{"id":1088,"date":"2009-09-02T13:55:38","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T18:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalitynow.com\/blog\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2009-09-02T13:55:38","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T18:55:38","slug":"satan-hates-metro-south-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalitynow.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/02\/satan-hates-metro-south-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Satan Hates Metro South Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Detroit, Michigan church has begun using Satan’s name<\/a> to promote their church. Metro South Church is trying to get folks to come to their Sunday services by using signs, signed by Satan, that say bad things about the church.<\/p>\n

\"Metro<\/p>\n

Adam Dorband, the youth pastor at the church said this.<\/p>\n

The technique is like all these signs that say they’re from Satan, but really we think like Satan is probably against what we are doing because God is doing some really big, awesome things in our church every week. Hundreds of peoples lives are getting impacted and changed.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

[Jesus] wants us to be creative and he wants us to… use whatever it takes to reach people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The reaction has been mixed, according to Pastor Jeremy Schossau.<\/p>\n

A little bit of good, little bit of bad, but overall there’s been a lot of reaction. I guess that’s sort of the point of marketing, isn’t it?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s an interesting approach, to be sure. Evidently, it’s offended some folks while others think it’s clever, but it’s gotten them a lot of attention and that’s what advertising is all about… mostly.<\/p>\n

\"Metro<\/p>\n

Referring to the signs, Pastor Schossau added…<\/p>\n

We’re sorry if you’re offended by them. That’s not our point. We don’t mean to… shock anybody or make anybody mad. We thought it was clever. We thought it was whimsical. We didn’t mean… to get anybody upset.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It seems someone disingenuous to say that they didn’t mean to get anybody upset or shock anyone. The effectiveness of the campaign is almost purely based on its shock aspect. I think it can safely be categorized as “clever” but “whimsical” is a stretch.<\/p>\n

Atheists probably find it fairly amusing, however. As one commenter stated…<\/p>\n

“You can always depend on Satan to get something done, apparently.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Detroit, Michigan church has begun using Satan’s name to promote their church. Metro South Church is trying to get folks to come to their Sunday services by using signs, signed by Satan, that say bad things about the church. Adam Dorband, the youth pastor at the church said this. The technique is like all … <\/p>\n

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