Subliminal messages

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At 05:13 AM 10/26/95 -0500, you wrote:
>Nancy Troutman had occasion to say :
>:)
>:)It is not because of the subliminal messages that I avoid the lion-king, it
>:)is because of the homosexual stance of Disney.  I have decided to vote with
>:)my $$$$, though my impact is small.  I will not purchase a Disney product,
>:)or in anyway way knowingly do business with them.
>:)
>:)In message Wed, 25 Oct 1995 05:41:13 -0500 (CDT),
>:)  Jerry Caesar <gcaesar@eelab.newpaltz.edu>  writes:
>:)
>:)> While I don't know about the others unfortunately the Lion King one is
>:)> true.
>:)> Here on campus, some guys (not in church or anything) put the section of
>:)> the tape inquestion on slow play. Quite plainly the word SEX could be
>:)> seen in  the smoke !!
>:)>
>:)> On Wed, 25 Oct 1995 ormsbee@MIT.EDU wrote:
>:)>
>:)>>  Someone posted earlier mentioning a rumor about "the Lion King", and
>:)>>  other   Disney kid films containing subliminal sexual messages.  The
>:)>>  list might be   interested to check out todays (10/24/95) _Wall Street
>:)>>  Journal_, which ran   a cover story on the very subject. The article
>:)>>  shows that the rumor is   baseless, and probably began in certain
>:)>>  Evangelical circles which, like the   "Proctor and Gamble are
>:)>> satanists" rumor, spread like wildfire.
>:)>>    I'm not defending Disney - there is plenty of non-subliminal garbage
>:)>>  that   they and others put out which is un-healthy, not to mention
>:)>>  un-godly - but,   I think uncritical acceptance of such rumors
>:)>>  (especially secret messages)   can be embarrassing.  As RichardM's post
>:)>> about the "numbers game"   beautifully illustrates.
>:)>>
>
>	It seems to me that this discussion is taking these values from
>	the wrong standpoint.  Let me ask you all a question:
>
>		Do you believe in being seperate and holding up ALL
>	    the values of holiness as the bible instructs us to?
>
>	I do and that is why, when my family began walking for the Lord
>	a few years ago, we completely got rid of the TV, VCR, and 
>	associated things.  Do you actually think that it is holy to look
>	at those videos (though they be Disney) if there weren't any
>	subliminal messages in them?  I don't...
>
>	I am not condeming anyone who believes that way but trying to
> 	enlighten instead.  Just my penny's worth, any comments?
>
>
>    - Thomas J. Griffin III <----------------------------------------------
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>   |        life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."               |
>   |    			John 14:6				   |
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>
>And Big Mike said AMEN!  I thought we did not go to ANY movies. Of course I
am new...
only been around 27 years.  But I thought we preached against that sort-a-thing?