Has anyone seen those "And I'm A Mormon" commercials?

[kentuck]

Last edited Mon Jul 30, 2012, 06:24 PM - Edit history (1)

Where they show a couple of minorities in the commercial and they look very mainstream and normal. They tell about what they do and at the end of the commercial, they say, "And I'm a Mormon..."

Nothing unusual about that in itself but these commercials have been going on for 2 or 3 years at the least, long before Romney was the nominee for President.

The person that makes the commercials is a big PR person in the Mormon Church.

They seem to be saying, "See, we are not a cult.."

That's just my opinion.

on edit: changed "candidate" to "nominee" for President.

[RebelOne]

1. See them all the time. I have no opinion. n/t

[elleng]

2. Saw one recently;

don't recall before that. Certainly saying 'See, we are not a cult.'

[truebrit71]

3. Wait, so the Victoria's Secret commercials weren't from the mormons?

...you know, with all of those lovely magical undergarments....

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. It also screams

and we let black people in now, too!

[truebrit71]

7. Right?

[KurtNYC]

5. They see Romney as part of their "Mormon Moment"

They want to go mainstream. They may get some push back from the big evangelical churches if they start to carve into their membership.

[madinmaryland]

6. I think Rmoney is their "moron moment" nt

[dballance]

8. Doesn't the fact they feel they have to create and run those ads say something in itself?

Something like "Just because we follow the teachings of a con man who found then couldn't find those golden tablets. Follow a cult-like 'religion' that is obsessively secretive, that until the '70s wouldn't let dark-skinned people in because dark skin was a sign of sin. Follow a religion that subordinates women still. Follow a religion that believes Jesus visited the New World. Just ignore all that. We really, really are just like all of you."

I guess if you put it in context that they believe crazy shit in the name of alleged profits and invisible sky people just like so many other religions they are just like most everyone else.

[GoneOffShore]

9. I remember the Mormons coming to our door back in the 1950's.

I think my Southern Baptist mother was kind of intrigued, but as young as I was (8 or 9) I recall thinking - These folks are as nutty as the xtians if not worse.

I was thrown out of Sunday school when I was 7 for asking "impertinent" questions.