GodTube recently changed its name to Tangle, on the shabby excuse that it had to do with John15, and not because they wanted to remove the word "God" from its URL and make God less prominent. I'd link to the site, but I don't believe them, and I think the new name is stupid. I still peruse the site every so often, but I'm beginning to think I'll stop doing that soon. How can a site that is presumedly religious or faith-focused be overrun with Miley Cyrus videos? I'd also not be surprised to see High School Musical or American Idol clips. Because these three shows are apparently popular in part due to the large numbers of believers who watch them.
I think it's utter ridiculousness for Christians to embrace something on the sole grounds that it is PG. The reasoning behind their flocking to the box office or couch goes something like I'm a Christian so I should only be watching things without swearing or sex or other unwholesome things. This Disney-created thing is free of such deviant behavior. I need to be entertained. I'll watch this and bring all my kids. What a good believer I am. Self-righteousness added for effect.
Problems with your line of thinking:
* Disney and all other media companies are centers for profit, and profit alone. If Disney thought it could make money by creating shows focused on ritual goat sacrifice, they would. They make shows PG not because they buy into the Christian worldview, but because they want your dollar bills. Feeding into their model shows you are a fool, not that you are wholesome.
* You'll separate your viewing habits to distance yourself from unwholesomeness, but not in other areas of your life? How about you stop gambling, drinking, complaining, divorcing, et al. Picking and choosing which things you distance yourself from, and which you keep nearby, sort of defeats the purpose, no?
* You do NOT need to be entertained. I repeat, you do NOT need to be entertained. Going to a movie theater is not a basic human right. Watching TV is not an entitlement.
In summary: stop watching Miley Cyrus and HSM. They're stupid.
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What happened to Disney?
I miss the times when they made movies about elephants who could fly when they held a feather.
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