NBC – Now Bashing Christ
A few days ago I received this article in an e-mail from a source whose name may want to remain anonymous. Apparently, NBC is turning into a channel for Christ bashing.
Following the lead of Rosie O'Donnell and ABC, NBC has decided to join in the bashing of Christians by airing a Madonna special in November. A specific date has not been released.
In the show, Madonna, wearing a fake crown of thorns, descends on a suspended mirrored, disco ball-type cross. When some Christian leaders complained about the mockery, NBC ignored their concerns.Making mockery of the crucifixion of Christ has been a trademark of Madonna for many years. In 1989 she had a video for the hit song "Like A Prayer." The video featured burning crosses, statues crying blood and Madonna--representing Jesus--freeing a saint from his sexual repression by seducing him. This is the same Madonna who once said, "Crucifixes are sexy because there's a naked man on them."
Kevin Reilly, an executive at NBC, said Madonna considered the scene mocking the crucifixion of Christ the highlight of her show. "We (NBC) viewed it and didn't see it as being inappropriate." Madonna considers mocking the crucifixion of Jesus the highlight of her show and NBC agrees.
OK, so it’s pretty apparent that Madonna is a complete I-don’t-want-to-say-it-on-this-blog-for-fear-that-young-kids-might-right-it-one-day. Same goes for NBC. So what are they going to do about it?
TAKE ACTION
1. Help us secure one million emails to NBC asking the network not to air the Madonna special. Click the link below to send your email.
2. Call your local NBC affiliate and ask them not to run the Madonna special.
3. Help get the word out about Madonna's mocking the crucifixion by forwarding this email to your entire mailing list and urging them to take action.
4. Print out the AFA Pass Along sheet and distribute at your Sunday School class and church. Ask your pastor to encourage members to send an email to NBC.
Anyone reading this can feel free to click the link at the top of this post and send NBC an e-mail if they so choose, but if you want to know why I’m not sending an e-mail to them, keep reading. I’m not sending them an e-mail for a number of reasons. One, it’s pretty clear that Madonna is an egotistical cretin. If this gets banned, you can bet that she’ll blame us Christians for it. It will rally her fans to her cause, she will be able to make herself look like a victim of folks who want to take away her first amendment rights (arguably) and she will win against her opposers in some way. I know this is what will happen because the same thing happened years ago when I helped boycott “Fahrenheit 9/11.” The movie became a hit. Same logic applies here.
My second reason for not signing is that while I am a firm believer in Christianity, I love my God, I love my Savior, etc., I also love my country and the basic laws we uphold. Imagine what would happen if I wasn’t allowed to express my political viewpoints around my College because people would disagree with me. No wait, that is exactly what happens. It makes me feel miserable sometimes. Why should I of all people deny others their right to speak just because I don’t like what they have to say?
But, yunno, in defense of those people who do want to sign the petition, I feel your anger. The moment I first read this article, I felt like someone should just up and smack Madonna for behaving like that. She’s comparable to that of a bratty child who shoves smaller kids on the playground and runs off just to get attention. But I beg of you, PLEASE don’t give her that kind of attention. She’s just asking for it.
Speaking of which, I just logged on to Animated-news.com to find that NBC’s up to other not-so-Christian ordeals. “Veggietales,” the famous children’s video series is airing on their network. Only with a few, shall we say, noticeable changes:
LOS ANGELES - Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber always had a moral message in their long-running "VeggieTales" video series. But now that the vegetable stars have hit network television, they can't speak as freely as they once did, and that's got the Parents Television Council steamed.
The conservative media-watchdog group issued a statement Wednesday blasting NBC, which airs "VeggieTales," for editing out some references to God from the children's animated show.
"What struck me and continues to strike me is the inanity of ripping the heart and soul out of a successful product and not thinking that there will be consequences to it," said L. Brent Bozell, president of the Parents Television Council. "The series is successful because of its biblical world view, not in spite of it. That's the signature to `VeggieTales.'"
"VeggieTales" is a collection of animated home videos for children that encourage moral behavior based on Christian and biblical principles. More than 50 million copies have been sold since 1993, according to Big Idea Inc., which produces the series.
Two weeks ago, NBC began airing 30-minute episodes of "VeggieTales" on Saturday mornings. The show was edited to comply with the network's broadcast standards, said NBC spokeswoman Rebecca Marks.
"Our goal is to reach as broad an audience as possible with these positive messages while being careful not to advocate any one religious point of view," she said.
"VeggieTales" creator Phil Vischer, who was responsible for readying episodes for network broadcast, said he didn't know until just weeks before the shows were to begin airing that non-historical references to God and the Bible would have to be removed.
Wow, it looks like NBC is just oh so scared by that whole religion and Christ-loving angle… but they have no problem broadcasting Madonna’s bashing of the crucifixion. Gee, it almost sounds like NBC is a really God-hating network. But hey, it’s not like they’ve aired any good, long-running shows since “Friends,” right?
Following the lead of Rosie O'Donnell and ABC, NBC has decided to join in the bashing of Christians by airing a Madonna special in November. A specific date has not been released.
In the show, Madonna, wearing a fake crown of thorns, descends on a suspended mirrored, disco ball-type cross. When some Christian leaders complained about the mockery, NBC ignored their concerns.Making mockery of the crucifixion of Christ has been a trademark of Madonna for many years. In 1989 she had a video for the hit song "Like A Prayer." The video featured burning crosses, statues crying blood and Madonna--representing Jesus--freeing a saint from his sexual repression by seducing him. This is the same Madonna who once said, "Crucifixes are sexy because there's a naked man on them."
Kevin Reilly, an executive at NBC, said Madonna considered the scene mocking the crucifixion of Christ the highlight of her show. "We (NBC) viewed it and didn't see it as being inappropriate." Madonna considers mocking the crucifixion of Jesus the highlight of her show and NBC agrees.
OK, so it’s pretty apparent that Madonna is a complete I-don’t-want-to-say-it-on-this-blog-for-fear-that-young-kids-might-right-it-one-day. Same goes for NBC. So what are they going to do about it?
TAKE ACTION
1. Help us secure one million emails to NBC asking the network not to air the Madonna special. Click the link below to send your email.
2. Call your local NBC affiliate and ask them not to run the Madonna special.
3. Help get the word out about Madonna's mocking the crucifixion by forwarding this email to your entire mailing list and urging them to take action.
4. Print out the AFA Pass Along sheet and distribute at your Sunday School class and church. Ask your pastor to encourage members to send an email to NBC.
Anyone reading this can feel free to click the link at the top of this post and send NBC an e-mail if they so choose, but if you want to know why I’m not sending an e-mail to them, keep reading. I’m not sending them an e-mail for a number of reasons. One, it’s pretty clear that Madonna is an egotistical cretin. If this gets banned, you can bet that she’ll blame us Christians for it. It will rally her fans to her cause, she will be able to make herself look like a victim of folks who want to take away her first amendment rights (arguably) and she will win against her opposers in some way. I know this is what will happen because the same thing happened years ago when I helped boycott “Fahrenheit 9/11.” The movie became a hit. Same logic applies here.
My second reason for not signing is that while I am a firm believer in Christianity, I love my God, I love my Savior, etc., I also love my country and the basic laws we uphold. Imagine what would happen if I wasn’t allowed to express my political viewpoints around my College because people would disagree with me. No wait, that is exactly what happens. It makes me feel miserable sometimes. Why should I of all people deny others their right to speak just because I don’t like what they have to say?
But, yunno, in defense of those people who do want to sign the petition, I feel your anger. The moment I first read this article, I felt like someone should just up and smack Madonna for behaving like that. She’s comparable to that of a bratty child who shoves smaller kids on the playground and runs off just to get attention. But I beg of you, PLEASE don’t give her that kind of attention. She’s just asking for it.
Speaking of which, I just logged on to Animated-news.com to find that NBC’s up to other not-so-Christian ordeals. “Veggietales,” the famous children’s video series is airing on their network. Only with a few, shall we say, noticeable changes:
LOS ANGELES - Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber always had a moral message in their long-running "VeggieTales" video series. But now that the vegetable stars have hit network television, they can't speak as freely as they once did, and that's got the Parents Television Council steamed.
The conservative media-watchdog group issued a statement Wednesday blasting NBC, which airs "VeggieTales," for editing out some references to God from the children's animated show.
"What struck me and continues to strike me is the inanity of ripping the heart and soul out of a successful product and not thinking that there will be consequences to it," said L. Brent Bozell, president of the Parents Television Council. "The series is successful because of its biblical world view, not in spite of it. That's the signature to `VeggieTales.'"
"VeggieTales" is a collection of animated home videos for children that encourage moral behavior based on Christian and biblical principles. More than 50 million copies have been sold since 1993, according to Big Idea Inc., which produces the series.
Two weeks ago, NBC began airing 30-minute episodes of "VeggieTales" on Saturday mornings. The show was edited to comply with the network's broadcast standards, said NBC spokeswoman Rebecca Marks.
"Our goal is to reach as broad an audience as possible with these positive messages while being careful not to advocate any one religious point of view," she said.
"VeggieTales" creator Phil Vischer, who was responsible for readying episodes for network broadcast, said he didn't know until just weeks before the shows were to begin airing that non-historical references to God and the Bible would have to be removed.
Wow, it looks like NBC is just oh so scared by that whole religion and Christ-loving angle… but they have no problem broadcasting Madonna’s bashing of the crucifixion. Gee, it almost sounds like NBC is a really God-hating network. But hey, it’s not like they’ve aired any good, long-running shows since “Friends,” right?
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