Time To Get Out The Rat Poison And Kill Mickey Mouse
Posted by Job on November 6, 2007
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I’m not sure if there was ever a Devotional that made me as sad to write as
this one, but it is time to get out the rat poison and get rid of Mickey
Mouse. I was a child in the ’60s and grew up with Mickey, Donald Duck, and
Goofy. Every Sunday night on TV I watched Walt Disney’s Wide World of
Entertainment. The great movies I grew up watching were the Disney classics.
To this day, I vividly remember in 1974 going on what would be my first of
many trips to Disneyworld in the Orlando area. It is one of those magical
places that is exciting if you are 5 or 50! That is why it is so difficult
for me to tell you today that it is time to get rid of Mickey Mouse!
The Disney empire, founded by Walt Disney, sadly went corporate many years
ago. While they have tried to maintain and promote that “family friendly”
image that made Disney such a treasured name, they have not been able to
hide the fact that over the years they have traded in that image and the
good name of Disney for profits. In addition to Walt Disney Pictures, they
also own Touchstone Pictures, Miramax Films, Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
and others. It is under these other names that they produce and profit off
of motion pictures promoting sex, violence, torture, and whatever depravity
you can name. No matter how they try to hide it, these are Disney owned
properties.
Of course, Disney also owns ABC Television. Despite that fact, they have not
been shy in producing garbage like Desperate Housewives and other
programming to capitalize on the moral decay of our society. ABC also owns
The View which used to employ Rosie O’Donnell. Wonder how long Walt would
have put up with her anti-Christian, anti-government, pro homosexual views
on life? My guess is she would have been yanked off the set in the middle of
the program the first time she launched into one of her outrageous tirades
that have become her trademark. Disney also owns cable television, radio,
and publishing properties that continuously put out content that is anything
but “family friendly.”
Of course, the centerpiece of the Disney corporate empire are the theme
parks. In addition to Disneyland in the Los Angeles area and Disneyworld in
the Orlando area, you also have Disney theme parks in Tokyo, Paris, and Hong
Kong. Over the years, I have taken the folks at Disney to task for their
support of “Gay Days” at their parks. While they initially tried to distance
themselves from these gatherings of people who have chosen to commit the sin
of homosexuality, they now openly and without shame help to promote and
support these special days when they welcome with open arms men and women
who have chosen to engage in this unnatural and deviant form of sexual
relations.
The final straw came for me a few months ago when Disney announced they will
now welcome same-sex couples to get married at their Disney theme parks. It
has long been a special package Disney has offered to people wanting to get
married at the Disney parks. Thousands and thousands of weddings have taken
place at Disney parks over the years. Until a few weeks ago, they had a
policy that only allowed marriages with a legal marriage license. In an
Associated Press article by Gary Gentile, Disney Parks and Resorts spokesman
Donn Walker said this change is in line with Disney’s long-standing policy
of welcoming every guest to the inclusive environments at the company’s
theme parks. “We want everyone who comes to celebrate a special occasion at
Disney to feel welcome and respected,” Walker told the AP.
Now I am certain many people reading this are thinking, with all the
problems in my life, in the world, who cares if gay people get married at
Disney? Fair question. Here is why we not only should care, but MUST care!
In the wake of the Imus fiasco earlier this year, one thing stood out to me
crystal clear that I shared with you when I dealt with that whole issue. We
as Christians have NO VOICE! NONE! NOBODY CARES WHAT WE THINK OR SAY! Part
of the reason is that we have chosen to take ourselves out of the public
arena and retreat to the safety of the Christian trough years ago. The few
who did stay to try and bring Truth to the world were marginalized,
stereotyped, mocked, and ignored. The other part of that reason is that we
are so fractured, we don’t speak with one voice but many, thus there is no
clear and concise message.
The fact is we have the numbers, we have the ability to not only be heard
but institute change. We have the ability to make a difference on the key
social issues of our day. But there are only a few who are willing to stand
up and be heard without compromising the Truth of God’s Word. Sadly, none of
these people have the ability to bring Christians across all of the barriers
we have erected to divide ourselves from each other making it is easy to
dismiss those few as “nutcases,” “whackos,” and “extremists.” So it has been
easier for most to simply retreat to the safety and profitability of the
Christian trough, focus on those who are friendly to them and their message,
those who will financially support them, and not care about even trying to
bring the Body together or reach out to the lost and hurting. To them, those
goals are a waste of time, energy and not worth the “investment.”
I love you and care about you so much. I am NOT telling you to quit watching
ABC, or going to watch movies put out by Disney movie studios, or to stop
taking your kids to Disney theme parks. That is a principled choice YOU need
to make. I am telling you that the Mickey Mouse of 2007 is NOT the Mickey
Mouse created by Walt Disney. The current Mickey Mouse has sold his soul to
satan for money. While he still wants to be seen as the friend of the
family, the fact is he has no conscience and will do whatever it takes to
add a few cents to the bottom line of the Disney balance sheets. While we
used to think of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, it won’t be long before we
see Mickey Mouse with Mark Mouse!!!
Sadly, because so many men and women of God have also sold out for the
bottom line, there is no real voice to lead the Christian community. Due to
the fact everyone relies on people to give them money, they are more
interested in focusing their time and effort on those who will support them
than working to reach across the man-made walls we have built that divide
us. They don’t preach a pure message of Truth and hope since they have to
focus each message on how to raise money. Thus, we are divided into our
little fiefdoms, with no real voice, even though the numbers are there to
make an incredible impact on this nation and world if we could come together
as one.
Now maybe you can better understand my heart and vision. That is why I am
feverishly working on not only getting the Liveprayer TV program back on a
national platform, but supported by corporate dollars so that I have no
concerns other than to bring God’s Truth and the hope and love of Jesus
Christ to the lost and hurting and being a non-threatening conduit for all
Believers to have their voice heard. I should be able to sit down with the
folks at Disney and let them know that if they allow same sex marriages to
occur at their parks, they can forget any support from the Christian
community. Let them make a business decision. We should be able to wield
that type of influence in all areas of our culture as well as politically.
We have the numbers, we simply don’t have the voice and unity.
I will be praying for you. Praying that you will seek the Lord whether your
family needs to continue to support Disney with your dollars. I will also
ask you to be praying as God continues to open the right doors to bring the
right people into the life of this ministry as we seek to establish
Liveprayer as a place all Believers can look to to bring the Truth of God’s
Word into the marketplace and take a stand for righteousness in the
marketplace. *If charlatans like Jackson and Sharpton can invoke their will
on society, if a group of people who choose to engage in sex God calls a sin
and an abomination can invoke their will on society, it is time that the
people of God who stand on His Truth and righteousness to invoke GOD’S WILL
on society!!!
Mickey Mouse has sold his soul, he is not the Mickey Mouse Walt Disney
created those many years ago. It is time for him to go!!!
In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller
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Eden Hadassah said
Disney has never been wholesome productions. I am sorry to say this, but the stories are subversive to parents, occultic in nature, and are trenched in the sexualization of children.
Can you name any Disney film that didn’t include the occult? Witchcraft, gods or divination?
How about the fact that most of the children in these stories are almost always either orphans, or in the care of evil people or animals?
It is the Disney themes that play to the insecurities of children, making them impressionable to the thought of abandonment or even “being left behind.”
It’s focus of parents when present, shows them in the light that they are either powerless victims who can’t protect them, brainless disconnected mothers and fathers that put their own needs before their children’s, hostile fathers who never listen to their children, brainless mothers who don’t know what is going on or who they are, evil step-mothers who make them slaves which shows a lack of judgement of the part of the father for chosing such a wife.
Then there is the witchcraft and majical aspect. It is in this realm that children, as they get older see the trouble they may have in their own lives and start to dabble in the occult. Many people have broken homes or disfunctional families, and in Disney films, this always is the gateway to the occult. Through the gate of the occult, on the other side there always seems to be someone there to help and rescue them from their plight.
Snow White-Evil step-mother queen, ego-vested about her own beauty, puts Snow White under a spell that can only be broken by a kiss. (Physical love)(Many other films of Disney have this theme of physical love that brakes a curse.)
Cinderella- Evil step-mother and step sisters…is rescued by witch which leads her to the prince.
The Rescuers- Two mice save an orphan girl from an evil woman searching for the Devils Eye.
The Rescuers Down Under- Two mice save a boy in a one parent family from an evil poacher. (Never does the mother ever leave the house to go looking for her son).
The Jungle Book- Boy is an orphan raised by a bear, becomes hypnotized by a snake.
Bed Knobs and Broom Sticks…need I say more?
Escape From Witch Mountain
Take your favorite movie when you were a kid and see if you can find what I am talking about.
My point is that all of these films are far from being wholesome. They never were. I guess most christian Americans think that a wholesome film is one that does not contain sex, violence or “bad language.” But Disney films are filled with all three of these.
So why does it seem so crazy that homosexuals are getting married in Majic Kingdom? Christians shouldn’t expose their children to Disney films until they are teachable, and can understand life lessons under a parent’s supervision. My children were not ready for these films until they were seven and were able to understand concepts. The same goes for cartoons on tv. Cartoon Network and other children’s channels are very subversive to family values, and like wise, if your children are going to watch them, a parent should be there to make it a teachable moment.
healtheland said
Eden Hadasshah: even being “left behind.” That was a good one
! Hey, I agree with you, and have since I read this summary of the book “Religion According To Disney” or something like that. Walt Disney was a secularist and also obviously into some untoward stuff, whether it was kabbalah or the occult or something. A lot of people have been raised to believe that Christianity is good old fashioned American values. Well if that is true then it merely proves my oft stated point that American values – or Christian values or any values – have nothing to do with obeying Jesus Christ truly.
The thing is that a lot of Walt Disney mined their stories from traditional pre – Christian European myths. It was accepted because it was a cultural thing. Never mind that Adolph Hitler melded Christianity (or more accurately Catholicism) and Darwinism with those same myths to produce the Nazi religious ideology. The fact that this stuff was ever embraced in our “Christian” nation proves how so many of us worship Eurocentrism “western Judeo – Christian culture!” instead of following Jesus Christ exclusively. Our parents told us those stories and we read the little books and were told the stories in school, so we took our kids to see the same.
Speaking of kabbalah, I read that Disney’s “Fantasia” had a golem in it. So yeah, Walt Disney was into kabbala. An article on the Jerusalem Post says that kabbalah is very popular in Hollywood right now.
In any event, maybe it is going to take stuff like this to open people’s eyes and give up the worldliness. It is amazing how people are willing to accept witchcraft and stuff like they draw the line at homosexuality. Pretty soon this country is going to get so wicked that Christians will be forced to make a clear choice. When that day comes who the real Christians are will be exposed clearly for all the world to see.
Eden Hadassah said
Around ten years ago, friends of mine who were christians were beginning to ban Disney for the homosexual issue. I became upset because Disney is so strong into occultism and for christians to embrace Disney results in nothing more than spiritual adultery. They thought nothing of bringing in a Disney movie to “pop in” the vcr to entertain the kids in church!
When my oldest was about ten years old, one night at a Passover Sedar, my daughter found the hidden matzoh, and the prize was the Snow White movie. That was one of the forbidden movies on my list of Disney, because I didn’t feel that she or her younger sister would be able to understand the issues in this particular movie. Snow White takes the cake for me.
An “innocent” pure girl is persued by an evil queen who wants someone to cut out her heart and bring it back to her in a box. While Snow White is in the forest she comes across seven greedy gem miners, and decides to live with them. She is tricked by the evil queen and eats a poison apple, falls into a deep sleep, where the seven men kneel and worship her, until a prince comes along to kiss her and break the curse.
Why don’t christians see this? They talk about not living together before marriage, and here is Snow White shacked up with not one man but seven! There are too many things in this story, that I could go on and on. I have never read the book you referenced.
Sleeping Beauty is another one.
Every story except Mulan, shows females as either wicked, brainless or helpless. Mulan once again shows a girl who defies her father and mother, is followed by a “dragon” god, and decieves men into thinking that she is a man.
From the time I was born until I was nine, I lived in California. My parents divorced when I was two years old, and my father would come out to see me every year and take me to Disney Land. He was a big fan of the Disney movies, and I think that I had probably seen everyone of them at least twice. When I was nine, my father kidnapped my sister and I and took us back to the east coast. It was in the 70’s after the movie Kramer vs. Kramer came out. He won custody of us, and from there my indoctrination of Disney continued. As a child I always had a problem with the way that females were portrayed, because I was fiercely independant, (my mother was never around) and had to fend for myself and my sister. My primary role model as a child was my maternal grandmother, who took care of us sometimes.(That is whole other story)
Easy G (G²) said
As long as you didn’t mention “Beauty & the Beast”, it’s all good…….cause it you did, we would’ve had some problems (lol)
Eden Hadassah said
Beauty and the Beast!
Ahhhhh! Send me off screamin! LOL
Belle’s father was considered a crazy eccentric that gets locked up in a looney bin…
And lets not get started with the biblical implication concerning this particular movie!
The “rose” is a dead give away!
Then there is all the “enchanted servants.”
Ok, I’m done…
For now!
But I will be back tomorrow. (Lord willing!)
healtheland said
Eden Hadassah:
He was being facetious. Check out his weblog, it is outstanding!
http://emissary7.wordpress.com/