"... and remember, God thinks you're special, and He loves you very much!"

So now VeggieTales is dangerous? Whatever! These networks can show steamy sex scenes, curse, clothe people in skimpy tops or produce violent scenes in their sitcoms/tv series, but VeggieTales cannot talk about God because it's dangerous for children. A singing and dancing cucumber and a story-telling tomato who encourage children to honor their parents, think twice about lying, love one another and are reminded of how much God loves them is somehow wrong?!? When did society STOP valuing our children? When did society decide teaching them values and respect for themselves and others was somehow bad? Then people wonder why children are more violent, angry, depressed and confused. Why so many are aimless and discourged or even just apathetic. When you strip society of values and morality this is what you produce, an entire generation of lost people. You think no moral code is freedom? You think tolerance of everything but Christian values is good and right? Then don't be surprised by the actions, behaviors and choices young people make today.

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"NBC has begun airing VeggieTales as part of its Saturday morning cartoon lineup. But Phil Vischer, co-creator of the video series that has sold more than 50 million copies since debuting in 1993, wrote on his Web site that he never would have agreed to syndicate the show if he'd known that the network was determined to cut out all of the show's biblical references. 'I'm not at all happy with the edits,' he says. 'I didn't know I'd need to make them when I agreed to produce the show, and I considered dropping out when I found out just how much would need to be removed. ... When the first edit notes came back, I thought, This is going to be difficult, because the stories [are] going to fall apart. This has implications for VeggieTales which would have been nice to talk about in the beginning.' [latimes.com, 9/23/06; nytimes.com, 9/23/06]"

--Plugged In online

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"'NBC is the network that hired a squad of lawyers to argue dropping the f-bomb on the Golden Globe Awards isn't indecent for children, but invoking God is wholly unacceptable. Or, as one e-mailing friend marveled: 'So saying [expletive] you is protected First Amendment speech on NBC, but not 'God bless you.' ... This is one of those moments where you understand networks like NBC are only talking empty talk and walking an empty walk when it comes to the First Amendment, and 'creative integrity,' and so on. They have told parents concerned about smutty programs like Will & Grace that if they're offended, they have a remote control as an option. ... But when it comes to religious programming—that doesn't even mention Jesus Christ—just watch the hypocrisy. Instead of telling viewers to just change the channel if they don't like it, or put in a V-chip for Bible verses, they demand to producers that all outdated old-time religion be shredded before broadcast. It's truly sad this anti-religious hypocrisy would emerge. Today, no one in network TV fears what the children are watching—unless it makes them think about God.' —Brent Bozell, president of Parents Television Council and the Media Research Center, after the news broke about NBC editing VeggieTales [washingtontimes.com, 9/13/06]"

--Plugged In online