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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Superbook]]'' and its companion series ''[[Flying House]]''. An all-CGI reboot of ''Superbook'' was produced and released by the Christian Broadcasting Network in 2011. Unlike the previous incarnation, Tatsunoko is no longer involved in its production.
== Comic Books ==
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** Surprisingly, ''many'' [[Christian Rock]] bands are subversions of this: P.O.D., Underoath, and Norma Jean, to name a few examples, are popular among Christians and non-Christians alike because their music is awesome (not that that stops [[Moral Guardians]] from harping on said bands as "safe alternatives" to secular rock). This makes it frustrating for some when people claim that all Christian Rock is Stryper.
** However, the band ApologetiX makes blatant use of this trope, as all of their songs are based off of popular secular songs, like a Christian version of [["Weird Al" Yankovic]].
* The [[Black Eyed Peas]] started out as a less violent, [[Conscious Hip Hop|socially conscious]] alternative to the [[Gangsta Rap]] artists that dominated rap music in [[The Nineties]]. This changed once [[Ms. Fanservice|Fergie]] joined, with their hit albums ''Elephunk'' and ''Monkey Business'' turning them in a more party-pop-oriented direction. They did return to their conscious, politically-motivated hip hop and boom bap roots with ''Masters of the Sun Vol. 1'', in response to the socio-political situation in the United States during the mid to late 2010s.
* The entire [[Straight Edge]] music scene and subculture emerged as a backlash against what was perceived as out-of-control violence and drug use within the [[Hardcore Punk]] scene in [[The Eighties]]. Ironically, the [[Holier Than Thou|militancy]] of [[Smug Straight Edge|some straight edge adherents]] led to the perception that the movement was a gang.
** The "gang" mentality, by the way, was [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] clear into the stratosphere by [[WWE]]'s [[CM Punk]] between 2009 and 2011. His "hardcore straight-edge" gimmick, originally heroic, took on a diabolical "cult" flavor, with Punk's followers essentially a group of skinheaded thugs and Punk himself looking disturbingly like Charles Manson (until [[Rey Mysterio]] shaved him bald).
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*** And then, to bring things full-circle, in 2013 the BSA ended the restriction on gay scouts and allowed troops to select gay leaders. This prompted the founding of [[wikipedia:Trail Life USA|Trail Life USA]].
** In Norway, there were two Scout groups, the KFUM/KFUK scouts (Christian), and the NSF (mostly Christian). However, the NSF was the one to operate on a semi-official basis, because unlike the KFUM/KFUK, it was not sex-segregated when whoever it was made the pick. The KFUM/KFUK scouts has since stopped their segregation and the NSF and KM (their new name) co-operate on nearly everything.
* Several churches, appalled at the pagan influences of [[All Hallow's Eve|Halloween]] and the monsters seen in traditional haunted houses, have taken to doing "Halloween alternative" parties like the "[https://pwhs.ph/march-of-saints/ March of Saints]" as done in Catholic parishes in the [[Philippines]] and elsewhere, in which children [[Cosplay|disguise themselves]] as Biblical characters or saints. Some take this to extremes by setting up "hell houses," in which the attendees are shown scenes meant to portray the decadence of secular culture, finally ending in a room occupied by [[Satan]], claiming that all of the characters they had seen are now firmly in his grasp. In the worst of these, the Hell House is marketed as a normal haunted house, and is thus a [[Bait and Switch]], and in some the attendees must either agree to be saved (
** Alternatively, some who do celebrate Halloween instead made it a point to dress up as fictional characters or celebrities in lieu of the usual ghoulish if not outright demonic costumes, either due to religious concerns or simply because the aforementioned occult or monster costumes can be disturbing to some regardless of beliefs.
** Christmas and Easter had some pagan influences as a matter of fact, like the Christmas tree being derived from a pagan tradition. Legend has it that Saint Boniface witnessed a pagan gathering where a group of people dancing under a decorated oak tree were about to sacrifice a baby in the name of Thor. Boniface took an axe and chopped the tree in the name of [[Jesus]]. Behind the fallen tree was a baby fir. Boniface said, "let this tree be the symbol of the true God, its leaves are ever green and will not die." The tree's needles pointed to heaven. From then on, Christmas trees became a quintessential symbol of the holidays; despite being criticised by some as out of place in the Vatican, Pope John Paul II declared the Christmas tree as a symbol of Christ, exalting the value of life.
* Some parents who [[Homeschooled Kids|school their children at home]] do so because they perceive public school as un-Christian or un-whatever their religion/worldview is. Depending on the parents, homeschooling can actually be a better choice for the child, since the child can learn at a more personalized pace, but with the parents also pushing the child more often to do better than teachers might.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120127212329/http://www.christiansandbdsm.com/index2.html Christian BDSM].
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