Reaction to Super Bowl ads shows how Christian nationalism has poisoned Christianity

Ad spread Jesus’ message of love, but right and left weren’t buying it

A scene from the TV ad “Foot Washing.” Image from the “He Gets Us” campaign.

Social-media reaction to the “He Gets Us” ads airing on the Super Bowl yesterday — reaction that was almost entirely negative from both the sociopolitical right and the sociopolitical left — shows how much the rise of Christian nationalism¹ has corrupted American Christianity.

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