While Left Shark’s spirited flailing was affirming much of America’s belief in a higher power last Sunday night, many Twitter users were busy protesting the use of a recorded JFK speech from 1962 in Carnival Corporations’ Super Bowl spot.
Originally delivered before America’s Cup race in Newport, Rhode Island, the speech declares “We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came.” The spot took me a little off guard (I was at a party essentially celebrating different combinations of potatoes and cheese–not exactly the kind of place you expect to hear a dead president talking about primordial soup), but many viewers saw it as a deliberate choice on Carnival’s part to alienate creationist viewers:
That Carnival commercial said we come from the sea…..well I believe the Bible says something different. #Genesis — Trippp Mabrey (@Tripp_Mabrey) February 2, 2015
#carnival cruise has enough problems without throwing evolution into the ads. Didn’t come “from the sea” #JFK We came from #Adam. — Janet Parshall (@parshalltalk) February 2, 2015
After watching the #carnival #SuperBowl commercial, I may never take another cruise on their ships again. I did not evolve from the sea! — Dianna Chenevert (@MamaDianna) February 2, 2015
So basically #Carnival cruise lines doesnt believe in God. Based on their #SuperBowl commercial. — Doug Chapman (@DougChapman) February 2, 2015
@jcs998877 Their God must be Poseidon. — Doug Chapman (@DougChapman) February 3, 2015
Better start planning a Jesus riding a dinosaur cruise, Carnival. Either that or a colander-themed one.
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Published: Feb 5, 2015 09:00 am