Cherry picking level over 9000

Nope. My kid brain wants cartoon bread or thin Japanese wood shavings. There is a cartoon sliced pea too that looked pretty good.

It's from the start of Mickey and the magic beanstalk. The voiceover really ups the misery by talking about how they're destitute and their spirits are broken, and Donald and Goofy both go delirious from the hunger at one point.

Of course, after that tear jerker the typical Disney magic sets in again and the whole thing is largely played for laughs, but those first few minutes are intensely sad IMHO.

I worked in churches for over 15 years, and during that time, I met many kind, well-intentioned people. But what I often ran into—and what eventually wore me down—was the disconnect between the teachings of Jesus and the behavior of many who claimed to follow Him.

The command to “love one another” wasn’t just a suggestion. It was supposed to be the defining mark of discipleship. But instead, I saw love regularly take a backseat to doctrine, tribal loyalty, and personal comfort. When challenged, many defaulted to talking points instead of compassion. They could quote scripture fluently but seemed unable—or unwilling—to embody it, especially when it required real humility or sacrifice.

What was most painful was the hypocrisy: preaching grace but practicing judgment, offering community but withholding inclusion, speaking of Jesus while acting more like the Pharisees He opposed. And often, faith became a shield—not to protect the vulnerable, but to protect egos from the hard work of self-examination. It blinded people to their own contradictions. They believed they were living rightly, when in truth they were often just defending their culture, not their Christ.

So yes, I hope your experience is different. Truly. Because for many of us who once lived and breathed church life, the gap between Jesus and those who speak in His name grew too wide to ignore. That’s why I and some of the most authentic followers of Christ I’ve known don’t call themselves Christians anymore. Our Christian values won't allow it.

Ah, I apologize, then. It's been a long time since I went deep down the history rabbit hole, but I knew it was something along the lines of changing it somehow.

God is like that abusive father who’s throwing a fit whenever someone is having a mind of their own.

Why did you eat that fruit?!? You and all your descendants are going to be punished for all eternity!!!

Like, the only morally good thing God has said is to not kill, but he’s not really a good subscriber on that one himself.

Funny thing: the people most qualified to critique a system are usually the ones not inside it.

The only thing funny about that is that it's a baseless assertion.

Remember when the church opposed the printing press because they were worried people might start reading the Bible for themselves and realize the clergy were editorializing

The early church produced the canon of scripture we now know as the Bible. (E.g. It is literally the editor) What the Church was worried about is people getting Bibles and thinking they can figure it all out without the tradition of the Church. 40,000 Protestant denominations later it's pretty clear their fears were well founded. This is why Joe Jimbob's McChurch USA is playing with snakes instead of attending liturgy, participating in the sacraments and living the liturgical life of the church. It's why ahistorical low-church Protestants are proto-atheists.

what Jesus actually taught

It will be very interesting to hear your opinion on what Jesus taught considering you're entirely reliant on a canon of scripture assembled by a church you do not trust.

Why?