In the South Jersey area there is a regional business…East Coast Roofing and Siding…where the proprietor often acknowleges his success to “Our Lord Jesus Christ”.
I don’t find this offensive, but it was pretty odd to slip witnessing in a commercial adverisement.
What are the moral, ethical, and legal rammifications of this practice?
I find it offensive. It has been my experience that in almost all cases where I have to deal with someone who makes it a point to brag about the fact that they are a Christian, I am much better off if I stand with my back to the wall and one hand on my wallet.
Comedian Richard Jenni postulates that if Jesus helps one team win, the losing team is justified in griping that they got robbed:
Sportscaster: “Why’d you fumble?”
By which logic, I would expect the aforementioned business to blame Jesus if they go belly up.
I lump this kind of ‘witnessing’ within the same group as, for example, athletes when they credit God or Jesus for their success, or group together for prayer beofre the game in the locker room and/or at mid-field post game.