Flanders!

A man more associated with Faith than Pope John Paul II or Mother Teresa.

Who is it?

Ned Flanders from the ever popular cartoon series..."The Simpsons"

I recently read an article about how the popluarity of the television show has inspired organizers of a Christian Arts Festival in Cheltenham, England to dedicate an evening to Ned.

"Ned Flanders Night" was added to this year's Greenbelt Festival because an article in Christianity Today, suggested that Ned Flanders was more associated with Faith than real-life religious figures like Pope John Paul II or Mother Teresa!

An orgainzer of the Flanders tribute said that Ned sets a good example for Christians.
"He's a very ardent believer...and at the same time he's very humble. Although he's got very strong beliefs, he's not thrusting them down anyone's throat and he's not being upleasant about it."

I think that this is very interesting. Although "The Simpsons" carries material that isn't quality for a family environment, it's very cool to see that Ned can be slipped into that kind of environment/media and that without realizing it an audience is exposed to Christian values.

I've always believed that everyone takes in information in different ways. Throughout school I was a more visual person (ie. graphics, picture, drawing it out...etc.) however other people were textual (ie. like to read the information.)

Having Ned as part of "The Simpsons" is bringing Christian values to those who maybe not be receptive in other areas of life or medium (television.)

Just thought I would share, it was kind of an interesting topic. If you'd like to read more about Ned Flanders click HERE.

~jeremy

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