So how did we go from talking tomatoes with Bible verses and lessons on “doing unto others as you would have them do unto you” to full on queer theory, pronouns, and a gender identity crisis?
Phil Vischer, who is best known for creating the Christian-themed-but-filled-with-bad-doctrine children’s cartoon series, Veggie Tales, has made a new name for himself among the rising Evangelical Beast of Revelation known as the Woke Church. Vischer, who wonders if Latino people who vote Republican are actually just white people in disguise and who argues that churches should embrace transgender people, has been a staunch advocate for Christians trading in their moral compass and embracing leftist, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual politics all in the name of wokeness.
And While Vischer has been openly promoting progressive Democrats, identity politics, and Critical Race Theory–going even so far as to say that white people who put their kids in good schools are wicked and racist–it wasn’t until recently that he began to openly question the historic, biblical doctrine of sexual morality.
Once thought of by stay-at-home moms as a pioneer of children’s discipleship, Vischer has become the theologian-in-residence for the Evangelical Intelligentsia’s back alley, teaching these suburban moms that the real gospel is social justice and that Jesus probably had preferred pronouns.
At Vischer’s The Holy Post podcast, alongside co-host Skye Jethani, moral clarity is routinely replaced by winsome confusion. They've publicly criticized conservatives who oppose same-sex marriage, equating them to Confederate slaveholders—as if upholding millennia of biblical orthodoxy is akin to fighting for a plantation. Vischer has also affectionately referred to homosexuals as “LGBT brothers and sisters,” a theological euphemism so soft it could be used to stuff pillows. He’s taken a stand all right—just not a biblical one.
But that’s only the beginning. In recent years, The Holy Post has spiraled into a vortex of cultural compromise, where opposing the Florida parental rights bill—which prevents schools from indoctrinating kindergarteners with sexual confusion—is considered a valid moral position because “both sides have admirable reasons.” Yes, of course, the side trying to protect five-year-olds from gender theory, and the side trying to feed them drag queen story hour, are apparently moral equivalents. It’s the theological version of shrugging while the house burns and saying, “Well, the arsonist had a rough childhood.”
And now, in what can only be described as the logical conclusion of theological cowardice, Vischer and The Holy Post have officially partnered with BetterHelp—an online therapy platform that moonlights as an LGBTQ affirmation ministry with a therapy license.