{"id":2004729,"date":"2023-08-18T11:22:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-outlet-goes-full-woke-praising-barbie-and-taylor-swift-slams-rich-men-north-of-richmond\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T11:26:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:26:15","slug":"christian-outlet-goes-full-woke-praising-barbie-and-taylor-swift-slams-rich-men-north-of-richmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-outlet-goes-full-woke-praising-barbie-and-taylor-swift-slams-rich-men-north-of-richmond\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian store embraces diversity, celebrates Barbie and Taylor Swift, criticizes wealthy individuals north of Richmond."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchristian-outlet-goes-full-woke-praising-barbie-and-taylor-swift-slams-rich-men-north-of-richmond%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2004729&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Decline of\u200d Christianity Today: Praising &#8216;Barbie&#8217; and\u200d Taylor Swift, \u2064Condemning &#8216;Rich Men\u2062 North of Richmond&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>The ironically\u200c named <strong>Christianity Today<\/strong> has yet again \u200dproven that the once-revered outlet has \u2062dramatically\u200c strayed from the \u200bmission \u2062on which it was founded under the Rev. Billy Graham in\u200b 1956.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristianity Today has its origin in a deep-felt desire to express\u200b historical Christianity\u2064 to the present generation,\u201d the publication\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.org\/who-we-are\/our-history\/whychristianitytoday.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first editorial<\/a> said nearly 67 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeglected, slighted, \u2064misrepresented \u2014 evangelical Christianity \u2062needs a\u2064 clear voice, to speak with conviction and love, and to state its true position and its relevance to the world crisis,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA generation has grown\u2063 up\u2063 unaware of the basic truths of \u2062the Christian faith\u200d taught in the Scriptures and expressed in the creeds of the historic evangelical churches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was then, this is \u2063now.<\/p>\n<p>CT showed how warped it has become in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pat-buchanans-1992-culture-war-speech-hits-even-harder-today-greatest-man-never-became-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">culture war<\/a> this week with its open praise for both the\u2063 feminist hellscape portrayed in \u2064the \u201cBarbie\u201d movie and the unabashed\u200d LGBT ally Taylor \u2063Swift.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet also made\u2062 certain to criticize\u200c the viral country song \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/story-behind-artist-viral-rich-men-north-richmond-will-move-deepest-parts-soul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rich Men North of\u200c Richmond<\/a>\u201d\u2062 by Oliver Anthony, which garnered more than 10 million views on YouTube within a week of its \u2064release.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These are both real. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oFEXdkhajj\">pic.twitter.com\/oFEXdkhajj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Teetsel (@EricTeetsel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricTeetsel\/status\/1692268464788963754?\">August 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Barbie \u2062and Taylor Swift:\u2062 Icons of Cultural Decay<\/h3>\n<p>On Wednesday, CT published \u2064an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2023\/august-web-only\/barbie-beyonce-taylor-swift-girl-female-women-church-youth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> by\u200b Beth\u200c Felker\u2063 Jones claiming that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-conservative-ben-shapiro-burns-barbie-doll-thumbs-review-woke-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbie<\/a> and Swift\u2019s recent \u200bsuccesses \u201cshowcase\u200b a\u2062 deeper desire for community and collective joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese cultural artifacts draw on the ambiguities of the \u200cfemale experience, celebrating the \u2063feminine while honestly addressing the difficulties of \u200cbeing a woman in a male-oriented\u200d world,\u201d Jones wrote.<\/p>\n<p>A day\u200b later, \u200dan \u200carticle by Hannah Anderson \u2014 headlined \u201cOliver Anthony\u2019s Viral \u2062Hit Doesn\u2019t Love Its Neighbors\u201d \u2014 attacked the song for being \u201cdisdainful towards people on welfare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anderson is \u2063either completely disingenuous or wholly illiterate in her criticism of the \u200bcountry \u200bhit.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony, \u200bwho opened a concert Sunday with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/crowd-roars-oliver-anthony-opens-show-bible-verse-foretelling-fall-wicked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bible reading<\/a> \u2014 Psalm \u206437:12-20 \u2014 sang about the sad state of the American worker caused by the rampant \u200ccorruption and\u200c overreach of bloated government bureaucrats.<\/p>\n<p>The song doesn\u2019t\u200b judge people who are truly needy. The only reference to \u200cwelfare in \u200dAnthony\u2019s song is to gluttonous \u2062people abusing government assistance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the \u2064obese milkin\u2019 welfare, well, God, if you\u2019re 5-foot-3 and you\u2019re 300 pounds, taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds,\u201d Anthony sings in\u2062 \u201cRich Men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While CT was quick to attack Anthony for having a normal disdain for sinful gluttony and sloth, the \u2063same outlet was \u200cthrilled to laud \u201cBarbie\u201d and Taylor Swift as \u2062positive \u2064cultural icons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taylor-swift-halts-concert-deliver-message-young-fans-christian-parents-wont-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swift<\/a> came out in support of the abominable, Nancy Pelosi-sponsored LGBT \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/marriage-and-family\/commentary\/pelosis-equality-act-could-lead-more-parents-losing-custody-kids-who\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Equality Act<\/a>\u201d during her 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8z4icNgFSPI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MTV Video Music Awards speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Christianity Today&#8217;s Disturbing Shift<\/h3>\n<p>The deceptively named legislation \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/02\/19\/statement-by-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-on-the-introduction-of-the-equality-act-in-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed by President Joe Biden<\/a> was \u2063approved by the House of Representatives in \u2062February \u200b2021 but didn\u2019t\u200c get through the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The bill not only \u2062would pressure businesses \u200dto pander to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soccer-star-dejan-lovren-calls-for-boycott-cancels-subscription-to-disgusting-disney\/\" title=\"Soccer Star Dejan Lovren Calls for Boycott, Cancels Subscription to 'Disgusting Disney'\">gender identity politics<\/a> in the name of fighting \u201cdiscrimination,\u201d but it also would provide for the potential for American parents to lose custody of their children if\u200b they attempt to prevent them from obtaining \u201cgender transition\u201d surgeries.<\/p>\n<p>Swift proudly cast as many morally degenerate icons as \u2063possible in her\u200c 2019 music video \u201cYou\u200b Need to Calm\u200c Down,\u201d including Ellen DeGeneres, RuPaul and trans actor Laverne Cox.<\/p>\n<p>The music video concludes with a statement asking viewers to support the dangerous legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Swift also released the song \u201cLavender Haze\u201d in \u200bOctober 2022 and proudly cast trans model \u200cLaith Ashley\u2062 as her love interest in the music\u200c video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Lavender Haze video is out now. There\u200c is lots of lavender. There is lots \u2064of haze. There is my incredible costar <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laith_ashley?\">@laith_ashley<\/a> who\u200b I \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taylor-swift-cavorts-with-transgender-model-laith-ashley-in-new-lavender-haze-video\/\" title=\"Taylor Swift Cavorts With Transgender Model Laith Ashley In New \u2018Lavender Haze\u2019 Video\">absolutely adored working<\/a> with.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/auFTSVBP0A\">https:\/\/t.co\/auFTSVBP0A<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RXWPuKvkxK\">pic.twitter.com\/RXWPuKvkxK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taylorswift13\/status\/1618837765269098496?\">January 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jones\u2019 CT\u2063 article also praised the \u201cBarbie\u201d movie, which stars Margot Robbie, painting in a positive light a film that includes \u200ca scene involving a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-outlet-goes-full-woke-praising-barbie-and-taylor-swift-slams-rich-men-north-of-richmond\/\" title=\"Christian store embraces diversity, celebrates Barbie and Taylor Swift, criticizes wealthy individuals north of Richmond.\">male doctor\u200d character cross-dressing<\/a>\u2064 as a female Barbie doll.<\/p>\n<p>The movie\u200b also has clear\u200c anti-male and anti-family themes.<\/p>\n<p>Christianity Today continued to move away from its proud legacy with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2023\/august\/christians-republicans-ohio-issue-1-wasnt-all-about-abortio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece<\/a> on Aug. 10 that appeared to justify recent Ohio legislation that would have made it\u200c more \u2064difficult to outlaw\u200c abortion in the\u200b state.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, it seems CT has\u2062 decayed into a group of cultural Marxists who only use the Bible when they feel a verse can be twisted to support left-leaning virtue signaling or\u2064 to attack Christians.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christian-outlet-goes-full-woke-praising-barbie-taylor-swift-slams-rich-men-north-richmond\/\">Christian Outlet Goes\u2062 Full Woke Praising &#8216;Barbie&#8217; and Taylor Swift, Slams &#8216;Rich Men\u200c North of Richmond&#8217;<\/a> \u200bappeared first\u200d on\u200b <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>years ago. However, the recent actions of Christianity Today demonstrate a significant departure from its original purpose. Founded by Rev. Billy Graham in 1956, the publication aimed to convey the essence of Christianity to contemporary society. Sadly, the ironically named outlet has strayed far from its noble mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2076,"featured_media":2004730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2004730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}