Rolling Stone Bans Bible Ad Aimed At Reaching Young People

GOPUSA ^ | January 21, 2005 | Jimmy Moore

[unspun]

Too bad it doesn't do any good to boycott something one never buys, anyway.

[Ramius]

I see. While I see the benefit of a "thought for thought" approach, I think it is important to also keep in mind the historical context of the author. It's not how somebody today would say it, but rather how somebody *then* would have said had they spoken english as we do. Subtle, but important differences.

That's the mistake that the "Living Bible" made...

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Chris_Shugart]

Flippant, but true. I've seen the ads in RS and it's a sad reflection on their readership. RS may have done the bible publisher a favor. It didn't sound like a good strategy to begin with. They no doubt can spend their advertising dollars better elsewhere.

[zarf]

If you're as smart as you think you are, you'll shut up and take a lesson.

I've read it pal. Still don't get your "hostility" reference, buddy boy.

[Righter-than-Rush]

As if the world expected RS mag to be tolerant. Only conservatives must be tolerant. And yet, some cannot see the double-standard. Sheep...

[zarf]

As if the world expected RS mag to be tolerant. Only conservatives must be tolerant. And yet, some cannot see the double-standard. Sheep...

The sad irony here is that mags like RS and Spin are mouthpieces for the big corporate music industry. These are two of the most "conservative" rags on the market. They risk offending no-one, despite the pho-"progressive" image they flout.

It would take a ballsy editor indeed to go ahead with this ad.

No one has ever accused Big Music of having a pair.

[Jorge]

The point is, this action should be publicized to exemplify the manifest hostility of the left media toward traditional values in general and Christianity in particular...sabotaging of America which has barely been answered as yet.

I don't think anybody would be surprised that Rolling Stone would consider a Christian ad unsuitable for their magazine.

I'm rather surprised a Christian organization would even want to advertize in Rolling Stone.

[mlmr]

I'm familiar with the NIV, but not the newer one.

It is the gender politically correct version and has caused great contraversy in the Protestant world.

[Sam Cree]

I'm not completely sure if there's a bible in the house, if there is, it's the King James version, though.

[jude24]

I'm not completely sure if there's a bible in the house, if there is, it's the King James version, though.

Huh?

[Sam Cree]

I'm not sure what you are asking me?

[jude24]

I'm not sure at all what you were talking about above.

[Sam Cree]

I just meant that, not being very religious, I haven't looked at my bible in awhile. But the version I own is the King James version, which I like.

[jude24]

Ah. I asked that because there are people out there who claim the KJV is the only true Bible, and that the other ones are Satanic peversions.

Frankly, I'm suprised none of them have made it onto this thread yet.

[Sam Cree]

I hadn't known about that contorversy!

I just now googled KJV - apparently the the intent of that translation was that it be written in a more or less contemporary language for the English people of that time, 1611. Like many others, I find the language often quite beautiful.

[freepatriot32]

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[Selkie]

You mean this Ken Brownridge ? Wenner Media's General Manager (and sensitivity trainer) Kent Brownridge spoke for all the mags when he gave this self-effacing though still highly offensive quote: "For a celebrity weekly, this is our tsunami... I can't think of anything bigger than the king and queen of Hollywood breaking up." Right. Brad and Jen are so like the tsunami. For instance, whenever we read about either, we begin to cry uncontrollably, think about killing ourselves, and mutter that god does not exist. It's Blooper Time [NYP] Brownridge's penchant for ornery straight-shooting comes in part from his days of working on political campaigns for Democrats like George McGovern. It was after one such loss in a California primary 26 years ago that Brownridge agreed to Jann Wenner's offer to come work at Rolling Stone. "I was starting to feel like a political migrant worker," he says. Hmmm. Looks like Brownridge has always had a way with squirm-inducing metaphors. http://www.nypost.com/seven/01122005/business/kelly.htm http://www.gawker.com/news/media/us-weekly/index.php

And on an OT note that will totally distract from the post Ive just written above, here's a pic on gawker.com of Ann Coulter talking to Tim Robbins at the Wenner Media Holiday party What a pairing.

[qam1]

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[qam1]

Outside of doctor/dentist offices, Does anyone even subscribe to this rag anymore?