This isn’t an old video from the 1950s. It’s from 2014.
It’s befuddling to me why some people still think this kind of war-themed God and America combo is okay, even good… and for Kindergartners.
Found at Stuff Fundies Like, where you can read a rather entertaining thread of comments about this promo.
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Though, Paul quite often uses war/military motif. As a kid I loved Army stuff. I wouldn’t send my kids to this because it’s at night.
“And cursing” Good gracious. Would any kids actually be excited by this? I can see how the older folks to designed this program think it would appeal to kids as they probably have fond memories of childhood during that time, however, kids today would be bored within the first 30 seconds. Also, war? Really? Jesus was a huge pacifist. Not sure this church has it together.
Those Christian
Matthew,
I am by no means condoning this VBS event, but as an Air Force wife, I just want to try to explain some things and give my honest opinion.
My husband and I have been married for 19 years of his 23 yr + career in the Air Force, and we have been stationed at quite a few bases during his career. We were stationed overseas, where we went to the base chapel when we were stationed on the island of Guam, and attended their VBS when my children were much younger.
The Air Force chapel’s ministers have pretty strict guidelines it has to follow as far as what it can and cannot preach. We attended the Gospel Service at the chapel on Andersen Air Force Base in Guam and it was a great service; as far as the worship was concerned…but the preaching lacked what we needed because as a military minister they are limited on what they can preach.
That being said, this chapel I don’t think is totally the “right page” with their VBS theme. As a military spouse I think that their hearts are in the right spot, but their total theme with this video is not hitting the mark where it should be when it comes to gearing VBS towards kids. The Air Force is all for wanting to involve families more in the everyday tasks of its goals. This chapel seems to be going more toward a military theme I think. I really don’t think that the actual VBS would be “war” geared. At least I pray not anyhow.
This is just my two cents and my thoughts on this particular VBS theme. And I wouldn’t send my children there if they were younger. Mainly because we don’t like the atmosphere of the AF base chapel and we have been attending a wonderful grace filled baptist church in our area for the past ten years.
Thank you for your post. As always, I enjoy what you share on Twitter and on Instagram. Have a blessed Thursday evening.
In Christ,
Kim Wright
Shaw Air Force Base
Sumter, South Carolina
My uncle was a ball turret gunner on a B-24 in WWII and not only did they trivialize what his service with this crap, they lifted stuff from Hogan’s Heroes and the Three Stooges, tainting it too. Nice job.
I did a spit-take at Spitler…
Befuddling is about as good a word as you can find to describe why many people do think war and God seem to go hand-in-hand. However, while I’m not entirely opposed to the idea of using the military as a VBS theme –because of course Paul uses the military theme and certainly there are children out there to whom this appeals and shouldn’t we be trying to reach them as well?– it is this church’s inclusion of Hitler and the Nazi party that I find shameful. I think it’s a completely unnecessary addition to the theme and teaches the kids that it is ok to make fun of or villainize (depending on the direction of the VBS program) those who do terrible things. This is what I don’t think God would approve of.
Bombing the Nazis seems a little strange considering much of Nazi ideology is very similar to fundamentalist theology (anti-immigration, anti-Catholicism, fervent nationalism, militarism, scapegoating of an “other” to blame for ills in society, extreme authoritarianism, belief that God Himself blesses their cause).
I feel frightened…
What do you object to in the theology of those who followed BB Warfield, Billy Sunday, et. al. of the fundamentalist movement? Or, do you have your own private definition, or perhaps you just point at bad things and use “fundamentalism” as a substitute “boogie man” word… kinda like you’re saying “they” (whoever this nebulous “fundamentalist” group actually is). Scape Goat much…
What do you object to in the views of those like BB Warfield or Billy Sunday or those who followed them theologically? Or perhaps you have your own private definition of “fundamentalism” or maybe “fundamentalist” is what you say when you mean “boogie man.” Isn’t that kinda what you’re accusing “them” (whoever the nebulous “fundamentalists” are for you) of doing??? Scape goat much?
BenIrwin Waiiiiit, isn’t saying hell just shooting Satan’s bullet? This video confused me.
Meh… much ado about nothing methinks. Yeah, it may be in ‘bad taste’ but I highly doubt that there is any shrewdness of intent to turn little kids into a maniacal warrior tribe set to join forces with Westboro Baptist.
There are many highly regarded scholarly papers per philosophical defenses of the ‘warfare worldview’. Heck, Greg Boyd has been promoting such a view for years.