unworthyservant Posted August 17, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 96 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 645 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 298 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/11/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted August 17, 2019 (edited) Well, what follows is just one more reason I'll never say I've seen or heard it all. Just sat down to watch for the first time the documentary film "What Would Jesus Buy?". I came across it on a webpage for the Mennonite movement called "Buy Nothing Christmas" that I came across while researching the web looking for anyone of like mind as myself on the subject. Anyway not far into the movie there's a NYC street preacher carrying a Mickey Mouse stuffed doll and shouting that Mickey is the Antichrist! Now, I've been in many churches and at least a dozen tent revivals but never heard anyone refer to Mickey Mouse as the Antichrist. I have my own views on the notion of "Antichrist" but the point they are making is that shopping (especially Christmas shopping) is of the devil and so Mickey is a symbol of the devil and thus the Antichrist. Now, I'm not against using absurdity on occasion to make a point but these folks have taken it to a whole new level. Now, I don't know enough about these folks to even comment on anything other than what I've seen in the first 20 or so minutes of the movie but I thought that tidbit was worth sharing. Edited August 17, 2019 by unworthyservant Spelling error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis1209 Posted August 17, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 17 Topic Count: 347 Topics Per Day: 0.13 Content Count: 7,436 Content Per Day: 2.70 Reputation: 5,360 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/27/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted August 17, 2019 23 minutes ago, unworthyservant said: Well, what follows is just one more reason I'll never say I've seen or heard it all. Just sat down to watch for the first time the documentary film "What Would Jesus Buy?". I came across it on a webpage for the Mennonite movement called "Buy Nothing Christmas" that I came across while researching the web looking for anyone of like mind as myself on the subject. Anyway not far into the movie there's a NYC street preacher carrying a Mickey Mouse stuffed doll and shouting that Mickey is the Antichrist! Now, I've been in many churches and at least a dozen tent revivals but never heard anyone refer to Mickey Mouse as the Antichrist. I have my own views on the notion of "Antichrist" but the point they are making is that shopping (especially Christmas shopping) is of the devil and so Mickey is a symbol of the devil and thus the Antichrist. Now, I'm not against using absurdity on occasion to make a point but these folks have taken it to a whole new level. Now, I don't know enough about these folks to even comment on anything other than what I've seen in the first 20 or so minutes of the movie but I thought that tidbit was worth sharing. Even though we have a bunch of Mennonites living around here, I don't know much about their religion, other than it's a little different than the Amish. I asked my preacher one time if he thought the Amish / Mennonite religion was Christian, and he replied in the affirmative? At any rate, we all know the secular world has turned Christmas into a consumerism. When we see the Thanksgiving decorations coming out, we know Christmas is around the corner. Personally, it reminds me about the only time Jesus became angry, the money changers (salesmen - merchants) in the synagogue. M I C... K E Y... M O U S E 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unworthyservant Posted August 17, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 96 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 645 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 298 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/11/2019 Status: Offline Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, Dennis1209 said: Even though we have a bunch of Mennonites living around here, I don't know much about their religion, other than it's a little different than the Amish. I asked my preacher one time if he thought the Amish / Mennonite religion was Christian, and he replied in the affirmative? At any rate, we all know the secular world has turned Christmas into a consumerism. When we see the Thanksgiving decorations coming out, we know Christmas is around the corner. Personally, it reminds me about the only time Jesus became angry, the money changers (salesmen - merchants) in the synagogue. M I C... K E Y... M O U S E Just for the record, the street preacher who was calling Mickey the Antichrist wasn't necessarily (from my knowledge probably isn't) affiliated with the Mennonites. It was on a site associated with them that I learned of the film. I don't know what denominational affiliation if any the preacher in the film may have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauJangles Posted August 17, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 44 Topic Count: 229 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 10,900 Content Per Day: 2.93 Reputation: 12,145 Days Won: 68 Joined: 02/13/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1954 Share Posted August 17, 2019 1 hour ago, unworthyservant said: Now, I've been in many churches and at least a dozen tent revivals but never heard anyone refer to Mickey Mouse as the Antichrist. I would imagine that would be yet another sacrilegious Hollywood dig at Christian evangelicals. If the documentary wasn't produced there, it still seems pretty bizarre to me. Definitely a first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted August 17, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,990 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,688 Content Per Day: 11.84 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted August 17, 2019 1 hour ago, unworthyservant said: Well, what follows is just one more reason I'll never say I've seen or heard it all. Just sat down to watch for the first time the documentary film "What Would Jesus Buy?". I came across it on a webpage for the Mennonite movement called "Buy Nothing Christmas" that I came across while researching the web looking for anyone of like mind as myself on the subject. Anyway not far into the movie there's a NYC street preacher carrying a Mickey Mouse stuffed doll and shouting that Mickey is the Antichrist! Now, I've been in many churches and at least a dozen tent revivals but never heard anyone refer to Mickey Mouse as the Antichrist. I have my own views on the notion of "Antichrist" but the point they are making is that shopping (especially Christmas shopping) is of the devil and so Mickey is a symbol of the devil and thus the Antichrist. Now, I'm not against using absurdity on occasion to make a point but these folks have taken it to a whole new level. Now, I don't know enough about these folks to even comment on anything other than what I've seen in the first 20 or so minutes of the movie but I thought that tidbit was worth sharing. Mickey Mouse is the Antichrist? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unworthyservant Posted August 17, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 96 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 645 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 298 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/11/2019 Status: Offline Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 59 minutes ago, BeauJangles said: I would imagine that would be yet another sacrilegious Hollywood dig at Christian evangelicals. If the documentary wasn't produced there, it still seems pretty bizarre to me. Definitely a first. It's actually produced by Warrior Poets, which is the production company of Morgan Spurlock of "Supersize Me" fame. I've watched another 20 or so minutes and the main character is someone they call "Reverend Billy" and his Stop Shopping Choir. From what I can tell his main claim to fame is that he's the only preacher to be legally barred from every Starbucks in California and on occasion he refers to God as the "Fabulous Unknown". ????? I had to take another break!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPassingThru Posted August 17, 2019 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,979 Content Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 2,112 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/23/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted August 17, 2019 Well let's see, the word anti-Christ in the Greek New Testament is antichristos, formed by the two words anti and Christos, ...the word anti can mean opposite, but also it means instead of. That means in 1 John Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 2:18 John is telling us there will be one man that will claim to be the messiah, but will actually be in opposition to Him, ...and there will also come many who will be presenting themselves instead of Christ. Isn't that what the 33° Mason Walt Disney presented to us? I've read Pike's book "Morals and Dogmas," the Masonic title of the 33° is, The Keeper of the Royal Secret, and the Royal Secret is, ...We worship lucifer. Didn't we watch on the TV program The Mickey Mouse Club in the 50's, where Mickey Mouse, the soccer, with a magic wand in his hand dancing around a pentagram inside of a circle on the floor casting spells? There was even a pornographic cartoon starring Mickey Mouse, ...are not the themes of the early Disney movies occultic? Are there not many subliminal Masonic symbols and pornographic images in the Disney cartoons of today? So maybe Mickey Mouse was presented instead of Jesus Christ as the savior of that generation... ...could it be that satanic influence is what fueled the Hippies in the 60's, myself included, to say, ...God is Dead? Lord bless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Bought 1953 Posted August 17, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 13 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,726 Content Per Day: 2.89 Reputation: 6,258 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/03/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted August 17, 2019 2 hours ago, unworthyservant said: Well, what follows is just one more reason I'll never say I've seen or heard it all. Just sat down to watch for the first time the documentary film "What Would Jesus Buy?". I came across it on a webpage for the Mennonite movement called "Buy Nothing Christmas" that I came across while researching the web looking for anyone of like mind as myself on the subject. Anyway not far into the movie there's a NYC street preacher carrying a Mickey Mouse stuffed doll and shouting that Mickey is the Antichrist! Now, I've been in many churches and at least a dozen tent revivals but never heard anyone refer to Mickey Mouse as the Antichrist. I have my own views on the notion of "Antichrist" but the point they are making is that shopping (especially Christmas shopping) is of the devil and so Mickey is a symbol of the devil and thus the Antichrist. Now, I'm not against using absurdity on occasion to make a point but these folks have taken it to a whole new level. Now, I don't know enough about these folks to even comment on anything other than what I've seen in the first 20 or so minutes of the movie but I thought that tidbit was worth sharing. Pffttt! .....Anybody with a lick of sense knows that the AntiChrist is Popeye! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debp Posted August 18, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 52 Topic Count: 1,014 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 12,265 Content Per Day: 1.79 Reputation: 16,320 Days Won: 92 Joined: 07/19/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted August 18, 2019 4 hours ago, Dennis1209 said: Even though we have a bunch of Mennonites living around here, I don't know much about their religion, other than it's a little different than the Amish. I asked my preacher one time if he thought the Amish / Mennonite religion was Christian, and he replied in the affirmative? At Bible college, we had Mennonites so they are Christians. However, I think the Amish might be a little work salvation based. I've heard some of them aren't sure of going to Heaven (as we have assurance). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauJangles Posted August 18, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 44 Topic Count: 229 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 10,900 Content Per Day: 2.93 Reputation: 12,145 Days Won: 68 Joined: 02/13/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1954 Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Debp said: At Bible college, we had Mennonites so they are Christians. However, I think the Amish might be a little work salvation based. I've heard some of them aren't sure of going to Heaven (as we have assurance). Yes, Mennonites are basic Christian fundamentalists. Nothing at all wrong with them, at least the few that I've been acquainted with. They do adhere towards Armenian doctrine, but why split hairs with people simplistic in faith who love the Lord? Edited August 18, 2019 by BeauJangles 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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