{"id":333,"date":"2011-01-07T08:11:14","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T08:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2011\/01\/fun-friday-doritos-the-sacramental-snack-food.html"},"modified":"2011-01-07T08:11:14","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T08:11:14","slug":"fun-friday-doritos-the-sacramental-snack-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/01\/fun-friday-doritos-the-sacramental-snack-food.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday: Doritos, the Super Bowl&#8217;s Sacramental Snack Food?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was going to blog about Ted Williams, the &#8220;golden voiced&#8221; homeless Ohio man and recovering addict who has <a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/Religion\/post\/2011\/01\/homeless-ted-williams-thanks-god-\/1?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+Religion-TopStories+(News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories)\">credited God with for his newfound fame<\/a>, but I&#8217;m a bit apprehensive about his sudden stardom &#8212; everyone loves a feel-good story, but this&nbsp;seems like it could easily turn exploitative and ugly.<\/p>\n<p>So, for a more traditional Fun Friday entry, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/Religion\/post\/2011\/01\/super-bowl-doritos-ad-catholic-offensive\/1?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+Religion-TopStories+(News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories)\">USA Today&#8217;s take<\/a> on an entry into the Doritos Super Bowl commercial contest that showed a cash-strapped church using the crunchy snacks in lieu of communion wafers, paired with Pepsi instead of wine. (I wonder if the creator was inspired by those<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/09\/fun-friday-papal-visit-edition-uk-bans-ice-cream-ad-featuring-pregnant-nun.html\"> censored Antonio Federico gelato ads in the UK<\/a>? Or perhaps &#8220;The Simpsons&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UUnH9NECSUU\">&#8220;Mmmm&#8230;Sacrilicious&#8221;<\/a> joke.)<\/p>\n<p>For what it&#8217;s worth, I find most Super Bowl ads these days either boring, confusing or borderline offensive. But maybe I&#8217;ve just gotten too&nbsp;used to skipping commercials entirely&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was going to blog about Ted Williams, the &#8220;golden voiced&#8221; homeless Ohio man and recovering addict who has credited God with for his newfound fame, but I&#8217;m a bit apprehensive about his sudden stardom &#8212; everyone loves a feel-good story, but this&nbsp;seems like it could easily turn exploitative and ugly. 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