Comments on: Sea-World’s Sentimental Secret

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Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:06:55 +0000

[...] Rich Clark at Christ and Pop Culture blogs about Sea World. [...]

By: Rich Clark

Rich Clark — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:38:28 +0000

If I had a nickel for every time I unknowingly supported some humanistic secret plan…

Seriously though, this subtle humanism is everywhere, it’s getting hard not to “support” it. That seems to be what it’s like to live in the world these days.

By: Robert Brummett

Robert Brummett — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:07:06 +0000

I really enjoyed the post. I was there at Sea World and as usual I missed all that. I thought it was about Shamu doing tricks and the trainers were just really bad at their jobs. And as for the believe part well I could not believe I actually paid money for the experience. And now I am finding out that I was supporting some humanistic secret plan. Man I am mad. Oh and I laughed at the Whales eat them comment. God bless Y’all.

By: Alan Noble

Alan Noble — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:42:51 +0000

One of my favorite CAPC posts yet. Very enlightening. My wife and I went to an observatory this summer and a similar thread of humanism showed itself in a talk/show they gave about the universe. While the seemed to be saying that the universe was vast, they really were saying, “look how great humans are! We discovered all this sweet universey vastness!”

Favorite line from this post:
“This was when the trainers celebrated with cheesy dancing. If the whales had souls and human feeling they would have rolled their eyes. And then ate them.”

I literally laughed out loud. llol.

By: Rich Clark

Rich Clark — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:28:07 +0000

Yeah, you were totally right. In fact, once I posted this blog, my wife said I should have spent a few more words describing just how similar to a worship service it was. I totally regret not doing that. It was actually kind of a creepy experience.

What’s even more creepy is just how much we tend to let our guard down when we go to these amusement parks, just so we can have a fun time with no worries.

Walt-Disney’s brand of humanism isn’t limited to Walt-Disney World.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:13:23 +0000

I attended this show with my parents a while ago and commented on how I felt like I was attending a worship service.

They were just like, “Um… no,” so I’m glad to see someone else noticed it.