What the HELL is Bible Town? (Christian Animation's WORST SIN)

[@Saberspark]

why is Christian animation LITERALLY THE WORST THING EVER

[@thegreenrenegade7759]

It just works.

[@andrewsanusi8462]

Idk

[@yaaasKerchow]

You're right lmao

[@kilpzzyrandom]

Saber you finally posted it😎 now to rage at my religion 😂😂

[@Le0sh]

time to dropkick the people who made these out the window weee

[@pinacolada5911]

My favorite part is that sarah is always looking up at the sky even when talking to other characters, as if she’s silently asking god why she was created

[@sua8638]

Omg, thank you random person for making me day, this was the best joke I've heard in a couple of weeks

[@MadeMeExist]

*_Who blames her, honestly?_*

[@sua8638]

@@MadeMeExist I most certainly don't

[@snegik]

@@MadeMeExist (saberspark does :/)

[@r3negadex]

She was created to suffer and bring suffering onto us all. Hail Satan.

[@JagoHazzard]

"Can you tell me a Bible story?" "Well okay. This is the story of how Jesus-" "No, no. Tell me about the Whore of Babylon."

[@thegayghost872]

I wanna hear about that time Jesus had a pet dragon

[@sky-sx5gt]

@@thegayghost872 same

[@coranbaker6401]

That's legit a good story tho.

[@lauciansylvaranth2285]

there are so many good stories like that, honestly, I am an atheist and I love the old testament because of all the stories about the rape and murder and cheating and such. I like to call the bible a dramatic, violent, erotica.

[@notanotaku1101]

@@randomcanadian6298 that might be a bit much, but the Bible would definitely make a good iron age Game of Thrones-esque fantasy series.

[@michaelstrong5383]

Once again, further proof that VeggieTales truly is the peak of Christian animation. The designs were simple, but at least they're not giving me nightmares.

[@zhan768]

VeggieTales was incredible for its time and could be enjoyed by even non-Christians. The work they did with the technology that was available at the time was incredible and it’s a genuinely good series. If only more Christian studios went with this instead of blatant, cheap propaganda money grabs.

[@Curlyboi-yq7od]

I had a nightmare of Larry the cucumber

[@SCP--fj2jr]

@@zhan768 *I still like Vegetables to this day. Well the old one.*

[@kalvinchester4068]

Prince of Egypt is also incredibly good

[@vwvcvlt4894]

Heck I still have some VeggieTales cassettes in my house and the johna movie for cd, they to me are the only christian cartoon to watch

[@RandomQuestionCanYouLeave]

I watched this with my Christian grandma and at the end she literally said- “I’d rather read a book-“ :,))

[@Gnarltastic]

If you make a Christian film and your Christian audience hate it, then you know your bad at targettint audiences

[@GoldRetriever]

W grandma

[@maddie-xh9yy]

@Dez.Dezthefirellama hm

[@windjager2177]

​@Dez.Dezthefirellamawhat the hell sr eu trying to insinuate. Its jsut a grandma that knows when a movie is bad

[@harleyhuther8385]

Call me weird but I’m liking this comment and all the replies lol p.s ( I was your 341 rd like ❤)

[@DS-ov9pz]

I grew up with my dad as a pastor and I’m in a very religious family, yet I am very glad that they aren’t strict when it comes to the media.

[@joshquatch2980]

yo same

[@abcdefgki2596]

Same

[@SuperIsaiah]

My dad isn't the pastor but he preaches sometimes and if I turned this on back when I was a kid he'd be like "what the heck is this trash?"

[@silverstarinthesky]

That’s how you get your kids to follow tradition without brainwashing them

[@SuperIsaiah]

@@silverstarinthesky I define a cult as a belief system where people in it are not allowed to hear from those outside of it - an echo chamber of belief. If this is how a parent teaches their kid about christianity, then they're making christianity a cult

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

For a Christian animation, all of these characters look like they're demonic af.

[@youremom8103]

Real sleep paralysis demons

[@milktea6676]

They should have gone the veggietales route

[@CandyCane2004]

Dont insult demons like that

[@eldritchkitty2396]

Hey Just Some Guy without a Mustache, how are you? 😉

[@alicebthegachaweirdo8378]

Everywhere I go I see your face

[@shgurr]

I feel lucky cuz as an lds child I got to watch "the animated stories from the book of mormon." Those 2d films did the stories just fine 😎👌 bible town scares me 😩

[@ZeeNastee]

The old art was usually WAY better than most of the computer animated shows/movies that come out now. Everyone still tries to be Pixar and just fails miserably, the drawn characters were amazing.

[@kianajensen1709]

I used to be lds too and I remember those! 😂. I always thought Nephi’s brother (can’t remember if it was Lamen or Lemule) always sounded like Templeton from Charlotte’s web 🤣. Was is the same dude? Idk

[@SerenityM16]

Hi Shgurr ♥️

[@kawaiichan1997]

Omg hey XD

[@drakesyther]

bruh you literally left the entire internet for months and this is the first place i see you in forever glad to see you still doing fine lol, a lil update here and there would be nice, but then again, no rush

[@daffyphack]

"Do they know every story from the Bible?" "Yes! They even know the widely known story upon which our entire religion is based!"

[@Trailbreaker3966]

🤪

[@mask938]

Even people who aren’t Christian know the Birth of Jesus story.

[@DamienDarkside]

@@mask938 Second only to Batman's origin

[@juiceoverflow]

@@mask938 even people who arent spiderman fans know the story of the radioactive spider bite

[@windjager2177]

​@@DamienDarksideidk shit about batman. Whats batmans origin story /genuine question

[@15oClock]

Fun fact: Pete Doctor, one of the key creative leads and directors at Pixar, is a Christian. When asked why he didn't include Christian messages in his films, he said it felt like lecturing the audience and he didn't wanna do that. Appreciate him!

[@fattiger6957]

The reason why religious entertainment is always terrible is because the 'message' always comes before the art. Aka, talking about god and whatever is always the the top priority with storytelling, art, animation, characters, etc taking a far distant second. That's also the reason why most any message-based entertainment products suck including ones about politics, the environment, safety, etc.

[@JinxSanity]

@@fattiger6957 "the environment" FLASHBACKS TO CAPTAIN PLANET & FERNGULLY THE LAST RAINFOREST

[@codiehaleyt]

Man just wanted to tell good stories, you have to respect that! Ironic when you look at a lot of the crap that's coming out of Hollywood these days. Maybe they should start following Pete Doctor's example.

[@connorlee3704]

Lecturing the audience about Christian messages: A no-no! Lecturing the audience about SJW messages: A must! This has been "Disney Logic" ladies and gentlemen, see you next Friday!

[@mattwolf7698]

I believe that but Disney/Pixar also wouldn't want to make a religious film because it would only have limited appeal outside of Evangelicals and countries like China would ban it and it might not also do as well in non-Christain countries.

[@sheller153]

To paraphrase Hank Hill; “You’re not making christianity better, you’re just making animation worse.”

[@immanuelivanovich8638]

I was racking my brain remembering this then i remembered it was about Christian Rock music and i got it

[@codyminecrack248]

I’ll tell ya whhhat.

[@whitewolffearly0013]

gaaAAh, I sell proPAIN and proPAIN accessories

[@denyhaguilar679]

"YOU'RE PART OF A TWELVE HEADED JACKASS!!!! YOU PEOPLE MAKE ME ENVY THE DEAF AND THE BLIND!!!!!!!!"

[@thishandleisalreadytaken449]

Ha got your comment to 666 likes

[@PossumReviews]

The three kids all have the same face and look like they were animated with AI, like how they did the lip syncing and facial animation on the NPCs in Oblivion and Fallout.

[@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme]

Cruella is the first movie to have a woman in it

[@Deform-2024]

Hi Possum

[@ajthetrex5969]

Why hello

[@allenmurallo3730]

@@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme Why are you referencing the title to one of his videos?

[@PolskiKrajowa]

Yeah that's annoying

[@JCTBomb]

It honestly disturbs me on a deep level imagining a quiet, strict homeschool home with a DVD player and no Wifi access in which the parents only allow their children to watch a small collection of these types of Christian films. It has nothing to do with the film itself, or the religiosity of it, it’s the isolated, rigid, closed off living the children have to endure with good attitudes or they will be punished that I can imagine and know is happening. Reminds me of my childhood. We only were allowed to watch Christian movies on Sunday. It was so cold… growing up… I spent all day cleaning or doing chores for an angry dad who would come home to criticize us, and when he got angry, he would scream at us and call us lazy and ungrateful and hit and kick things. He said he felt like we didn’t care about how hard he worked for us because all he asked was for a clean home and we couldn’t even do that for him. He said we were selfish and ungrateful, while he worked 14 hour days and we just got to sit around playing or “eating bon-bons” so he’d say. I remember some of my only outlets for fun was playing with legos or going outside. I was probably 6-10 around this time. I don’t remember being younger as much. All I remember is a feeling of dread, of emptiness, solitude, rigidity, darkness, anger, sorrow, etc… I never felt loved growing up… I only ever felt loved if I ever made my parents proud by doing everything perfectly, otherwise mistakes were corrected and any achievement was lost due to the overarching correcting and critical attitude my parents had. It is sad having to remember all this. It hurts, it hurts my heart in an aching, sore, way, like pressing a bruise. I don’t know how I could ever heal from the tragic upbringing I had that I know so many like me had. The darkness, the suffering, the inability to express any emotion besides fake joyful attitudes, it was a nightmare- a prison of darkness and slavery to “good” masters who “are spanking for your own good because we love you.” They we’re not loving me, they were controlling me, brainwashing me, correcting me and rebuking me for every wrong I did no matter why I did it. There were no excuses growing up, never a good enough excuse to justify disobeying… it was slavery… Spanks and losing my toys and privileges were expected for unrighteousness and bad behavior… I remember “direct disobedience” was the worst sin I could commit growing up… there were no reasons ever to justify “direct disobedience.” Severe punishment awaited the child who directly disobeyed, the harshest consequences were reserved for that kid… Our hearts, our hearts were non existent… our hearts were… “bound up with sin” according to our parents…. It is good to get it out. I have had this built up for a long time.

[@Ellodyne]

I’m so, so sorry you had to go through that as a child and I’m hoping you’re in a better, happier place now.

[@chanceellison756]

And they call themselves Christians...

[@greenapple9477]

@@Ellodyne Echoing this.

[@Tayerdraws]

I’m so sorry you had to go through all that. Hope you’re in a better place now.

[@ellamanuella8038]

I've never related to anything more in my entire life. ..... I'm so sorry and hope you are in a better place now

[@insanemindset2667]

“The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship.” - Martin Luther Such is a lesson that most Christian animators will never understand.

[@robertthepunchwizard5964]

You sir speak a truth that could topple the empire of Christian animation

[@mintyflores7378]

Well spoken, just because you put a Bible verse does not make it good and Christian.

[@manboy4720]

that quote could put the entire christian film genre into bankruptcy.

[@Mr_Yeah]

It doesn't matter if they understand that. Their target audience doesn't operate in a way that would allow that behavior.

[@theclockworkknight1273]

@@mintyflores7378 it’s not a bible verse, Martin Luther came about 1500 years later.

[@danielmezier1499]

As a christian, I'll feel bad for all the children who had to suffer though these crappy movies. Veggietales and Prince of Egypt are the peak of christian animation and no one can tell me otherwise.

[@knuckl6972]

Prince of Egypt was a genuinely good film, taken as a christian film or not.

[@gupoll]

Correct

[@toxicsugarart2103]

Big mood. 321 penguins is up there as well (made by the veggietales people, but the animation looks a little more jank since the characters aren’t simple ovals and circles lol)

[@raineyartwork]

Preaching facts here cuz I can't think of anything else but those two

[@lunayousay6577]

These were good because they didn't make christian stuff boring

[@tacomoustachio]

This isn’t “the bottom of the barrel” this is the ground underneath the barrel that will acts as a shallow grave for your sanity.

[@violetdagger2724]

No joke, I was thinking the same thing XD

[@tundraghost429]

XD it can get worse there’s always a worse film out there we just haven’t found it yet……luckily, but it’s only a matter of time

[@luckysours8397]

This company just spits at the barrel

[@ZeldaSam1]

Amen.

[@ZeldaSam1]

@@tundraghost429 If only we could just send ALL of Humanity to Hell!!!!!

[@ryancampbell955]

I'm a Christian and I hate the fact that we don't have something better to offer. As an aspiring animator growing up, I was always horrified by the lack of quality content that was being offered. We really need to do a better job.

[@That_Guy4381]

What about Prince of Egypt

[@ryancampbell955]

@@That_Guy4381 that's a great example of what we, as Christians, should be producing. The crazy thing is, is that it was produced by a secular studio and they still managed to create better content than Christians do. And sadly, movies like Prince of Egypt are far and few between. To have religious content with that high level of production value is extremely rare. I just think Christians should be doing better than we are.

[@payasita01]

veggie tales

[@metarcee2483]

Same, I'm going into script writing for this exact reason, in addition to my love of storytelling.

[@gamerstheater1187]

@@That_Guy4381 Prince of Egypt was a Dreamworks production made by an animator that was fired cause he wanted to make a movie about oppression, it's not really made by a Christian industry or Christian animators, it was made for the purpose of telling a story

[@attika3145]

I love how even the Christians are like “Yeah…we know Christian animation is shit.”

[@wilamoo]

Except for superbook for me :v

[@raguiviultragamer7500]

69 likes👌🏻

[@emojiguy4187]

how bout prince of egypt, why nobody talkin about that :(

[@wilamoo]

@@emojiguy4187 yea thats good

[@dacoolguyultimate2447]

@@emojiguy4187 I think Prince of Egypt is more Abrahamic(Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) than Christian only. All three Abrahamic religions portray the story of Exodus in their texts

[@alena984]

Prince of Egypt’s and Veggiestales’ backs must be hurting from caring Christian animation

[@edizgunes]

Prince of Egypt is my fav movie of all time

[@2735angel]

Ew aesthetic girl ewww

[@donovanlocust1106]

Like the Israelites did when building the pyramids?

[@icelily270]

I don't even consider the Prince of Egypt as a Christian animation, given it's story's explicit tie to the Jewish holiday of Passover. In my mind at least, Veggietales' back is broken from trying to carry Christian animation.

[@liviwaslost]

@@2735angel why do you even care?

[@tf2_engineer_real]

"I can make a better Christian film in a week" That actually sounds like a fun challenge lol

[@bluubandette8871]

Disney already did that ... THROUGH SYMBOLISM

[@greenliongirl07]

Let's do it.

[@Eldrisaur]

9:17 Even Saber’s avatar going BABABABABABABA is better than the animation in this “movie”.

[@DaironDariel]

Yep 👍

[@skellington8090]

I agree wholeheartedly! Way funnier, too.

[@thatprettymagicalfan4803]

Can someone make that into a remix?

[@thepylonperspective]

I get they tell Bible stories… But how is the stability of Bible Town’s economy?

[@enderkatze6129]

They pretend it doesn't exist and so should we!

[@Space_shuttle.]

Asking real questions here

[@casual_enjoyerof]

They pay by telling bible stories🙃

[@oldgreggsmadmemes4431]

It's probably a theologian state so they probably have many tax based religious factors that would come into play and no work on Sundays This is why communism is superior to it

[@ellakaness1947]

Probably pretty good considering the amount of tax collectors in biblical stories 😈😈

[@boobah5643]

I find it weird that _Prince of Egypt_ is referenced as 'Christian animation' when it's clear from the various 'making of' bits I've seen that it was, in fact, made as Jewish animation, albeit with Christian appeal.

[@DarkPsychoMessiah]

That is how lacking Christian animation is

[@CrazyDiceLady]

Same thing with Joseph's Coat of Many Colors, if memory serves me right.

[@ethribin4188]

Thing is, jewish stories are both christian and islamic stories too. Theres an old simplification we use where Im from. The Jews started monoteism. Then Christians found their prophet among them. Jesus. Then the Muslims found their prophet, who learned from them. Mohamed. The jews though, ... they are still waiting for their prophet to finalize their journey. You could technically even go so far to say that Christianity and Islam are a specialization of Jewdism. Like katholisism and protestantism are specializations of christianity. But that is not fully correct either at the same time. So anyway When it comes to the old testament, it is Jewish, Christian and Muslim at the same time.

[@Anotherchild_lol]

Still interesting

[@akra1332]

And plus... The best part is the scene where Moses makes a path in the middle of the ocean... I swear its 100% good than any Christian animation😍😍😍

[@pilferedpotatoes]

I was a "Christian content only" kid and, thankfully for me, this involved mostly VeggieTales, but some of my friends weren't so lucky. I remember some of them even dressing up as Bibleman lol. But I was definitely exposed to a lot of these cheap Christian bargain bin movies at school and at church. I knew they were horrible then, but only seeing them as an adult can I truly appreciate how horribly cheap and lazy they were.

[@rickfist1]

I loved bibleman but Ik that wasn’t a great series when it became a meme I understood why

[@rainbowwwkim]

I am so, so sorry you were stuck with these 😬

[@MissingnoUploader]

I've luckily never heard of stuff like "bibleman" (tbh the idea of a "bible super hero" doesn't even make sense to me), but I do remember watching an old cartoon that I'm sure had fairly ok animation. I did happen to see a terrible version on tv once however, with dad nearby. It was very poorly drawn and I complained about its quality out loud, and dad's response indicated he didn't mind (in fact he didn't seem to care for quality at all, as I also remember him trying to get me to watch an animated movie that I left just 5 minutes in because it was terrible, said movie being one about some apes that I think was reviewed on this channel some time after). If it were up to me I'd want to produce something good or at the very least palpable if it absolutely has to be cheap.

[@Sarioya]

I think the worst I got as a kid (like, really young) was Psalty, Colby, and The Donut Man. I feel like I got off fairly easy.

[@jasonblalock4429]

I think part of the problem is that so many Christian groups\sects are so easily triggered by *anything* they see as deviating from their own particular interpretation of the Bible. Someone making Christian media has to play things as safe as safe can be, or else their own market would turn on them. So you get "movies" that are just collections of unedited Bible stories so no one can complain. For example: the genuinely great 90s/00s Christian gothic metal act Saviour Machine (Eric Clayton) probably had more secular fans than religious, because his particularly dark viewpoint led most Christian outlets to brand him as "satanic."

[@MaskedCate]

The way he said Jesus at 7:36 just got me laughing hysterically at 2am

[@Tylerjamessmart]

Jeesas

[@LordFawful-se9fk]

Jesass

[@EllieDifferentHandle]

JeSus

[@shinyninja8107]

I can’t believe this actually exists. I’m a Christian, and I’m glad that I grew up with Veggietales as my only source of Christian Animation. It hurts how little effort they put into most of this stuff

[@bonecag3]

Same, Veggietales is literally one of the only good Christian animations lmao

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

I agree, although to be pedantic, technically Veggitales is more of 'Old Testament Animation' since the creators flat out refused to animate Jesus as a vegetable. (Though clearly he should have been made as a block of swiss cheese.)

[@GMovieSeeker]

I believe this is all a part of the evangelical ideology's attempt to make a Christian version of everything, basically put a "Jesus approves" stamp on everything. The result is that quality get lost in the process. I don't even believe "Prince of Egypt" can be considered Christian animation. It's simply an animated film based on a Biblical story and as such can be liked by Christians, Jews and everybody else. It doesn't try to push religious agenda down your throat like these Christian (essentially evangelical) shows and films do.

[@sephikong8323]

@@GMovieSeeker Thank you for pointing out that it's the Evangelical doing that not Christians in general, you basically never see Catholics, Orthodox or Lutheran doing this so I don't think it should be attributed to Christians in general just to the Evangelical (whom, according to pretty much every Christians I ever interacted with from other denominations, are considered to be really embarrassing and they don't want to be associated with them)

[@yannickgrignon2473]

Right? It's honestly insulting to Christians how much these suck.

[@wstine79]

Bad Christian animation is probably Saberspark's 2nd favorite genre after Unintentional Furry Animation.

[@CountofBleck]

Sure...unintentional...

[@Tareltonlives]

I'm just waiting for the inevitable crossover. I recall there was one show that actually did this but I can't remember the title.

[@socksinsoda9517]

@@Tareltonlives Was it the one with the "No, NOOOO" meme?

[@Logan-zp8bi]

Ironic thing is most animation directed at furries is actually high quality stuff such as Zootopia and Beaststars. Really makes you think right?

[@Tareltonlives]

@@socksinsoda9517 I can't believe I forgot that one. Joshua and the Promised Land! And there's also Arca de Noe: wow, the Furry-Biblical stuff has been on this channel for a while!

[@banzaiperson]

I want a Puritan version of Harry Potter. Hagrid says Harry’s a witch, and he gets put on trial with a Catholic Ron (who is also on trial for being Irish, because Puritans), and a Quaker Hermione.

[@kaitlynnlong8891]

Hogwarts school of Prayer and Miracles

[@OctyabrAprelya]

Voldemort would be a pope?

[@snowgrave2475]

@@kaitlynnlong8891 oh god not that horror

[@keenanmeril8825]

*Irish Ron (who is also on trial for being Catholic

[@froggygirl5707]

oh you should go check out the video on that chick who rewrote harry potter but Hogwarts is basically a christain boarding school. Draco says something really sexist about Luna, Harry defends her. saying something just as sexist, and she gets super relieved. It's a rollercoaster

[@Vladimirpuddingforruler]

I bet reading the Bible is more fun than actually watching the movie

[@KoryGilesYT]

It is.

[@user-vc7jm9ud7h]

Indeed

[@TerryTurner]

The Prince of Egypt is by far the best biblical animation ever made, IMO. I would like to see a review of that one day.

[@edizgunes]

It is my fav movie of all time

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Even as a non-Christian, I love that movie. Still like to sometimes listen to the Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston's version of "When You Believe." Huh...just remembering their duet has just given me chills, lol! The version in the movie was very sweet but Mariah and Whitney were powerhouses back then and that song is the perfect culmination of that.

[@PestilentAllosaurus]

@MalumAtheist66 I think it's a bot or just a spamming troll. Ignore it. Not worth your energy. Have a good day fellow Saberspark watcher!

[@StarPlatinum7912]

True tho

[@N3rv3d4m4g3]

What do you say about a masterpiece though? It's easier/funnier to review the bad stuff

[@wyckedinspurs2592]

This film seems to hit me the EXACT way all of church did. You’re dredging up some repressed memories, my friend. Straight up, I was banned from watching anything…fantastical. No Ben 10, aliens aren’t real. No Avatar, magic is evil. So when people ask why I’m into all of this “kids stuff” as an adult…I’m playing catch up and actually having fun. Leave me alone.

[@Demicleas]

Dang sounds like you lived in a strict household. But seriously other christians still believe magic is evil?

[@jas9574]

@@Demicleas I have a catholic cousin who refuses to let their kid watch things in the vein of harry potter because of the thought that "magic/witchcraft is evil" and that it'll tempt them to get involved with satanic practices or something. These kind of people who are overprotective and offended by everything not strictly christian are convinced of this even though millions of people watched harry potter and very few felt more compelled to join some wiccan covenant or anything like that because of it. Their problem is is they can't seperate fantasy from reality or view things in context. The movie says magic and witchcraft, so it's automatically about some kind of satan worshipping content in their mind.

[@JonaD757]

Sorry bro, I'm pretty grateful that my parents were pretty reasonable when it came to what we could watch. Were they the level where even LOTR was evil? Did magic is evil include Disney movies?

[@sarahhelton8088]

God yes my family was exactly the same way. Star wars, pokemon - it's the devil, not allowed (but only banned it after we had our collections and took everything away)! My grandmother collected unicorn statues and my mom MADE HER either throw them away or break off the horns or else we weren't allowed to visit her house. This wasn't even jehovah's witness, this was just crazy spreading around the town I lived in when I was growing up. Hell I never got to read the harry potter books or see the movies until recently. And I'm close to 30 man.

[@therealjaystone2344]

@@sarahhelton8088 Those Christians making JWs like a decent group, despite they’re technically part of the Christianity family but not wanting to be part of it.

[@dwftmyearth6166]

As someone who was raised Catholic my parents didn’t really like most of the Christian shows and movies. The only Christian shows or movies my siblings and I watched were veggietales, prince of Egypt and Paws and Tales. So I had no idea Christian animation could get so bad lol

[@boobah5643]

Part of that is likely theological; there's quite a bit of space between Catholic and the evangelicals this sort of thing is more often aimed at, to the point that some evangelicals believe that Catholics aren't really Christian, what with their idolatry and saint worship.

[@tbonbrad]

You and me both.

[@somethingirgendwas6924]

I'm from Germany and we once had a really good Christian cartoon series called "Chi-Roh the Secret". It was so good but it unfortunately disappeared from the parquet of the television landscape.

[@tbonbrad]

@@somethingirgendwas6924 But is it on youtube?

[@somethingirgendwas6924]

@@tbonbrad really?

[@melancholicbookaholic5030]

My mom is like this, she's pentacostal, and she tried to make us only watch Pureflix, (cheap, stupid, netflix for christians) and she quickly gave up. I'd only watch their movie's to laugh at them.

[@sarahgoesvroom]

same🤣 just that pureflix is called yesflix where i grew up

[@startygernebulla2088]

I dunno, I thought Courageous was pretty good 😊

[@omnomnomify]

"They know all of them. That's why it's so cool!" "Even the story about the birth of Jesus?" Interesting she would choose the most well-known story in the Bible as the bar for Biblical know-how

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

Shoulda asked for "The last story in the Bible"

[@Felladin]

"Even the story about Lot and his daughters?"

[@ctrl_g]

Bruh, like what about the talking donkey that literally scolds a dude about the angel that was about to decapitate the dude riding the donkey? What about the Judges? Like if you wanted amazing comic book material, the Book of Judges is just amazing. What about the time Solomon literally threated to cut a baby in half in order to figure out who the mother was to this child? What about Cain and Abel? Jacob and Esau? Herod just putting John the Baptist's head on a silver charger for his daughter, which really ended up being for her mother? Yeah, WowNow just didn't try at all. Just watch Veggietales, while I'm gonna be a pirate and....not do anything.

[@samuelvieira9748]

Man, if only christian animation was as good as veggietales every time.

[@henryhere]

ye veggietales is super great but EVERYTHING ELSE SUCKS

[@Dronkey64]

Even VeggieTales reboot is Great and enjoyable. Bob and Larry remind me of McQueen and Mater. And still relates to actual Bible things.

[@donkeydeck5263]

Honestly I wish most animation in general was as good as veggie tales.

[@nibblitman]

I mean the issue is why would it be? If they can make this and get sales why would you put in the time and work it would take to make quality.

[@henryhere]

@@Dronkey64 maybe the reboot is still good, but in my mind nothing truly compares to the original.

[@MixMasterLar]

"God deserves better and you know it" I forgot which KZbinr said it, but I always think back to the quote "I refuse to believe that the way to worship an infinite God that created everything we perceive is with stale, repetitive art" (paraphrasing hard here)

[@Foreign0817]

Josh Keefe.

[@datfreakinorbitert8632]

@Lt. JoeAnimatez perfectly describes the situation

[@datfreakinorbitert8632]

@Lt. JoeAnimatez Exactly. Making something mindless and lazy isn’t anyway to please/show God respect

[@RobKaiser_SQuest]

I know Adam Neely said something similar of CCM

[@OrionDawn15]

Do you think... god stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created?

[@c0rnichon]

8:42 "Do they really know all the stories?" I wanna hear the one about how Lot slept with his daughters because he was drunk.

[@MeganKoumori]

"Christians will buy anything." Yeah, pretty much. As long as you slap a Dove Foundation sticker on it.

[@rodster811]

I hate to admit how true that is.

[@ddjsoyenby]

some will.

[@silasruedin9566]

My and family and have never watched any of these poor quality animations, and we are Christian. I promise that my own parents would be appalled at the low bar Christian-focused media has settled with. I swear, Dove Foundation MUST be secretly run by the Devil's advocates in order to keep our Faith as niche as possible!

[@nitrocharge2404]

The best Christian animation is Hellsing Ultimate. Bible Town, on the other hand, is a punishment from Hell itself

[@vivalaglavii6736]

I still need to watch that

[@Fitzy_Fitz]

It seems like torture devised by abridged Alucard

[@Wren_Ren]

And The Prince of Egypt

[@MasticinaAkicta]

Ah yes, now that truly is a cleansing series

[@kindaslyguy4092]

Father Anderson would agree 😏

[@ACharmingSock]

As a big fan of animation and an aspiring animator, I die a little inside every time I see the 3D animation....

[@ZUnknownFox]

same

[@IM2awsme]

Angel Wars

[@Pencilknight360]

Same

[@Dinofaniguess]

Same

[@Subterranean_sebastian]

Dude it looks like a fucking plotogon

[@garrettviewegh677]

I loved how Saberspark used Ned Flanders in relation to christen cartoons. Flanders is no doubt one of the greatest, joke’s in the show, and a great character too. I was shocked to hear there’s even a metal band n based on him.

[@genotivashantirishelp.3470]

I swear Veggietales, Prince of Egypt and Joseph: king of dreams is the only Christian animations I have ever enjoyed and praised

[@tenchiofJurai67]

Then you have only just scratched the surface of the barrel. Go back to before those shows and watch Adventures in Odyssey or Greatest Adventures Stories from the Bible. They were animated professionally and had decent VA's. James Earl Jones even voiced Pharaoh in one episode of Greatest Adventures! Check em out

[@savorlesscontent4685]

Watch Superbook that show is good too.

[@Ari-qg7cy]

Superbook is a good one

[@JulianR2JG]

@@tenchiofJurai67 That pfp gives me ptsd

[@NeptuneRising70]

The Flying House, Superbook, and Davey and Goliath if you’re a 70s/80s kid

[@isaaclefevre7226]

Me and a friend of mine were talking about how Christian filmmakers need to make better movies. Both in live action and in animation. Think about it, when did we last get a movie that was as high quality and Biblicaly accurate as Prince of Egypt?

[@Spopyboo]

True

[@scharb]

Prince of Egypt was a Jewish film, not a Christian one. That might have something to do with it.

[@isaaclefevre7226]

@@scharb Yeah, it is a Jewish story, but even though it does tell the story of the Jews being delivered out of Egypt, its a Bible film too. Since the entire story was recorded in the Bible. So I guess it's a Jewish and a Christian movie.

[@D00dman]

Prince of Egypt leaves out quite a few details tho

[@isaaclefevre7226]

@@D00dman Yeah, it's not a perfect representation of the story as told in the Bible. But it does tell the story pretty well, and also succeeds at being a good film to watch.

[@cheesecurds5252]

Literally any movie: "bible" Dove: *I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK*

[@mareeeedensos6348]

Chocolate? Soap? *Both?*

[@JoThNoMi]

i think superbook is an exception. (or not common.)

[@NighttellerLegends]

As a Christian, I’m lucky I experienced none of this 😂

[@RogueT-Rex8468]

Same 😮‍💨

[@DelphineDofain]

"Bible!' *Dove org shudders* Dove org: "say it again!" "Bible! Bible! Bible!" *Dove org shudders more and laughs* *Be Prepared song cues in*

[@brandoncote6637]

Lol I knew where you were going with that before I even finished reading, heck I heard it I their voices lmao

[@brandoncote6637]

Love it XD

[@remixchild]

Less than five percent of dove approved movies are good

[@EpicJosh84]

As a Christian myself, I can't help but cringe seeing this sort of stuff. It's really true; Christian animation is not a very well-developed genre in the slightest. Like, if it turned out that the people in charge of writing this stuff were actually trying to undermine the religion by making this the main public portrayal of Christians, it'd make a stupid amount of sense. Makes me wish I was more of a screenwriter/animator. I mean, I don't want to say that some 16 year old could write and animate a basic plot better than the boards of dinguses making this dreck, but like, some 16 year old could totally write and animate a basic plot better than the boards of dinguses making this dreck.

[@r3negadex]

I don't think age would matter in making something better than this dreck. I'm pretty sure you could let a baby play with a keyboard and come up with better content than this crap.

[@EpicJosh84]

@@r3negadex It's always baffling when it feels like someone exerted negative thought into writing something that's supposed to be at least somewhat important to them

[@guydude439]

I agree. Christians aren't stupid like these animators think we are. It feels like they are trying to market some cheap trash to appeal to our "ideals".

[@EpicJosh84]

@@guydude439 Unfortunately, ideals will get the sales with those "No Minecraft because it's evil" type mothers who put a leash around the content they expose their kids to. I'm all for keeping kids safe from violence until they're ready, and I'm all for parental discretion, but sometimes it just isn't healthy.

[@pabloca3]

Kids are always prepared for violence. Not to suffer it, but to know it exists before its too late

[@matthewryan1998]

We were banned from watching veggie tales in my Sunday school because the teachers believed it was sacrilegious and “jesus would never create talking food but the devil might” it was a weird church for sure

[@5roundsrapid263]

Wow, that’s hardcore. I grew up in a Baptist church, and VeggieTales was everywhere!

[@XwX1001]

Some people are just plain paranoid. Religious or not.

[@parlinmains]

Then what would he create?

[@enderplaysvidjagames8542]

@@parlinmains Finding Jesus...so that He wouldn't have to deal with it.

[@matthewryan1998]

@@parlinmains the book and the pastors to preach his word

[@BlueCatarex]

As someone who grew up in a Christian household, the question of "why tf do 99% of our religious animations suck" has always plagued me...

[@Whispervr]

I cant wait until they talk about the Bible 2 in the next movie

[@MBLobster]

Here before 20 likes

[@beegyosh8262]

Bible 2: The Christianening

[@Kickiusz]

Oh, the Qur'an?

[@mr.mofumofu7951]

@@Kickiusz the third in the trilogy

[@LooneyNuke]

Whisper knows about VeggieTales confirmed

[@willsith9762]

Honestly he makes a good point at the end, isn't it kind of insulting to put absolutely zero effort into your offering to your Lord? I just pray I fare better...

[@thetopcrusader]

I assume it’s like the Wisdom Tree Nintendo games that seem to just have a Christian coat of paint and is marketed to Christians but doesn’t actually have Christians behind it.

[@Window4503]

Not just kind of, it is. Technically it isn’t really an offering per se, more like using one’s gifts to build people up and share God’s message, but yeah it doesn’t make sense to assume that just talking about Jesus is enough for art to be good. When God gave plans for the temple, he had the best craftsmen and metalworkers who were skilled in their work. So he clearly doesn’t settle for amateur work if it’s going to be used to represent him.

[@Adam-sr6gj]

The fact your character’s style and the way hes animated and stuff match your voice and tone as well as the style being hella clean makes your video just as interesting as your audio. Keep up the good work Saber!

[@thegreenrenegade7759]

The audio is better than the actual movie.

[@jaggerknife]

He should get a vtuber model

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

I admittedly remember not liking his current avatar when it was rolled out but as time went by, I got used to it and now, I wouldn't want him to go back. Whomever drew it did a great job and the range of expressions really do fit his voice.

[@plaidhatter1674]

He put more effort into those than these people did into their movies.

[@Who_asked873]

"Shouldn't you be in dream's music video?" 10/10, peak humor

[@garrtoons4303]

"Jesus won't like this..." *Ironic but understandable.*

[@BOOBERRY105]

@about you and @joshroehi stfu about your links

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

@@joshroehl6098 go the absolute sodding Hell away.

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

@about you shut it.

[@joonieforpresident8268]

along with veggietales and Prince of Egypt, I think Dreamworks’ Joseph: King of Dreams is also a good Christian film (although I feel like it isn’t really as memorable as Prince of Egypt). Also, the reason why Prince of Egypt is a great film despite being a biblical story is because it takes into account so many things other than just being a retelling of the Book of Exodus. The soundtrack, for example, was incredible. The character development of not only Moses, but Ramses as well. Their relationship is so complex but it worked so well. You almost forget it’s a biblical story

[@koikat6638]

@Jamal Ramadan The majority of the bible is largely Jewish based historically, yes. The majority of the books in the bible can be traced back to Hebrew and Greek origin.

[@mr.goblin6039]

The Prince of Egypt also made a story about conflict between brothers, which wasn’t a thing in the Bible. They made the pharaoh Rameses, and then had him and Moses had a brotherly bond that would eventually be fuel for conflict in the story. It’s genius and one of the most influential changes to this story. Later adaptations of the story and characters in other media across the world include the brothers aspect that was not originally from the Bible. Like, that’s how insanely good and influential the Prince of Egypt is.

[@NeilHaskins]

Thank you, this needed to be said. When we produce "Christian" content, we literally are representing God. It should be absolute top quality. And yet we see "Christian" is used as a replacement for quality instead, and I think that extends beyond just kids shows, although perhaps they're the most egregious, since the purchasers don't need to suffer through it themselves. A few hundred years ago, we had lots of Christian art, music, and architecture, which was among the best in the world. I wonder where we went wrong.

[@magimeg77]

I totally agree. We are to work as if we are working for the Lord.

[@user-zm7zl9lc6j]

I remember watching Gods Not Dead in 2014 and my family just walked out, it was pandering, it protrayed atheists as evil people, it used racial stereotypes.

[@summerproductions7699]

I tell you where we went wrong. Bibleman.

[@kiwigaming09]

I mean some of the big Christian churches in Europe are very cool

[@DianaDoesDozens]

I hope to make high quality videos for my Christian channel one day

[@DarkBlueBaker]

I was a smidge older than the target audience for Veggie Tales but I loved it. When I was in Christian kindergarten we watch Hanna Barbera Bible stories and they were fun. This is CGI hell

[@SonicHaXD]

8:19 come on Saber, no need to end someone's whole career like that XD

[@esorkgonzalez2262]

Idk with the nightmare inducing characters I think Saber here did the right thing.

[@fenrir-art4742]

He should watch White Snake 2. It came out online. That movie is better than this stupid sellout that makes dogs look better.

[@arandommothwhithinternetac9851]

I'm not dabbing I'm looking at the floor for cheese

[@arandommothwhithinternetac9851]

I'm Wallace and I can't seem to find gromit

[@JeremyBX]

He be Dash from the Incredibles

[@Armund_Wolffe]

"Bob the Tomato have mercy on your eternal soul." lmao thank you Saber

[@nkapteyn5560]

Yeah…as a Christian, and someone who deeply loves and appreciates the art of storytelling, I can tell you this kind of attitude isn’t just limited to animation - it’s in every type of media. If you don’t mind me getting on my soapbox for a moment, I’ll say this: I personally feel like a lot of it is that Christian creators frequently prioritize the moral/biblical messaging over the actual story, which makes it into a pandering, beat-you-over-the-head mess. The best ones are the ones that treat the theme as a theme rather than the plot (like Prince of Egypt, King of Dreams, Veggie Tales, and Adventures in Odyssey) which is why they’re so good. They can actually be enjoyed by a wider audience, and they give a crap about the story itself. There also seems to be an attitude of “It’s for God, therefore He’ll make it successful if He wants it to be, so I don’t need to do anything but rely on Him and He’ll make it all work out. And if not, well, it’ll sell anyway to some Sunday school or someone who wants to support a Christian creator.” Which…you know…if you’re making something to honour God with, shouldn’t you do your research and put in your best possible effort? Anyway. I could rant on it for hours. Looking forward to the Christian animation video essay! Should be neat!

[@nicolewatterson3351]

Spot on! Having a message behind what we’re sharing should urge us to make it AT LEAST as good as everyone else’s media. God calls us to give our best, and setting for sub-par isn’t going to help anyone

[@smimikens4174]

I know right... that kind of attitude makes me saaaad

[@420catboi]

I thought Jesus Christ Superstar was a pretty good film. Its not animation, but I thought it was pretty good. Entertaining and basically tells about the last 3 days before Jesus' death in song form.

[@SynGirl32]

Personally, I think most of these "Christian" content creators aren't actually christian, and are just secular scammers making a quick buck with something awful because they know it will sell to their audience no matter the quality. Taking advantage of faith like that is, quite obviously, not acceptable.

[@GracefullyAutistic]

Oh my gosh yes! Well said, couldn't have said it better myself!!! 👏👏👏

[@freeNode5]

I hope I never forget flipping through the channels and finding two puppets in a hole, one with shaving cream around his mouth and explaining to the other that he was foaming at the mouth because he was crazy. The first puppet thought it was toothpaste. Priceless.

[@strawhatandrew8341]

Jesus: **watches Bible Town** Jesus: "THAT WAS JUST A BUNCH OF CHEAP WALK CYCLES!"

[@michaelm8852]

Walk cycles are hard. It's easier to animate a floating balloon.

[@talapines7543]

@@justanormalguy1840 You missed the chance to say begone thot and im disappointed random stranger

[@justanormalguy1840]

@@talapines7543 could just edit it

[@justanormalguy1840]

Frick my comment got deleted

[@catriamflockentanz]

The saddest thing about this whole debacle is: If they just took "The Prince of Egypt" they would get both a good movie and a christian tale. Sure, it takes some liberties but it's the story of Moses freeing the people from Israel from Egyptian Slavery. You probably heard of it before. It's in the Bible, it hardly gets more Christian. Granted it's Old Testament, so via Young Testament it might get more Christian, but still.

[@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234]

Tf is the young testament

[@Konpekikaminari]

It's hard for me to see "The Prince of Egypt" as Christian considering that story is at the heart of one of the most Iconic Jewish holidays

[@rolosilver3256]

Did you know that it wasn't called Israel back then? It was called Gaza (or Ghaza idk)

[@catriamflockentanz]

@@rolosilver3256 Yes, but they were already called "People of Israel" - like in a Clan.

[@nugget3975]

@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 the sequel to the old testament.

[@zaleshomeowner3493]

One movie that nobody ever talks about is Joseph: King of Dreams. It was made by Dreamworks (who made Prince of Egypt). I grew up with both it and Prince of Egypt, and I can say that while it’s not as good as Prince of Egypt, it still holds up pretty well as a Christian animated movie. Also, Mark Hamill is in it. Didn’t know that until about 30 seconds ago.

[@hopejohnson6347]

was that the animated version of Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat? I think I can remember something like that existing in the back of my mind

[@freakshowcreep2455]

im not religious at all but joseph: king of dreams was such an incredible movie and i havent heard it be mentioned in quite a while :) good to hear of it again

[@aynDRAWS]

Same!!! I am not christian, but I will regularly go back to watch Prince of Egypt and King of Dreams just cause they're so good!!

[@karnagekarnival5127]

That movie is such a chore to sit through and the main character is a twat tbh 🤣 I think they deviated more from the source with that one, and failed to add anything that made those characters good. The first song in that film is a Mary Sue anthem. It being bad is why I'm sure most people don't know about it, but it would totally make a fun review

[@etps4444]

Thank you!! Joseph: King of Dreams is amazing!! I love it just as much as Prince of Egypt. :)

[@misstra_knowitall]

I remember my parents will always put on this show called "Bible Man" and as a kid i always thought it was a good show,now that im older i try my best to avoid the creature of "Bible Man"

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

Remember that episode of South Park where Cartman starts a Christian rock band because he thinks you can sell any crappy content to Christians so long as it's Cristian? This movie gives me those same vibes.

[@DirgeTV]

That episode basically nails what the Christian Animation industry is all about: Quality doesn't matter, it'll always sell because its "Christian". Its basically the longest running case of profiting off pandering with the least amount of effort possible.

[@bobbodaskank]

"They know ALL the stories from the Bible? There's a lot of them you know!" "They sure do!" "Even the birth of Jesus?" Uh, yeah, EVEN the birth of Jesus, Tammy. Even the obscure stories like that that no one is likely to have heard before. Believe it or not, the people in Bibletown have even heard of the birth of Jesus.

[@TinNguyen-rl2xr]

Genesis 5 is litteral just a bunch a people who lived and died leading up to noah

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

Even me knows how Jesus was born

[@heszedjim9699]

I went to school with Jesus and I don't know his story of birth. Did some kickass fingerboard tricks though

[@thelegalmexican9860]

A lost of stories from the bible were lost across time, I wonder how they know ALL of them

[@serenatsukino5252]

That one "rararara" part was undeniably better animated than the whole movie. The animators need to take notes especially with the syncing.

[@AnimationFanboy2k4]

This is just a beginning for his animation. It's like a character development but it's in animated progress.

[@catnonymouse]

@@AnimationFanboy2k4 LOL

[@lynxfirenze4994]

Forget 24 hours, 24 minutes of this nightmare hellscape would have me confessing to things that carried prison time. I swear I know *nothing* about 3d animation and I could probably have done better. Or at least knew not to release it.

[@MoonPhantom]

It's honestly kind of a shame that no one can make better Christian animation because... You know here's the thing. The stories within the bible.... Are good. They are actually interesting, often times quite dark, stories of mythology. So all you really need to do is to make a slightly modernized more streamlined version of any of these old testament stories and you would be pretty good. It's actually not that hard just... pick one.

[@savorlesscontent4685]

You should watch Superbook. It's the only Christian animated show I watched but it was good. Well....at least from my memory of it.

[@manospondylus4896]

Definitely. It says a lot when an openly atheist director like Ridley Scott wants to make a movie about Exodus

[@MoonPhantom]

@@savorlesscontent4685 I do have faint memories of an animated anthology show from my childhood. Where each episode had a new animation style and it told stories from different religions with each episode. And some of those stories were in fact bible stories. And they were good. I remember the tale of Lot and his family as they had to flee a city god had condemned. And they were told that no matter what they could NOT look back while fleeing, because if they did that they would tone to stone/Pilars of salt. But sadly Lot's wife ended up looking back and thus turned to stone. I remember that being made in stop motion for that show. And it was very dark and VERY scary the scene where she turned to stone. It's funny cause I was just a little kid and it was on cable. But that really stuck to me!

[@AntediluvianRomance]

@@manospondylus4896 Does he want to put aliens in it?

[@manospondylus4896]

@@AntediluvianRomance He already made the movie, my dude. It‘s called Exodus: Gods and Kings

[@vakapont]

"I could've made a better movie in a week!" I WANNA SEE THIS CMON MAN SABERSPARK WE WANNA SEE THIS

[@GordonSnowMachine]

Sounds interesting

[@TrainerTeddy]

The Hanna Barbera "The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible" weren't that bad. I remember watching that a lot as a kid.

[@zarahnicolea.cabiluna5088]

I agree..

[@noahjc]

I remember those. 👍

[@hannahisapalindrome44]

It was no worse than any other Hanna Barbera show lol

[@loganharvill5394]

I like how on the cover of the movie they used the EXACT SAME face and expressions on both boys. They’re identical, they just palate swapped the characters and changed one of their hairstyles

[@Pingurocky7]

Even as a Christian (and a content creator who’s tried animation and voice acting and has grown up in the non Christian entertainment industry) I hate Christian animation (veggie tales excluded) with a burning passion. A *burning* passion.

[@bluubandette8871]

These films look like a cult than a Guide

[@Pingurocky7]

@@bluubandette8871 it pretty much is lol

[@KamenRiderGumo]

Same here. If it had been entirely up to movies like this to teach me about the faith when I was growing up, I would have lost faith. Thankfully I had other outlets to learn from that were of higher quality.

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

SaberSpark: the greatest Christian KZbin Reviewer EVER!

[@kubamcmillan3078]

@about you stop spam

[@kubamcmillan3078]

@@joshroehl6098 stop spam

[@dylanmahaffey8920]

Saberspark: also a furry.

[@agvulpine]

Can someone ask Saber to review "Beyond Beyond" (2014)? It's a Swedish/English offering. Not really crappy, not really great, but interesting, kinda good.

[@jakobschmidt731]

Saberspark: "This is worse than finding Jesus." Me, a Christian: "Jesus can't be _that_ bad, right?"

[@isaaclefevre7226]

Lol. It's very interesting to watch this video as a Christian. (Yes I'm one too).

[@yeetusdeletus1330]

Welcome to the club of people who are actually Christians that are watching this video

[@KiwiPaws76]

Ooooo you are going to commit a few sins because ...that Shit wack!

[@guydude439]

Being a Christian, I can indeed confirm that God doesn't forgive the people who made Bible Town

[@guydude439]

@@lastswordfighter true

[@chernoraven]

THE GENUINE AND PURE RAGE AT 7:10 IS THE FUNNIEST SHIT EVER

[@momoshikadora]

I remember we used to watch an anime series about the Bible stories, literally the Bible told through anime, and the "mascot" of this company (I can't remember the name) is a tiny clumsy fox who follows the characters around and just watches events unfold. It was also a comical relief at times, but I remember those cartoons fondly 'cause it was an easy way for kids to learn without being force fed or brainwashed. Cartoons done right.

[@Silvia_Arienti]

It's this one: kzbin.info/aero/PLBXIZPYWATLbq6xAzMpFRKOa39y8dKule It was actually commissioned by the Vatican, which makes it (I think) one of the only Catholic animated series

[@momoshikadora]

@@Silvia_Arienti yes exactly that one!

[@king_david__]

Ah yes, you mean “In the Beginning”. I’ve just recently watched the David one and I’ve got to say, it’s pretty cool, and I love the fox lol. Fun fact, the guy who designed the characters is the same dude who designed the characters for Dragon Ball Z

[@momoshikadora]

@@king_david__ ah that makes sense. That's why it looks familiar

[@DudleyKetsukane]

Are you talking about Neon genises Evangelion

[@taxdemon1624]

Here’s a possible “good” Christian animation. Despite the fact that the Philippines; a very religious and conservative country, you’d expect a lot of Catholic orientated content, and indeed there is but as far as I’m aware they’re is not an abundance of it. The shows also air only on weekends, and don’t stay on air for that long; they would inevitably end within the year, or very rarely a year or so (depending on the ratings). But there is an animated show, that as far as I’m aware, is still on air -about two friends or siblings and a robot that through a “super book” would adventure through Bible verses. It’s decently animated and uses the Bible verses in a meaningful way by adapting them to day-to-day troubles that one may experience, and not just throwing them at you.

[@Tetra_Seiya]

I remember watching Super Book a lot, such a nostalgic show

[@jans.g6033]

Oh yeah I remember watching Super Book every Sunday

[@lavended_jeremy6941]

They even made a made a tagalog version of the song for the dub

[@justcallmeRei02]

Yes, super book... I used loved that show when I was young and religious.

[@101jir]

There's a small handful. Adventures from the Book of Virtues was excellent. Funny thing is, without an episode literally titled "Faith" and Bible stories being slightly more common than lore from various other cultures, it would be hard to argue that it is specifically Christian (you'd probably have to go off of something the producers said or something). The emphasis is on virtue and character building in a general sense, and faith taking its place as one part of the larger whole, rather than being the overwhelming focus.

[@cujoedaman]

I've come to find that any Christian that is so deep into Christianity and actually buys these movies intentionally keeps themselves blind to everything around them, so they can't see when they're being taken advantage of by companies that know these same people will blindly (yes, that was intentional) buy anything that mentions the Bible in it, regardless of quality and content. It's like Bibleman, a lot of people will defend it to the death, but they are blind to the underlying theme of the show: When prayer doesn't work, weapons, violence, magic, and technology can. It's literally the complete OPPOSITE of what the Bible teaches. I watched some of it because I was curious and I was amazed at just how violent it was for a Christian themed kid's show. I'm no stranger to violent movies, but violence has its place and Bibleman is not it.

[@Hauntaku]

The bible is inherently violent though. Brother goes splat with big rock.

[@lifevest1]

I dated a girl with a hyper religious family. Your assessment is 100% accurate.

[@cujoedaman]

@Ignat Radu The sad thing is, I hate to make it seem like I lump in "all" Christians when I say something like that, because there are some good people that know what to look for, but there are others that just sit around and say "God will protect me" and when it doesn't happen, they don't understand why, but then just say "He'll protect me the next time". I've watched one of my friends and his family do that very thing. I love 'em like family, but they rely on God to do EVERYTHING.

[@Window4503]

It all comes down to bad theology and bad applications of biblical principles, especially around art making and enjoyment. The results are usually either not that Christian after all but well executed or badly executed while mostly biblically accurate. What we really need is a Reformation of the arts.

[@inkystars19]

@@Hauntaku A king threatening to cut a baby in half after two women couldn't figure out who the real mother was

[@gummywasp7174]

lol I'm a Catholic, and I haven't heard of any these ever in my life xD (Veggietales I have, so don't worry about that lmao) I grew up with a chill Catholic home. The CCC movies, we watched

[@dragongirl89115]

So while I was not raised in a Christian setting, I have a close friend who was and her experiences might help to explain why Christian animated films (and less face it, most media content) is of such low quality. The explanation is shockingly simple. It's because the makers of the content know their religious audience will buy it. My friend often experienced a major bias in her family and religious circle towards businesses. Many deep red religious groups will go out of their way to ONLY support Christian businesses, even if that work is shoddy. It's not just film. It's mechanics, carpenters, restaurants, anything. In the area where she was from, it didn't matter if what you were getting was actually good, only that it came from the "right" people.

[@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234]

"Deep red" 🤣 Dumb Aethist thinking Christians are automatically "Republican" 😂 Yes, Jesus definitely said "Support Trump always"

[@Hammerback0]

@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 it's fed to these ppl by the media. "Far Right, white supremacists" and Christian. If anyone disagrees they are a racist bigot.

[@Serpillard]

@@Hammerback0 Wow, that's a big victim complex you've got there. Maybe just chill and accept some fair criticism?

[@GABE_is_here]

it's the same with Christian pop music I guess. Even though they're meant to be accessible (repetitive and easy to digest lyrics), they're just incredibly shallow and cringey.

[@Z5Z5Z5]

I was raised catholic. My dad is very religious but he doesn't limit where he shops based on their religious view

[@mihael64]

"Your mind and your soul, they're still innocent" People who've seen yiff: _"Am I a joke to you?"_

[@arthuradams6317]

What's yiff?

[@justsomeidiot7857]

@@arthuradams6317 ….

[@AnymousScreams]

Accurate.

[@RattlebonesTheThird]

Wtf is yiff tho?

[@bushsbakedbeans2348]

@@RattlebonesTheThird you do not want to know

[@jordanbiggs5615]

This movie should be called "IT'S ANOTHER BIBLE STORY!!"

[@ludenunes6606]

Once I was helping at a children's Christmas play in my church and the woman who was in charge asked me what I thought about the play. I frankly answered that the script was very lame, to which she answered something along the lines of "It presents the Gospel, so it's not lame". I guess that's the mindset behind many of these animated atrocities.

[@thenarrator6846]

"Ok, make an animated movie." "Ok." "Now make it Christian." *goes horribly wrong* "Like this?"

[@fenrir-art4742]

Christianity was a Roman idea to hurt the prince of heaven.

[@seabass64]

"Yes, that's perfect!"

[@kenthuang436]

At least the animation isn’t as awful as Rapsitte Street Kids. Remember that one aired on national television in the year 2002 when we already had the first two Toy Story movies, A Bug’s Life, and Shrek.

[@andresanguianozuniga6798]

On that case i will do something inspired, Religious films give cringe.

[@Nal_WT]

"In the future humor will be randomly generated" Just like these bad christian movies

[@officerscar]

W E E D E A T E R

[@fenrir-art4742]

Been watching better stuff. I even made a movie that is not like that junk which is ruined by Vatican sellouts who are making Jesus look worse. Christian movies suck but at least there is a bible movie better called PRINCE OF EGYPT.

[@Hauntaku]

@Nyla Watch "Today is Spaceship Day" here on KZbin and you'll laugh.

[@PhoenixHealing]

I love the interesting way Saber pronounces, "Jesus," the inflection he uses, "JeeZUS," I don't know, I don't see many people pronounce Jesus the way Saber does

[@Aymelia-colon3]

"Bible Town" sounds like cult's "closed community"

[@CandyCane2004]

Drink the koolaid,kids!

[@ajshiro3957]

BibleTown sounds like the title to a Get Out style film.XD

[@whyccan9063]

Probably a sundown city

[@genericname2747]

Hahaha. The people in BibleTown are happy and can leave wherever they want. Haha.

[@chickenflavor9880]

We got this from our local library like back in 2019 and we could not stop laughing and making fun of it.

[@MovieFan1912]

Whenever Saberspark gets mad, it’s like when King from The Owl House gets mad, it’s kind of funny. Edit: Wow! Almost 300 likes within a week? Thank you!

[@rp338]

squeeeeee

[@MovieFan1912]

@@rp338 Hahahaha! He’s like a little tea kettle!

[@tatarchan5212]

Saberspark​'s​ squeak of rage.

[@MovieFan1912]

@@tatarchan5212 That’s what I am saying in a nutshell.

[@navaneethkrishnansenthilku4043]

I do love me some cubone

[@Zte-fg2kb]

9:17 "babababa-ra" that's is the best Line.

[@mahougesu170]

"Bible Town: an adventure with a capital G" Ah yes, Bible Town, my favourite Gadventure

[@genericname2747]

The G in Adventure stands for Good Movie

[@TakeMinamoto]

I remember a series shown in Discovery Kids in Latin America, simply called "La Biblia Animada" (The Bible Animated), it featured several stories from the Old Testament, each one in a different style (hand drawn, 3D, stop motion), and it sometimes could get kind of dark... It was good quality

[@nongshimrizzforce]

Yeah!!! Same with "Relatos animados de la Biblia", the anime superbook, and the storykeepers. They were my favourite Christian cartoons when I was small haha

[@matthewmatthew8941]

How dark?

[@JakioDark]

La biblia animada es una buena serie para su epoca, aun me encanta ver de vez en cuando la historia de Elias, muy buena, como historia y animacion

[@kingofmonsters14]

@@matthewmatthew8941 i'm going to guess as dark as they are in the Bible, with deaths and very brutal stuff

[@nongshimrizzforce]

@@JakioDark ese episodio es mi favorito!

[@EinsamPibroch278]

9:17 unironically, I need more facial animation of SaberSpark when he's talking, it looks like he's evolving.

[@chandynator]

Why are these bots everywhere?

[@williamruiz5965]

@@chandynator I dunno, but it sure is annoying

[@sillyfegart5455]

As he should

[@viddork]

Agreed. That was a highlight. But I wonder if we aren't simply reacting to seeing some actual lip-synch, which is totally absent from the movie clips? (Also, his dialogue in that part was more satisfying than anything from the movie.)

[@Emerowld]

The Prince of Egypt coughing in the corner

[@willowfive8330]

Even though this is a religious movie, those children look like they're about to eat your soul.

[@mileven3ggo3njoyer]

There is porn with better production values than wow now movies.

[@cintronproductions9430]

The children on the dvd cover look nothing like the ones in the actual movie!!!

[@willowfive8330]

@@cintronproductions9430 Great example of false advertising.

[@georgeweberv6264]

As a Christian, this “movie” is like a spit in the face. Like Saber said, it’s like a pandering parody.

[@fattiger6957]

It speaks a lot about the state of religious entertainment that it is so easy to mock it. It speaks even more that most of these are so hamfisted that they come off as mockery.

[@WhitneyDahlin]

it's like that for any company that uses religion as a marketing tactic. And I will never buy from a company like that. I actually work for a "Christian" company. They are the most disgustingly greedy and evil corporation that takes advantage of elderly people and their workers and loopholes in the law so the owners can get as rich as humanly possible. It's a "Christian" in home geriatric nursing company that exclusively charges exorbitant hourly rates (when they're operating costs are incredibly low) to the patients and pays the workers like dirt and doesn't even offer any of us nurses or any workers health insurance due to a loophole in the law. They're disgusting. And so are most "Christian" companies. It makes me sick. I despise this company. But I love my patients and I get very attached to my patients. And the company forbids us from talking to our patients outside of our shift without going through the company so they can charge them for every minor thing. Which I never do. I'm always on call for my patients on off hours for free whenever they need me (most of our patients don't have family close by or any family at all). One time my patients cane broke so I ran to Walgreens and got her new cane and dropped it off to her. One time another patient couldn't get the lid off her medication so I went over there and took care of it for her. It is ridiculous how much they charge for their services I always stayed after or got there early for no pay. I even drove my client to a special doctor's appointment three and a half hours away there and three and a half hours back and didnt charge my patient for the extra time. I try to do as much for my patients as possible and save them as much money as possible. I can get fired if I get caught. But I don't care because I know I'm doing the right thing. Unlike the "christian" company gouging the most vulnerable people for the most amount of money. Sorry my rants over it just makes me so mad.

[@TheJeevo92]

They're just trying to make a quick buck

[@lordarthur2165]

Bro, wait until you see Bible man, I am not even Christian anymore but this shit is insulting

[@morrigan9889]

@@WhitneyDahlin like how chic fil a funds conversion therapy

[@johnalogue9832]

Honestly, "Christian" themed movies just feel like part of a larger effort to *utterly submerge* kids from evangelical families in unrelenting propaganda.

[@lunawolfheart336]

That's exactly what it is propaganda or a sermon disguises a movie. Live action Christan movies essentially do the same thing.

[@leebulger7112]

Movies like this are not even good propaganda.

[@johnalogue9832]

@@leebulger7112 Propaganda doesn't have to be good. It just has to be present. Quantity over quality is a winning strategy in an information war.

[@chriss780]

@@johnalogue9832 exactly you bet most people will just accept what they are taught as a child if they're steeped theroughly enough in its beliefs and aren't exposed to opposing viewpoints until well after there worldview is set in stone

[@lucasstr5653]

I'll watch Alexander Nevsky any day instead of boring of boring head on sermons. At least the film is good by itself.

[@7Write4This9Heart7]

"The Storykeepers" series was really good Christian entertainment, I think! Short-lived cartoon series, like 13 eps, I think, but I remember owning and watching a good few of the VHS tapes as a kid and loving them! Still remember them to this day! They were full of action and heartfelt stuff, and taught about Christianity in a sweet, understandable way! It was cool! Also taught history, too, how Jews/Christians were treated in ancient Rome! It was really cool! Highly recommend you try that out! Would be interesting to see if you actually think it's GOOD Christian content like VeggieTales (which I ALSO watched and really liked as a kid, lol)! :D