Her Dad Convinced Christians Their Toys Were Evil

About this episode

Taylor Burge discusses her upbringing in a fear-based Christian environment and the impact of her father's ministry on her life.

Support the Show: Patreon.com/PreacherBoys ✖️✖️✖️ Lindsey Williams returns to the podcast to join me in interviewing Taylor Burge, stepdaughter of Phil Phillips. She shares what it was like growing up in the home behind Turmoil in the Toybox, the infamous book that warned Christian parents about the supposed demonic dangers of He-Man, Care Bears, Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, and other pieces of 80s and 90s childhood. In this conversation, Taylor reflects on being raised as one of the “poster children” for her father’s ministry, the pressure of growing up inside fear-based Christianity, the complicated legacy of satanic panic, and how she now thinks about parenting, faith, community, accountability, and breaking cycles as an adult. ✖️✖️✖️ CONNECT WITH THE SHOW: preacherboyspodcast.com https://www.youtube.com/@PreacherBoys https://www.facebook.com/preacherboysdoc/ https://twitter.com/preacherboysdoc https://www.instagram.com/preacherboyspod https://www.tiktok.com/@preacherboyspod To connect with a community that shares the Preacher Boys Podcast's mission to expose abuse in the IFB, join the OFFICIAL Preacher Boys Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1403898676438188/…

People in this episode

Host: Eric Skwarczynski

Guests: Lindsey Williams, Taylor Burge

Topics covered

• childhood
• fear-based Christianity
• satanic panic
• parenting
• faith
• community
• accountability

Keywords

• Christianity
• toys
• demonic dangers
• 80s
• 90s
• parenting
• satanic panic

Mentioned in this episode

Products: He-Man, Care Bears, Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers

Books & works: Turmoil in the Toybox

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