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Burger King Issues Apology After Appearing to Mock the Eucharist in Spanish Ad Campaign
LifeSite News ^ | 4/19/22 | Pierre Boralevi

Posted on 04/20/2022 7:16:12 PM PDT by marshmallow

A petition against the campaign stated, ‘They’re mocking the Eucharist and the death of Christ in the most sacred time for Christians.’

MADRID (LifeSiteNews) –  The Burger King fast-food chain has apologized to Spanish Catholics following a blasphemous Holy Week ad campaign that mocked Christ’s words at the Last Supper.

“Take and eat all of it (Tomad y comed todos de él). It’s meat-free,” stated one of the two advertisements included in the controversial Holy Week campaign. They were meant to promote Burger King’s new range of vegetarian options, hoping to appeal particularly to Catholics who do not eat meat on Good Friday.

The words used in the ad were a direct reference to Christ’s words at the Last Supper: “Take and eat, all, of it (Tomad y comed todos de él), for this is my body.”

These words are considered particularly sacred by Catholics as they are also used by priests during the Consecration, the part of Mass during which the bread and wine present on the altar are substantially changed into the body and blood of Christ. “Tomad y comed todos de él ” are the exact words used in the Spanish-language translation of the Latin Rite Mass.

Another advertisement exploited the biblical phrase “flesh of my flesh,” found in Genesis 2:23, ostentatiously crossing out the word “flesh” to replace it with “vegetable.” The original is part of Adam’s expression of joy at first meeting Eve.

The campaign triggered an uproar on social media, with many Catholics denouncing the two ads as blasphemous and calling for a boycott of the fast-food chain, using the hashtag #boicottBurgerKing.

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TOPICS: Current Events; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: boicottburgerking; boycottburgerking; burgerking
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1 posted on 04/20/2022 7:16:12 PM PDT by marshmallow
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I’ve noticed these moron libtard advertising people never make fun of rag heads or mo 🤪


2 posted on 04/20/2022 7:18:48 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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I’ve noticed these moron libtard advertising people never make fun of rag heads or mo 🤪

They want to avoid Molotov cocktails.

3 posted on 04/20/2022 7:24:13 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: NWFree
> ...hoping to appeal particularly to Catholics who do not eat meat on Good Friday

Sure, twist the words of Christ and Adam to promote vegetarianism. What could possibly go wrong?

BK's focus group members should be taken out back and shot. Partly because it's monumentally offensive, and mostly because it's stupid beyond all comprehension.

4 posted on 04/20/2022 7:33:42 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: Mark17
> They want to avoid Molotov cocktails.

Not to mention having to look over their shoulder and sleep with one eye open for the rest of their lives.

5 posted on 04/20/2022 7:35:46 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: marshmallow

I don’t remember reading in the gospels about Jesus feeding the multitudes with veggie burgers and avocados. LOL


6 posted on 04/20/2022 7:36:28 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: NWFree

They don’t have the balls.


7 posted on 04/20/2022 8:18:21 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: dayglored

Yep.


8 posted on 04/20/2022 8:25:56 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: Tell It Right
> I don’t remember reading in the gospels about Jesus feeding the multitudes with veggie burgers and avocados.

You must have missed the part about Him serving "I Can't Believe It's Not Fish!".

9 posted on 04/20/2022 8:30:51 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: marshmallow

A lot of people had to see and approve of that Ad before it went on the air. Scriptwriters, Editors, Cameramen, Accountants, Actors, etc.

Maybe anyone who objected kept kept quiet over fear of losing their jobs. Sometimes, though, you have to speak up anyway.
I’ve done it before. Sometimes it worked, other times I lost work because I spoke up about something that was very wrong. I don’t regret speaking up. You find out who your real friends are or aren’t.


10 posted on 04/20/2022 9:16:09 PM PDT by lee martell
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whatever woker-king- i quit your lousy restaurants when y7ou introduced your gay burgers


11 posted on 04/20/2022 9:18:13 PM PDT by Bob434 (.)
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To: Mark17

And beheadings.


12 posted on 04/20/2022 9:19:37 PM PDT by Trillian
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They have proved they are liars..No peaceful muslims or they would go after their religion jus like they do the catholics and jews....


13 posted on 04/20/2022 9:25:04 PM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: marshmallow

Sounds like a good idea, an ad with a parody of the words from the mass in Spain. What could go wrong?


14 posted on 04/20/2022 9:26:23 PM PDT by xxqqzz
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To: marshmallow

#boicottBurgerKing Was trending on Twitter.

So, now they can’t say ‘boycott’ ?


15 posted on 04/20/2022 9:30:33 PM PDT by HollyB
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boicott is the Spanish spelling.


16 posted on 04/20/2022 9:38:45 PM PDT by xxqqzz
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whatever woker-king- i quit your lousy restaurants when y7ou introduced your gay burgers

Same here, the "Pride Whopper" meant no more BK even when on the road travelling. They went downhill foodwise years ago, anyway.
17 posted on 04/20/2022 9:46:21 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (“...we would live very well without Facebook."-B.LeMaire)
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Oh, wow, I looked it up and they have gay sandwiches. I would never have believed that sort of thing could happen.

Their food has always been awful, worse than McDonalds.


18 posted on 04/20/2022 9:54:10 PM PDT by xxqqzz
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Ahh ok thx


19 posted on 04/20/2022 10:08:38 PM PDT by HollyB
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Their food has always been awful, worse than McDonalds.

Back in the 70s, the Whopper was a 1/3 pound patty, and it wasn't bad. Also, their all breast meat chicken tenders inthe 1980s were certainly better than McDonald's offerings.
20 posted on 04/20/2022 10:10:43 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (“...we would live very well without Facebook."-B.LeMaire)
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