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Phil Phillips is an author who enjoyed a brief period of
fame in the eighthies when the Satanic Panic was at its peak. His most famous contribution to intellectual life was probably
Turmoil in the Toybox (1986), which
argued that the Smurfs, He-Man, Care Bears, My Little Pony, Cabbage Patch Kids,
Mighty Mouse and Rainbow Bright are all the devil’s toys concocted in the
deepest layers of hell to lead our children to doom. (A pdf of excerpts is
available here).
Turmoil was
followed by Halloween and Satanism (1987), Saturday Morning Mind
Control (1991), and Dinosaurs: The Bible, Barney, and Beyond (1994),
which continued in what is essentially the same vein.
A televised version of Phillips’s contributions to the civilization project
(with Gary Greenwald) can be found here and here.
Apparently Berit Kjos is still a fan (this one also claims to be a fan, but I hope for the love of anything good that it is a
poe).
With his wife Cynthia he has later written Miracle Parenting on the subject of
“Biblical parenting”. We haven’t read it but it should be good given Phillips’s
background in the field of all things pedagogical.
Diagnosis: An insult to crazy. And he even managed to have
some influence among frightened and not particularly reality-inclined parents
in the 80s. Doesn’t seem to have caused much lasting damage, though.
If you wish to experience 1.5 hours of Phil Phillips you can
do so here.
It sort of pulls you in.
Phil phillips is the biggest idiot I have ever encountered in my life. If anyone is possessed by the devil it is him. Ruining childrens lives and stealing joy from not only children but parents. Any adult who buoght into this garbage will never have a healthy relationship with their children ever. And it clearly says they have mental issues. Either phil is on hard drugs or is clinically insane!
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