How Many Christians Have Struggled With Being a Brony?

[Dreambiscuit 12,663]

I’m a Christian and I never struggled with liking MLP, and why should I? My faith has little to do with how I enjoy a cartoon show about ponies. There’s nothing offensive in the show that I’ve noticed (and I’m a stickler for that sort of thing) and there’s nothing but positive stuff going on throughout the series. Even the episode ‘Feeling Pinkie Keen’ makes some good points about faith. So I don’t see any reason Christians would be concerned or ‘struggling’ over it.

[SidewinderX 243]

I have absolutely no issues with the show itself; why should I? I do struggle with the fandom and its creations, of course, because those can get problematic, but as long as I stay aware and avoid bad content (which is usually pretty easy, thank goodness) I don't mind very much.

[Dawnshine Wonder 5,072]

I am not entirely sure, I have not seen any statistics on this one so it's difficult for me to know how many Christians there are who happen to also like MLP, while I am not Christian myself, I think I can see some parallels with that and the storytelling of MLP FIM although the religion itself has nothing to do with MLP. Even an agnostic like myself would struggle with publicly letting everyone know I like MLP by real name, because it comes with a stigma that is not deserved, sure, you get some hateful people in the Brony and Pegasister community still, but it is not as widespread as some would have you believe, in fact I have found more caring and considerate people in this community than anywhere else I've looked, when we're feeling down about something, there's other's to lift our spirits, no pun intended, basically what I'm saying is, this community finds strength in numbers and providing a support network, not putting other's down, the behavior I would come to expect from individuals who wish to share the ideals in the fictional world Equestria, and I also regret some negative things I have said about MLP fans in the past.

I'm not joking when I say this, this community may have just saved my life when I was going through some mental health problems, and still am though I find coping mechanisms like anyone else.

 

[OverTheStars 341]

Don't practice religion anymore, but I don't think there would be any struggle there? I feel like if you were in a branch of Christianity that forbid you from watching anything with magic then I don't think you'd watch MLP or brand yourself a brony to begin with. As for any other Christian, it's the same as any other cartoon, I don't believe there's anything in MLP that would go against their faith since the show doesn't present it's systems or magic as actual fact (that would be kind of funny though).