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Christians Call For Coca-Cola Boycott Over Viral Video ClaimingCustom-CanMachineWon't Write'Jesus'
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUP9avc6FM0
By Morgan Music
The viral video showing a man's attempt to person- alize a can
of Coca-Cola with the phrase "Jesus loves you" has led some Christians to call for a boycott of the beverage company.
A Texas man, Antwoine Hill, was visiting the Coca- Cola store over the weekend, using a machine that allows cus- tomers to cus- tomize their canned soda. He was able to write the words Allah, 'Buddah' (sic), and Satan, but received an error message when writing Jesus.
Hill filmed the inci- dent and posted the video to his Facebook account, where it is sparking out- rage among many Christians, some of whom are call- ing for a boycott of
Coca-Cola prod- ucts.
In the recording, Hill types in phras- es while filming the machine screen."You can put Allah loves you. Or you could even put, let me see... Buddha loves you," he says. "But you cannot even type in the word Jesus."
An error message appears when he presses the final "s" in Jesus. "Sadly, we cannot automatically allow this text on the can!" it reads. The machine offers the option of asking a store representative for assistance, with a button for "store override."
Hill presses the back button and types in "Satan loves you," which is allowed. He attempts to write "Jesus" one more time and receives
the same error message.
The video has amassed nearly 600K plays on Facebook and spread to other social media plat- forms, including X, where #BoycottCocaCola and #BoycottCoke are trending.
"Budlight Coca- Cola," and "Go woke, Go broke," are among the fre- quently posted phrases posted under the hash- tag.
One tweet reads, "Apparently Coca Cola doesn't sup- port its Christian customers. You're allowed to put any name on your customer can, except Jesus. This alone should be reason alone to boycott Coca- Cola."
Coca-Cola has not yet commented on the matter.
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