On Monday, the organization behind the two Christian faith-based commercials that aired during the Super Bowl responded to the criticisms made by Rep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and others who criticized the ads which depicted Jesus as a role model.
Jason Vanderground, a spokesperson for He Gets Us, informed Fox News Digital "Our research shows that many people's only exposure to Jesus is through Christians who reflect him imperfectly, and too often in ways that create a distorted or incomplete picture of his radical compassion and love for others."
"We believe it's more important now than ever for the real, authentic Jesus to be represented in the public marketplace as he is in the Bible."
He Gets Us placed two commercials during the Super Bowl. The organization is described as a "movement to reintroduce people to the Jesus of the Bible and his confounding love and forgiveness."
The first commercial is 30 seconds long, and it encourages viewers to "be childlike.
It depicts kids being kind and generous to one another and animals. The ad says, "Jesus didn't want us to act like adults. and "He gets us. All of us. Jesus."
Vanderground noted that Jesus repeatedly utilized the term 'childlike' in his teachings: "Christians often refer to their faith as childlike, being humble enough to place one's trust in a power greater than self."
The second commercial, lasting one minute, was designed to foster inclusivity in a time of discord. The ad says, "Jesus loved the people we hate.
Vanderground spoke of the extended advertisement, "What could possibly be louder and more powerful than hate? Love can. But not just any love. Confounding love. Unconditional love. Sacrificial love. The love we see in Jesus."
He asked, "What if we tried to love our enemies the way Jesus loved his? How would it change the tenor of our conflicts and our conversations?"
Ocasio-Cortez was not happy with the advertisements that seemed to portray a message of love and inclusion, drawing a comparison to fascism instead. "Something tells me Jesus would *not* spend millions of dollars on Super Bowl ads to make fascism look benign," she twitted.
He Gets Us maintains that the message is far from fascism.
Vanderground declared, "He [Jesus] cares about our problems because he has experienced them. He gets us." "We believe that investing in efforts to ensure more people consider his life and movement as inspiration for their own, will in turn, help improve the lives of those listening and begin to create the kind of cascade of love Jesus himself sought to generate."
Apart from Ocasio-Cortez, other Democrats also expressed dissatisfaction with the commercials that were based on religion.
Sawyer Hackett, a Democrat operative who falsely claimed that Haitian migrants are being beaten at the border also attacked He Gets Us on Twitter saying "With the money the 'He Gets Us' people spent on their right-wing Jesus ads, they could permanently house 1,563 people experiencing homelessness."
Airing a thirty-second commercial during the Super Bowl costs $7 million. The Signatry, also known as the Servant Foundation, is investing millions of dollars in its "He Gets Us" campaign.
The observation that many Twitter users had was that Hackett did not voice any complaints regarding any other advertisements, such as those related to alcohol or gambling, but only those related to religion.
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