Phil Vischer is one of the co-creators of the cute and humorous "Veggie Tales" characters and shows. He's been involved in a project to bring "Veggie Tales" briefly to NBC, but apparently NBC demanded some pretty "deep" cuts -- edits -- at the last minute. Vischer was torn, but decided not to drop out.

He explains:

Paul was willing to compromise his cultural values to build relationships with Greeks, Romans, slaves, and anyone else he met along his travels. If they ate meat, he'd eat meat. If they didn't, he wouldn't. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refused to compromise their beliefs about God. God said "bow to no other god but me" and they intended to follow that directive, no matter the personal cost. So was taking "God made you special and he loves you very much" off the end of these new shows more like Paul's situation? Or Shadrach's? ....

By the way, last week it was announced that NBC would allow Madonna to perform, on the air, the song in her current tour the she sings while suspended from a mirrored crucifix. I know the audience and time of day is completely different, but it is a bit ironic that telling kids God loves them is "not okay," but singing a song while mocking the crucifixion is fine and dandy. Let us Christians never forget that we are strangers here. We don't fit in.

And that's okay.

That last juxaposition is truly telling. Rock star desecrating famous symbol of the Christian faith? No problem. You are special, and God loves you? Not allowed.

So much for neutrality, eh?