Tinkerbell a witch?

[apothanein kerdos]

*does the legalism dance*

[finding God (angel)]

I like peter pan sorry I had to say that.

[apothanein kerdos]

I like peter pan sorry I had to say that.

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Nothing wrong with that.

People going to hell, teenagers getting pregnant, people getting hooked on drugs, Christianity is dying off, this world is getting darker and darker by the moment, the nuclear family is breaking apart......and we're condemning Peter pan. Darn you Pan, you did it all, you are the source of all this trouble.

I honeslty wonder if it ever crosses the legalists mind that the reason this world is so messed up isn't because of stories about witches, fairies, and yellow brick roads; it's because Christians like them have witheld the love of Christ from a world thirsty for it.

[ann2]

AMEN.BROTHER!!!!!!

[RGR]

And how dare we let kids watch Popeye-that might give kids the impression that by eating spinach they can get strong! Well that might just turn one of them off to God in the future...

[Ovedya]

*does the legalism dance*

 

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Let me join you...

[stevehut]

Hey, isn't Mary Poppins a witch?

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[Trinity]

And how dare we let kids watch Popeye-that might give kids the impression that by eating spinach they can get strong!  Well that might just turn one of them off to God in the future...      

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Pppfff..... let me put up some red flags for all parents to see!!! this is getting out of hand. All these cartoons will make it so it takes them away from God!!!

Ohhh... here are the list of cartoons we shouldn't watch

1. whinny the pooh ( because talking stuffed animals can't be good, because what gave them the power to talk? )

2. bugs bunny, animals can't talk ( because talking animals can't be good, because what gave them the power to talk? )

3. charley brown ( because a dog that can communicate with humans that can't be good, because what gave them the power to do that? )

there is more but do you get the point?

[apothanein kerdos]

Oh come now, he is inherently evil. He has a pipe in his mouth all the time....THAT'S GOING TO ENCOURAGE KIDS TO SMOKE CRACK!

[Ovedya]

THIS ISN'T A FAIRY TALE. IT'S A STORY ABOUT A JEWISH MAIDEN. COULD VERY WELL HAVE SOME TRUTH TO THE ACTUAL FACTS OF THE CONVERSION OF A JEWISH GIRL....

Therefore my point that we shouldn't throw the baby out witht eh bath water. The fact is that fairy tales do not in any way promote paganism, nor do they blur reality for our children. I've said it over and over again here, and in other places, it all boils down to what the parents are doing. Parents - especially Christian parents - need to take active roles in their children's lives, and raise them in the traditions of our fathers, to impart to them our rich heritages.

I believe that it disingenuous of any Christian to criticize something as innocuous as a children's story when there are real evils out in world that, if we were to place as much energy into fighting as we do these minor issues, could be radically changed for God's purpose. Helping our kids to differentiate between fairy tale fiction and the reality of Christ's shed blood takes relatively little time compared to combating the real evils of this world in general, and the moral decline of our country in particular. Even to the degree that this is almost a non-issue.

If some parents don't want to read fairy tales to their kids because they have a certain conviction, then fine; they don't have to. But please don't criticize other parents who don't share that same conviction.