STARLIGHT, STARBRITE, FIRST CULT I SEE TONITE

The hits just keep coming...

Excerpt from page 82-83 of TURMOIL IN THE TOYBOX by Phil Phillips

“Rainbow Brite is a little girl who “can bring sprinkles of color to the darkest day and put a bright smile on a little girl’s face.” She is a cute little girl. She often is seen gliding through the air on her magical flying horse, Starlite. Rainbow Brite and her friends live at the end of the rainbow where all the colors of the earth are created. This sounds very cute and perfect for little girls. But, take another look. This toy and cartoon series is laden with occult symbolisms.

Rainbow Brite lives in Rainbow Land with her friends, the Color Kids, and Sprites, the happy little workers who mine and manufacture Star Sprinkles. It is Rainbow Brite’s job to fight the forces of gloom in order to keep the world bright and filled with color and happiness. In doing so, she often meets with horrifying monsters. Although Rainbow Brite is fighting for a worthwhile cause, the intensity and violence of these scenes are much more than any five-year old can handle. Yet, it is for this age group that the cartoons were designed.

The very basis for this series, the rainbow, also causes concern for many Christians. Although many people collect rainbows, primarily for their colored beauty, few realize their significance. According to the Word of God, rainbows are a symbol of God’s everlasting covenant that He never again would destroy the earth by flood. But for New Agers, those who uphold the tenets of the New Age Movement or Humanism, the rainbow holds a different meaning. New Agers use “rainbows to signify their building of the ‘Rainbow Bridge’ (antahkarana) between man and Lucifer who, they say, is the over-soul.

Children today are filled with Humanistic teachings at school. In fact, Humanism has become so commonplace in our lives, that we fail to recognize the occult symbolisms that are the root of these tenets. Nevertheless, Humanism is contradictory to God’s Word. Thus, any toy or cartoon series that employs symbolisms from the New Age Movement is also in contradiction to Scripture.”
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Now we can see that he’s grasping for straws with Rainbow Brite. First he brings up the violence and monsters (can’t even remember them, must be because I had to block out the memories). Then again, I wasn’t a regular viewer, so I could be misremembering. How scary WAS Rainbow Brite? Was it scarier than Kolchak the Nightstalker or Salem’s Lot or even Scooby Doo, shows I saw at about the same age? I shall have to check the YouTubes...

So because the rainbow can even be percieved as meaning something other than what the Bible states, it has to be disqualified completely as a symbol for the good Christian child? What bothered me most was that the author used the term “Rainbow Bridge” and failed to mention that it is the bridge to Asgard, realm of the Norse Gods. Disturbing, for me, especially, as it ignores all of the good old Pagan talk that the writer could’ve used to fuel his rant. Ah well, I guess he had to set up more of the Anti-Humanism talk for later in the book...

There you have it, kids: Rainbow Brite is not only symbolic of the occult, it is too dark and violent for any five year old to handle.

FEAR THE RAINBOW!!!

PAPA DON'T PREACH or SMURFING IT OLD SCHOOL

It just gets interestinger and interestinger... enjoy!

TURMOIL IN THE TOYBOX by Phil Phillips
Excerpt from page 76 and 77:
"Many forms of the occult are contained in this cartoon. The most obvious display is through the character of Papa Smurf. Every time the Smurfs have a problem, they go to Papa Smurf who whips up a spell or recites an incantation to help them out. These are very strong images to the child's mind. As Christians, we want children to learn to call on the Lord Jesus to help them through problems. In His Word, God tells us to trust Him and only Him. He tells us not to rely on practices such as witchcraft to solve our problems. Nevertheless, children will not learn Godly principles if they are constantly saturated with images of characters using witchcraft and other occult practices to solve their problems."

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So you see, Papa Smurf, the father figure of the show who helps his children when under attack from the clearly evil Gargamel is not to be trusted!

Remember kids, stay away from Grandpa when seeking sage advice, ask only that old man in the sky. Do not look these blue characters in the eye as they may bedevil you into following the ways of that Old Scratch feller! Stay beJesused now, y'hear!

By the Power of Grayskull

TURMOIL IN THE TOYBOX excerpt #2 (page 89)
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"Children see that the power of Grayskull transforms Adam into a character with supernatural powers and abilities. MANY PARENTS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THEIR CHILDREN, AFTER WATCHING THE 'HE-MAN' CARTOONS, GO RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE WITH PLASTIC SWORDS HELD ALOFT SHOUTING, 'BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL, I HAVE THE POWER!' God's Word warns us that only by the blood of Jesus do humans have any power and authority over others. There is no mention of the power of Grayskull."
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Logic escapes this kind of thinking... better to rely on something more meaningful than mere knowledge. Some power greater than that of our mortal making... something like the POWER OF GRAYSKULL!

SALVATION IN PAPERBACK or HOW I LEARNED TO BE A FEAR MONGER AND PROFIT FROM IT

I stumbled across a real relic of the ‘80s last week--a little trade paperback book entitled TURMOIL IN THE TOY BOX by Phil Phillips.

I was in the local Salvation Army hunting for treasure (usually a paperback, record or VHS movie on the unbearably cheap) and I picked up this little TPB and gave the cover a look. Initially, I thought “neat, a novel about toys coming to life”. My mind began to race thinking about Toy Story and how fun it was. Maybe this would be a neat read and somehow involve He-Man, My Pretty Pony, G.I. Joe, Barbie, etc. And then I read the back cover. SIGH.

It is a warning that Care Bears are out to convert your children to paganism. That Rainbow Brite wants you to turn away from the lord. That Cabbage Patch Kids are out to indoctrinate your children into the occult. That the Smurfs are... well, you already know that the Smurfs are pure unholy evil. Get the picture? Children’s toys and cartoons are dangerously powerful tools of the Antichrist.

Well, duh.

And, of course, whenever anything like this is made, it is passed along throughout the landscape of the like-minded and so you can even find Youtube clips of the author being interviewed about how He-Man is making your child into a knight in Satan’s service. It pleased me (I’m always pleased to be pleased) that others had found this gem and commented on it already. Now, my work will be easier. Just refer my dear readers to the websites and posts below and enjoy the fruits of other’s labors.

http://www.debased.com/content/literature/t/turmoil.html

http://wideeyecinema.com/?p=1893

http://timmccready.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/early-80s-cartoon-themes-turmoil-in-the-toybox/

http://www.joelgn.com/blog/?p=1132

http://www.nategangelhoff.com/satantoys.htm

Enjoyable, eh?

And now, an excerpt from the book itself:
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While preaching in Florida, I went to a mall to buy some shaving supplies. After leaving the store, I did something I had not done in years--I walked into a toy store. The first toy I saw was one called Skeletor, which was holding a ram’s head staff in its hand. I immediately recognized the ram’s head as an occult symbol; I decided to buy the toy. I went back to the house and opened the wrapping around the toy. Inside was a little comic book, which I read with astonishment. “How could any sane person sell this to a child?” I thought. It was “loaded”, absolutely loaded with the occult from beginning to end.
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What I like about the guy’s writing is how he leaves out certain facts, like that Skeletor happens to be a guy who has only a skull for a head and how he’s the evil villain of the series. Another thing--he decides to buy the toy after recognizing the evil occult symbol? And, of course, it’s the comic book that clinches it for him (always with the comic books).

I will be revisiting this book again as I read along and will probably provide the “proof” that he offers his dear readers that the toy and cartoon makers are out to warp young minds.