Christopher Jamison, Roman Catholic Priest, Accuses Walt Disney Co. of Corrupting Children's Minds

It seems like the Roman Catholic church is on a roll lately. Well, Christopher Jamison, the Abbot of Worth, West Sussex, has accused Walt Disney of "exploiting spirituality" to sell its products and of turning Disneyland into a modern day pilgrimage site. He argued that it pretends to provide stories with a moral message, but has actually helped to create a more materialistic culture. Wow, they have suddenly become morally upstanding.

In a guide to helping people find happiness, the abbot, who starred in the hit-BBC series The Monastery, 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. Source: UK Telegraph

I wonder why religion is on such a rapid decline? Could it be that wolves dressed as sheep are in the highest positions in many churches? Starting with the Roman Catholic priests and their rampant molestation of little boys years ago?

Fr Jamison, who has been tipped as a contender to succeed Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor as the next Archbishop of Westminster, targets the behaviour of Disney in particular, which he says is "a classic example" of how consumerism is being sold as an alternative to finding happiness in traditional morality.

While he acknowledges that Disney stories carry messages showing good triumphing over evil, he argues this is part of a ploy to persuade people that they should buy Disney products in order to be "a good and happy family".

He cites films such as Sleeping Beauty and 101 Dalmatians that feature moral battles, but get into children's imaginations and make them greedy for the merchandise that goes with them. "The message behind every movie and book, behind every theme park and T-shirt is that our children's world needs Disney," he says. "So they absolutely must go to see the next Disney movie, which we'll also want to give them on DVD as a birthday present."They will be happier if they live the full Disney experience; and thousands of families around the world buy into this deeper message as they flock to Disneyland."

Well, I really don't believe Disney is a major part of the problem today. Let's take a look at the programming on television today? Need I go on?

"This is basically the commercial exploitation of spirituality," he says, adding that as a result Disney and other corporations "inhabit our imagination"."Once planted there they can make us endlessly greedy. And that is exactly what they are doing."

I wish the pastors out there would focus on winning souls for Christ, instead of mixing religion with politics. Disney is a lot of things, but they have never influenced my spirituality. There are a lot of factors that play a great role in the consumerism and individualism and Walt Disney Co., is not the culprit. Churches everywhere need to examine themselves to figure out why people are leaving.