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I know you probably haven’t seen this, but Veggie Tales is now airing during NBC’s Saturday morning kids show block. NBC’s Program Standards has required them to edit out any reference to God or the Bible to put the show on air. At the same time, NBC is promoting airing a live concert of Madonna’s where she sings suspended from a mirrored crucifix. The other day I found Phil Vischer’s (the Veggie Tales creator) blog and he says,
“I know the audience and time of day is completely different, but it is a bit ironic that telling kids God loves them is “not okay,” but singing a song while mocking the crucifixion is fine and dandy. Let us Christians never forget that we are strangers here. We don’t fit in. It’s ok.”
Vischer’s blog is pretty good because it chronicles the story as he keeps sending them episondes with God in them and they keep making him change them. He also some introspective posts where goes back and looks at what went wrong at VeggieTales and why they had to sell out to another company.
Good points. I think it’s so much better for Veggie Tales to try to make a bit of a difference in children’s programming, even without the references to God, by putting good stuff on T.V., than it would be to refuse to make a deal and fill the time slot with Power Rangers. Besides it’s the only thing Phillip will watch.