My Little Pony Friendship is Magic is a cute children's cartoon that went on air last year. I would like to bring this particular episode to this community's attention, though.
While wrapped in a cute, friendly, and fun loving appearance, this episode is actually pushing anti intellectualism and religious faith as values that children should adopt. This is not a Christian themed cartoon, and this them only appears to be slipped in this one episode somewhere in the middle of the season.
I would like to hear comments and opinions from anyone interested in Christian influence in children's media that is supposed to be for everyone. (or opinions from anyone who has 20 minutes to spend chilling out to My Little Pony)
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how sad! is there a place where I can email the producers?
Oh christ how subtle! Leap of faith? Don't understand but I still believe? The only saving grace (excuse the pun - ok it was intentional lol) is that children may not get the deeper undercurrents and implications of the cartoon.
As an aside what do you think the reaction would be if a non-subtle message of atheism, science and reason were to be put forward in a cartoon (granted Twilight was skeptical at the start - but she believed in the end) - I think you'll find that there would be outrage - typical christian hypocrisy
Cheers all
Tim
Ok, 15minutes 30 seconds is far more than any one persons should take of that. The entire episode was dripping with religious propaganda and incredibly anti-intellectual.
Oh and @Camilla: I was always to be Donatello. He was the man.
Skeptical media for children: http://www.skeptic.com/junior_skeptic/
Oh! Oh! Oh!!! Magic School Bus: debunks ghosts and loch ness monster on the way to teaching science about buoyancy and light. Not every episode debunks pseudoscience but I remember those two.
And then there's always Scooby Doo.
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