Facebook Admits Rejecting Ad of Jesus on the Cross Was a 'Mistake'

Will Maule : Apr 9, 2018
Faithwire.com

"The San Damiano Cross. Jesus in glory, reigning from His cruciform throne. This is what the monitors at Facebook consider excessively violent, sensational, and shocking..."

[Faithwire.com] Facebook has admitted that it made a "mistake" after removing an ad that contained an artistic depiction of Jesus Christ on the cross. The advertisement in question featured the San Damiano cross, and was one of 10 ads put out by the Franciscan University of Steubenville on Facebook to promote its graduate program in theology. (Image: San Damiano Cross and FB's rejection/Franciscan University of Steubenville/via Fox News)

The University claimed its ad was rejected as it contained a "shocking, sensational, and excessively violent" image. In the wake of the rejection, Crowe penned a blog post on the university's website, titled "He was Rejected." "The San Damiano Cross. Jesus in glory, reigning from His cruciform throne. This is what the monitors at Facebook consider excessively violent, sensational, and shocking," he wrote.

"And indeed, the Crucifixion of Christ was all of those things," he added. "It was the most sensational action in history: man executed his God."

Facebook later claimed that the ad had been falsely removed...

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