ploy in my opinion!

[BoGrainger]

It is against the organisation's policy to allow political or religious advertising so this is a non-story.

I'm glad it's not allowed because it would only be a short step then until religious advertising became the norm on TV. Everyone saying that the Lord's Prayer is 'harmless' may not be so tolerant of other religions' marketing ploys.