It's not the angry, "Adopt this or die" sort of religious message generally, it's a good, peaceful type of message. I love God Help the Outcasts. In fact, Hunchback is one of my favorite movies, and Frollo my favorite villain, because he's so complex, if you think about it. The pious sinner-- I love that archetype!

Of course Hunchback's religious references are Christian, but they're obscure enough to be universal. Esmerelda's song appeals to most religions, and Frollo is the classic example of a Christian hypocrite.

He's one of my favorite villains too! And I have "God Help the Outcasts" on my iPod :)

Most of the movies are based on classic stories and fairy tales, many of which are from Europe, which was dominated by Christians for much of its modern history. I feel less like it's just Disney pushing Christianity, and I see it much more like it's a traditional part of the story.

can't say i pay attention to that sort of thing when i'm watching disney movies.

tessajanuara has a good point. And I adore the God Help the Outcasts song. It's beautiful, and one of my favorite songs from the original Disney movies.

actually, if you look back further in history, they are all songs passed down since before christianity started
they are based off ideal which are odd, as they all have similar stories across the world, its like we were born to have these archtypes in us
the modern cinderella is said to be based off a russian tale
aldin has very muddy backgrounds raging from india to egypt, with everywhere in between
beauty and the beast is a classic story of love prevailing over vainity
pinnochio has the old ideal of creating life embedded in it

and alice in wonderland, was well, made up by lewis carol

lore is odd isn't it?

I don't think it's excessivly much, so I can't really even think of any examples right now.. which goes to show how much I noticed it.

Best pick in the group, hands down.

I never had a problem with it... I was raised religious, and I've always had a fascination with magic. My mother, on the other hand, banned me from watching movies that dealt with magic of witchcraft for quite a while (years, actually) when she caught me reciting spells along with Mrs. Price from DISNEY'S Bedknobs & Broomsticks when I was little. *sigh*
Thank god there isn't a spot on Fanpop for the Christian values movies she replaced the banned magic ones with... ;)

I am an atheist, but it doesn't bother me. A lot of characters believe in God, why shouldn't they mention it? It's part of culture.

I'm Atheist too. People who are bothered by it need to become less sensitive.

I don't know the song, but any movie that takes place in a church in France has a historical resposibility to mention God. And I'm an atheist.

Especially since Frollo was using his "Christian" background as justification for trying to commit genocide against the Gypsies.

It doesnt bother me at all, i mean im a Christian and i dont care, and my mum always encouraged him to believe in magic etc so it does not bother me at all! lol :D

i think its great when they add different religions into disney movies, so that if you don't know much about the religion it helps us 2 understand it better ptherwise its jst the same religion all the time.

sorry bout the rambling on lol

I love the magic in disney movies thats exactly why I love them so much

of course not

It's IMPOSSIBLE to talk about 16th century Europe without talking about religion. And... I'm pretty Agnostic (as opposed to "sort of" agnostic? lol). Anyhoo, no.

I just ignore it :) But if its more a major point of the movie, like the ancestors in Mulan (My favorite Disney movie) its a litle harder to ignore, but I still don't care.

not really

It really depends... the magic doesn't at all. But there were a few things in Hunchback of Notre Dame with Frollo that were a little eh... but really nothing bothered me a lot.

No, I dont see why anyone should be offended.

Nope, not at all.

I'm a Christian and I am open to all the magic in Disney, be they wizards/witches/witch doctors, pagan gods, mythical creatures, and the like.

no! 'god help the outcasts' was infact a prayer to the god!

It never has bothered me. I like when they add a bit of magic and stuff to the story, it makes things a bit more..interesting. And as far as I'm concerned, God Help the Outcasts is one of the best songs out there. It's actually my favorite one.

I like that they have songs about God. I mean Esmeralda's song was basically a prayer she was singing to God. I loved it.

My aunt, a strict Catholic, was offended by Dr. Faciler, the voodoo shadow man. I am also Catholic, but I don't mind. Disney is not forcing people to become involved in voodoo worship.

Nope, not at all.

Well somtimes magic gets a little anoying in disney movies.

I'm a Mormon and I don't care what's in movies. I love all Disney with magic and greek gods and fairies or whatever. :)

who cares about the religion in the movies it is just movies! believe in what you want they can put whatever they want in THEIR movies! they can make characters jews, catholics, satanists. whatever they want! and all of you christian people please don't get mad at me for mentioning the name of the devil.

Not at all!