"I looked back at the previous 10 years and realized I had
spent 10 years trying to convince kids to behave Christianly without
actually teaching them Christianity. And that was a pretty serious
conviction. You can say, “Hey kids, be more forgiving because the Bible
says so,” or “Hey kids, be more kind because the Bible says so!” But
that isn’t Christianity, it’s morality. . . .
And that was such a huge shift for me from the American Christian
ideal. We’re drinking a cocktail that’s a mix of the Protestant work
ethic, the American dream, and the gospel. And we’ve intertwined them so
completely that we can’t tell them apart anymore. Our gospel has become
a gospel of following your dreams and being good so God will make all
your dreams come true. It’s the Oprah god.
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Phil Vischer, Creator of the now bankrupt VeggieTales, from an
interview with WorldMag
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