Oh, do I have so many choice colorful words I would love to yell at in Vietnamese.

  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    55
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    23 hours ago

    Presbyterians don’t have canonized saints but if they did, The Reverend Fred Rogers would almost certainly be #1 on the list. He believed in the importance of teaching kids to love their neighbors and themselves. And he found an incredibly effective way to do it that basically no one else has been able to match.

    Too bad Meghan McCain was apparently watching Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on mute the entire time.

    • brian@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      7 hours ago

      the bit that I always am happy to know is that through his entire show, he never appeared to be outwardly religious.

      he said be kind, because it’s good to do, not because god said.

      he said love one another, because it’s wonderful to be loved back, not because it was in some book.

      that he was able to preach without the stigma of religion gave the enormous reach across cultures that his program had.