Never gonna get it never gonna get it. Never gonna get it never gonna get it. Never gonna get it never gonna get it. MY LOVING.
…wasn’t about impact; it was about obedience
I am growing increasingly convinced that if everyone of these kids burning with passion to write a hit Christian song or make that hit Christian movie or start that hit Christian ministry to change the world would instead focus their passion on walking with God on a daily basis, the world would change…. So why do I believe a thousand kids walking with God will have more impact on the world than one kid making a hit movie? Because the world learns about God not by watching Christian movies, but by watching Christians. —Phil Vischer (via azspot)This quote doesn’t even make sense. Here is a guy who makes christian based media for children, and is telling people not to do it. Proves a perfect point that evangelists like this guy have no fucking idea what they’re even saying.
SHIT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. Although it does, because it’s a quote from a Christian given to other Christians, and that just takes any logic out of the equation altogether. It’s kind of the unofficial credo of all christians to accept, “Do as I say, not as I do” as truth.
As Vischer had an about-face in the wake of the demise of his grand endeavor to create a “Christian Disney”, this “quote” is cast in retrospect. Yes, he’s advocating against the very career trajectory he embarked upon in his younger years.
Here is another quote from Vischer (as I do not have the time available to research this matter further, which, unfortunately, is a story for many stillborn posts in my thought laden mind) on his “questioning the authenticity of his faith tradition” (my source is Skye Jethani’s wonderful The Divine Commodity):
The more I dove into Scripture, the more I realized I had been deluded. I had grown up drinking a dangerous cocktail — a mix of the Gospel, the Protestant work ethic, and the American dream… The Savior I was following seemed, in hindsight, equal parts Jesus, Ben Franklin, and Henry Ford. My eternal value was rooted in what I could accomplish.
BULLSHIT BULLSHIT BULLSHIT! I CALL BULLSHIT ON THIS ONE!
Here’s why: http://jellytelly.com/grownups
Although he may have bailed on one attempt to do it, there is no about face whatsoever. He’s still trying to pump kids full of biblical nonsense, and cash in on it. He’s still making “faith based” cartoons. HE’S STILL FUCKING DOING WHAT HE SAID YOU SHOULD NOT DO IN HIS OWN FUCKING QUOTE. My point STILL MAKES SENSE.
Furthermore, I’d like to add that trying to persuade children to believe things of a “faith based” nature when they are too young to comprehend things of such a nature is perverse. Especially when you try to scare little kids into believing stories like “there’s a devil who’s gonna try and get you” and “there’s a magical zombie who can walk on water that protects you”.
These quotes may be amazing epiphanies for Christians who are clutching to their faith, and this guy may be someone that you look up to if you’re in the same boat. However inspiring you may find the story of Jesus is your own business, but the bible is a load of crap.
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind” - Ghandi
“Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man” - Thomas Jefferson
