Nixing Scripture

National | General Mills and Disney snub Christians, while the national media savage a Christian businessman | Lynn Vincent

In America, even lots of atheists own Bibles. In fact, 92 percent of American households own at least one copy of God's Word, according to studies by Barna Research. Still, General Mills late last month deemed it necessary to apologize to all Americans for attaching a free software copy of the New International Version of the Bible to more than 12 million boxes of its trademark breakfast cereals (WORLD, Aug. 5).

Some pro-family groups see the food giant's national mea culpa as another example of family values turned upside-down. Tim Dailey, a cultural analyst with the Family Research Council, called General Mills' apology "mind-boggling" in light of a July announcement by four major national health associations that media violence, including PC- and video-games, is linked to increasing violence among children.

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