The False Christianity of “He Gets Us”

Many rebuked the advertisement as a watered-down version of Christianity, while others defended the campaign’s focus on mercy and charity. While the latter view is accurate in many areas, the “He Gets Us” advertisements do not resemble the spirit of Christianity but the spirit of the Antichrist. It is a false Christianity that perverts the Faith by replacing mercy and conformity with tolerance. I would be wrong not to first address what the advertisement got right. The ad correctly highlighted our duty to imitate Christ by reaching out to vulnerable members of society. The montage of washing the feet is precisely how we should treat our fellow man. Our goal should be to imitate the love that Christ showed His disciples. The charity we show to others should align with the Second Greatest Commandment: to “love your neighbor as yourself.” Christ did not come to call the righteous, as He famously stated, but to bring sinners to repentance. But the campaign seems to misconstrue the second half of the sentence and leaves out the call to repentance.