Egg Hunt
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Post by Egg Hunt on Oct 8, 2012 18:23:33 GMT -5
"Find God's Match For You"Really? Can't this be considered one of the most false advertisement campaigns ever? How do you think GOD feels about this? Don't you think he would object to people hooking up in His name? "Hey babe, I was talking to God the other day, and he thought we should meet for a drink. Don't worry about ruffies or anything, he chose me for you so it's cool, you can stop looking now". If you go to the website you will see an "online safety" page as if they are children going online for the first time. Maybe they feel like they are leading them into the Colliseum to the lions and they need to warn them. If God is really in charge here then don't you think it is in his hands, and whatever happens is what was meant to be? "This is where I met my beautiful wife!" If they have the spirit of Jesus Christ in them then aren't all of them "beautiful" in God's eyes? So they are still just relying on the same old crap, and packaging it up with a catchy Christian ribbon. This makes me sick, and I used to I consider myself a so-so Christian. I may love God, but I'm sure as hell not going to trust his choice in women. Any God that allows this Hell-on-earth, will not be paying particular attention to who's laying whom. Attachments:
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Post by davew on Oct 10, 2012 8:15:26 GMT -5
Overreact much? You don't like the premise, so what? I guess there is probably some market for a place where folks aren't interested in meeting a spouse that doesn't have the firmest of Christian beliefs. There's something horribly wrong about them looking for each other over the internet? What are they supposed to do, just magically bump into each other on their wedding day? Even the amish date.
Have you not met anyone dating or married where one spouse is much bigger into the faith side of things than the other? Perhaps this is a way for people to avoid that. Generally huge cultural, religious and financial division isn't great for relationships.
This is probably new, I guess, but it's just another dating site with a theme, and I somehow doubt the "hookup" rate (that ends in the bedroom) in this site will match most of the others. Call it a hunch based on the fundamentalists and other like-minded folks I've met. At any rate, I don't know anyone who is on that site, but I know several people who met and got married on J-date (a site that is only for jewish people), though I'm not jewish either. But they seem to be getting along fine. Should they scorn the site they met on because it had a religious premise? Or should they just be single instead, even though they didn't want to be?
There are real problems in the world. If you really despise Christianity and religion don't veil it behind manufactured anger about a site, just because you don't have similar beliefs. I suppose if there was a dating site for atheists (and maybe there is), that you'd probably have no issue with it.
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Egg Hunt
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Post by Egg Hunt on Oct 11, 2012 9:46:47 GMT -5
Davew, Thanks for the response. There were 68 views as of this morning and you were the only person to respond. It is something that has bothered me since the first time they ran the ad. I don't really care so much whether they are Christian, Jewish, Islamic or Atheist (although I don't think the Atheist could use the slogan, unless you consider that God chose another sinner-loser for you  ) If a cereal maunfacturer can't claim to be "healthy for your heart" until it has been approved by the WHO then how can some online dating service claim to find "God's match for you!"? The major issue I have, regardless of my religious beliefs, is that the FTC allows such blatant false advertising. I'm sure they don't want to touch it because of the "religious" aspect, you know, separation of church and state. But this goes beyond that IMHO. Maybe it will take a single lawsuit from someone who complains that God chose a real dickhead for her husband, and she doesn't feel that was right. Would she have to sue God or Christian Mangle though?  |
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Post by Venter on Oct 12, 2012 15:53:47 GMT -5
Davew,
... I don't really care so much whether they are Christian, Jewish, Islamic or Atheist (although I don't think the Atheist could use the slogan, unless you consider that God chose another sinner-loser for you ) If a cereal maunfacturer can't claim to be "healthy for your heart" until it has been approved by the WHO then how can some online dating service claim to find "God's match for you!"?
...the FTC allows such blatant false advertising. I'm sure they don't want to touch it because of the "religious" aspect, ...
Would she have to sue God or Christian Mangle though? doesn't have much of a ring to it. "Godless Mingle"? Meh!  God's Match for me would include dousing me in gasoline first, and then Lighting the Match  But I do believe I found Beelzebub's match for me  And why would Roger Daltrey have anything to do with this? |
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Post by HoneyBadger on Oct 12, 2012 16:16:53 GMT -5
Egg Hunt, I was going to respond but thought better of it. Then again, I don't buy into any of those hook-up crap fests.
I know a local guy who dated and bedded a good percentage of AC women. Then he apparently found God, joined Christian Mingle and met the woman of his dreams.
She is a divorced mother of 3 or 4 and he brought her and the kids from NY State to Gettysburg where he moved them into his single wide 2 bedroom mobile home with him and his teenaged daughter.
I'm kind of curious to know if they're still together but not curious enough to ask about them.
I don't think that the FTC would be interested in this one.
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Post by davew on Oct 13, 2012 7:42:58 GMT -5
Exactly what part of it is false advertising? You should change your name to "witch hunt". It's for the religious types, let them decide for themselves what sort of divine intervention may be involved.
Seems there are a lot of people who like to pretend false anger for anything connected to Christianity, and pretend there is a technical reason for it. Maybe that's not you and your perception of things is just off (about what is a material ill in society), but it's more likely you just don't like anything that has to do with Christians ("i used to be one") and you've got a solution looking for a problem.
If you really want to take up a cause regarding getting scammed about the supernatural, bust all of those fake cold readers who run around extracting $700+ an hour to "talk to" the recently departed. You know, the ones who ask 250 questions of an audience of 200 people and claim they're a medium if any 5 people in the audience say yes to any of the questions.
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Egg Hunt
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Post by Egg Hunt on Oct 13, 2012 10:06:30 GMT -5
Exactly what part of it is false advertising? You should change your name to "witch hunt". It's for the religious types, let them decide for themselves what sort of divine intervention may be involved. Seems there are a lot of people who like to pretend false anger for anything connected to Christianity, and pretend there is a technical reason for it. Maybe that's not you and your perception of things is just off (about what is a material ill in society), but it's more likely you just don't like anything that has to do with Christians ("i used to be one") and you've got a solution looking for a problem. If you really want to take up a cause regarding getting scammed about the supernatural, bust all of those fake cold readers who run around extracting $700+ an hour to "talk to" the recently departed. You know, the ones who ask 250 questions of an audience of 200 people and claim they're a medium if any 5 people in the audience say yes to any of the questions. Which part? The part where it says "Find GOD'S match for you!" How the hell can anyone claim to channel God to find your mate? Can they prove your match was made by God? I don't think so, so how can they use his name (in vain, by the way). They may be able to claim "Find someone with Christian values like you" or "God loves you, maybe someone else does too" or "Gullibile's Dating Service". Just like the merchants and businesses who have the fish symbol in their business ads, somehow that places them above others? That means they will gve you a better deal if you know the secret handshake? It is nothing but a ploy. "Approved by the FDA" is a label that is earned through testing and compliance in a program, or some sort of standardization. But to be a "Christian" takes nothing more than a shared belief, no proof necessary. A "heart healthy diet" doesn't claim to cure you of anything. It doesn't even say this will help you fix your heart. It just says it is healthy, and it is beneficial to your heart. Christian Mingle is the snake oil salesman! They make an outrageous claim, not me. If General Mills said, "The Surgeon General says Cheerios will fix your heart", then I think they'd have to PROVE the claim. How can Christian Mingle prove that someone you hooked up with is God's match for you? What a scam. Davew, yes I "used to be Christian". I think you'll find many people who either falsely claim to "be Christian", just because they go to church and were baptized once or twice. I can be a very good person, without carrying a label, or wearing a cross. I guess the term is Atheist, but I am just a "Non-believer" of a higher power. God is today's Deity of choice, as Zeus was before him. Why do you think we don't have just one religion? Every few decades someone comes up with a new flavor and people try it out until something else comes up. But I am getting into a different debate here. I mainly objected to the fact that a claim can be made on national TV without any burden of proof. Even the medicine commercials are more descriptive of what your chances are of contracting some outrageous reaction, should you try their medicine for its intended purpose. Even "5 Hour Energy" has the disclaimer about "compared to a sugar crash" or whatever. Christian Mingle comes without so much as a disclaimer like "For entertainment purposes only". |
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Post by Venter on Oct 17, 2012 11:13:19 GMT -5
Exactly what part of it is false advertising? ... It's for the religious types, let them decide for themselves what sort of divine intervention may be involved.
Seems there are a lot of people who like to pretend false anger for anything connected to Christianity, and pretend there is a technical reason for it...
If you really want to take up a cause regarding getting scammed about the supernatural, bust all of those fake cold readers... Davew, If I read him correctly, Egg Hunt isn't as concerned about the Religious connection of the Ads, as he is with the Claims in the Ad. Whether you are Christian, or not, the Ad is misleading, as it alludes to the claim that it will be GOD making your choice for YOU. Think about it by turning the lens around. When we hear claims that "Allah will give you 72 Virgins" if you are a suicide bomber, we all tend to scoff at such a ridiculous claim. Once Religion gets into the picture, everything else is thrown out the window of common sense. Even the Medical Ads he mentions, give you the disclaimer of "Ask YOUR Doctor if Cymbalta is right for you...". The stupid Ads that say "Do not attempt... ". I think the FCC is dodging this one because of the power to "Corral the Masses" in order make complaints to the FCC. If the Ad is challenged, it would be more trouble to defend the action than it would be if they just continue to look the other way. |
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Post by davew on Jan 17, 2013 12:48:05 GMT -5
What did the ads for psychic hotline say - did they say "this is fake, and you'll be talking to someone who isn't a psychic, but instead is someone with low education trained on maximizing the number of minutes you stay on the line"? I don't know anything about Christian Mingle, if I needed to find a match, I'd just as soon make the arrangements for myself. But if people want to believe that, so be it. It's not presenting medical harm, who exactly is it going to swindle, the people who get on it precisely because they want to meet Christians?
It's far different than an ad about drugs. You have to "ask the dr. if cymbalta is right for you" because they want you to get the doctor to prescribe something for you. It's marketing, not safety or disclaimers. If you didn't have to go to the doctor to get it, they'd never mention the doctor.
I think getting outraged at Christian stuff on TV (be it televengelist shows or any of that other goofy stuff) is a waste of time, you can turn it off quickly and it doesn't sound like the site is trying to convert anyone, they're marketing to a segment. Anyone in that segment already believes the stuff, and anyone not in it is going to go elsewhere.
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) If a cereal maunfacturer can't claim to be "healthy for your heart" until it has been approved by the WHO then how can some online dating service claim to find "God's match for you!"?
