Disney Lands In Hot Water

A leading Catholic cleric in Britain has launched a fierce attack on Disney, claiming it has corrupted children and encouraged greed.

Christopher Jamison, the Abbot of Worth in West Sussex, has accused the corporation of "exploiting spirituality" to sell its products and of turning Disneyland into a modern day pilgrimage site.

He argues that it pretends to provide stories with a moral message, but has actually helped to create a more materialistic culture.


He warns that society is in danger of losing its soul because of growing consumerism and the decline of religion. He suggests that many people have become obsessed with work, sex and eating in an attempt to ignore their underlying unhappiness, and criticises corporations and industries that have benefited from promoting false notions of fulfilment.

It sounds to me like he could have also presented his message to the modern day mega-church phenomenon here in the United States. Don't they attempt to do the same thing by promoting a pop-psychology theology instead of the Gospel?

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