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    Was Walt Disney a Christian? If not, what was he?

    Question #68054. Asked by ganondorf319. (Jul 10 06 11:32 AM)


    zbeckabee

    Yes, he was a Congregationalist.

    Walt Disney was born into and raised in a family of devout Congregationalists. Walt was named after the preacher at his family's Congregationalist church: Walter Parr, a close friend of his father's.

    http://www.adherents.com/people/pd/Walt_Disney.html

    Jul 10 06, 11:59 AM
    queproblema

    He seems to have been what is known as a "nominal Christian," meaning he accepted his Christian heritage and did not seek another religion. There is no evidence of any great personal devotion. Evangelicals are fond of pointing out that Main Street in Disneyland has no church.

    "It turns out Walt Disney thought of himself as 'religious,' that is, as a Christian. Like many American Christians, however, he did not think he needed to go to church... draws on the American civil religion of 'faith in faith.'"
    http://www.dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/issues/030405/depbks.html

    Mark Pinsky, cited in the above reference, alludes to humanism as Disney's guiding light.
    http://www.markpinsky.com/excerptDIS.htm

    This unauthorized site claims to present his faith in his own words. The Order of DeMolay apparently influenced him as greatly as the Congregational Church.
    http://www.disneydreamer.com/Waltfaith.htm

    Feb 10 08, 3:15 AM


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