Selling the End of Religion [View All]

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The Gruen Transfer is an Australian television show that focuses on advertising. One of their regular segments is called “The Pitch,” where “ad agencies compete to sell the unsellable.” In other words, ad agencies are challenged to put together an ad for something like bringing back child labor, or tourism in Bagdad, or whale meat. Apparently they got in trouble for a episode where they proposed a war on New Zealand.

This one is apparently one of their most controversial: sell a ban on all religion. Only two agencies were willing to take the challenge.

(Video at link. A must-see)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhAKzYr4-wg&feature=player_embedded

http://unreasonablefaith.com/2011/09/09/selling-the-end-of-religion/

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Wow. On a show that kind of makes a joke about selling the unsellable, the two agencies actually made two VERY compelling arguments, using fact and reason. Those are some very brave people. Bravo!