I did not expect that post to stir up so much interest!\u00a0 Apparently I hit a nerve with many people.\u00a0 Hopefully enough people will become outraged over false advertising that they will complain (e-mail is great for that!) and business and advertising professionals will become more honest in promoting their products.<\/p>\n
I have a colleague (who I also count as a friend) who teaches marketing\/advertising (both, I think).\u00a0 I know him to be a man of integrity who teaches his students to be honest.\u00a0 What I fear is that once they get out into the business pressures on them will force them to compromise what he taught them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s similar with pastors.\u00a0 Often they get taught good theology at seminary and then cast it aside under pressure from their congregants.\u00a0 (E.g., They are taught about the promise of the resurrection in seminary but swith to emphasize immortality of the soul [without mention of resurrection] in their pulpits especially at funerals.)<\/p>\n
My colleagues\/friend has a book coming out next month entitled Shiny Objects where he critiques American consumerism and seductive advertising.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait to read it.\u00a0 I\u2019ll blog about it here as soon as it is published.<\/p>\n
I do think a Christian can work in the advertising industry, but I think he or she will face enormous pressures to compromise truth.\u00a0 I just hope and pray they will be able to withstand those pressures and put out quality advertising that isn\u2019t manipulative or dishonest.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I did not expect that post to stir up so much interest!\u00a0 Apparently I hit a nerve with many people.\u00a0 Hopefully enough people will become outraged over false advertising that they will complain (e-mail is great for that!) and business and advertising professionals will become more honest in promoting their products. I have a colleague […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n