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I was walking through a store after going to go see War Horse And I noticed some Berenstain Bears books... After leafing through them I wondered When did the Berenstain Bears become so religious? Specifically, when did they become devout Christians? This has me puzzled, because I could have sworn that I read somewhere that Stan and Jan Berenstain were Jewish...
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)After success years ago, the Berenstein Bears made some bad real estate investments and were eventually seen sneaking around dumpsters in small towns in the Adirondacks after meth-fueled mauling binges.
After they got the new gig doing Charming commercials, they cleaned up and have been doing the Jesus schtick.
TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)riverwalker
(8,694 posts)http://richarddawkins.net/discussions/467403-the-berenstain-bears-go-bible-thumping
The Berenstain Bears Go Bible Thumping!
fishwax
(29,146 posts)which is a large evangelical publishing company. They have a kids imprint--Zonderkids--and it looks like the religious Berenstain Bears titles (which started to appear in force in 2008) are published by them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Berenstain_Bears_books#Publication_summary
I hadn't heard.
TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Christian?
baldguy
(36,649 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Oh well.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)made fun of Elisha for being bald. As far as I can remember.
Second Kings.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)...when he finally came out to his parents as bi-polar.
hunter
(38,264 posts)TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)I was so little back then...
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)That was over 25 years ago..
Brings back memories..
salvorhardin
(9,995 posts)"My father was a secular Jew; my mother was raised a nominal Christian," he told The Christian Post. "We weren't raised religious."
Berenstain, who very much interested in science as a child, grew dissatisfied with his parents' secular values. In college, he sought answers in philosophy. It was not until he married and sent his children to Quaker schools that he was introduced to the Bible. Berenstain said he then began to read the Bible and attend a local church.
He later accepted Christ and was baptized in a Presbyterian church. Ten years later, he is writing books with his mother. An accomplished artist and children's book author in his own right, Berenstain began helping out with the family book series in the 1980s. He took over from his father in 2005 when Stan Berenstain passed away at age 82. His mother, now 87, continues work with him on the series.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/berenstain-bears-author-uses-his-talents-for-god-in-faith-inspired-series-51146/