This series, including the original Oscar-nominated short, from Brown Bag Films is based upon the 1960s recordings of young children telling Bible stories in a classroom to their schoolteacher. When a film crew arrives at an inner city Dublin National School to record the children, the result is a warm, funny and spontaneous animated documentary...
These videos are a strange combination of adorable and deplorable. Something about listening to innocent little kids talk about Jesus dying horribly as depicted by charming cartoons is hypnotizing. I like these videos because I feel like a lot of the bible is comprised of content which only a very impressionable and innocent mind could possibly believe in their heart of hearts to be true. It's of little interest to me whether these cartoons were produced with an intention to promote religion in any way, I appreciate the combination of imagery, audio and content regardless.
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shadowcasting 11p · 816 weeks ago
The older I get, the more I am bothered by the religious indoctrination of children. Being raised in a religious household, I have been through the period of disillusionment that comes with leaving religion.
It can be very hurtful to realize that you were lied to as a child.
For many people though, being lied to is the least of their problems. In many cases, the lies are accompanied by outright manipulation and coercion. From telling kids that they will suffer in hell for eternity, to instilling a deep sense of shame, to outright corporal punishment, the children are indoctrinated with an iron fist.
As a parent, I have sat through my share of "children's television". It is pretty obvious that most of these shows are made by large corporations who use the shows as a means to profit.
When a company manipulates children through a TV show in order to create revenue, people get upset. We even have laws that limit this behavior somewhat. Although, I wish we had more.
Religion, on the other hand, gets a free ride once again. Religious people can tell children the most ridiculous things without any evidence to justify it. They can push ideas on a child that are harmful or psychologically damaging, and no one says a word about it.
I will take sponge bob over jesus any day. If someone tried to tell kids that sponge bob is real, we would see that person as the nut job they are.