Why The MSM Hates The Christian Faith
Brit Hume ended up in hot water because he said on a Fox News show that maybe Buddhism wasn't working out for Tiger Woods and maybe he ought to look into the kind of redemption and forgiveness the Christian faith offers to put his life back together. The media-entertainment-industrial complex were horrified. You see, in the la-la land of the secularist, you can't talk about that sort of thing publicly. T.V. ads can go on about "erectile dysfunction," women on talk shows can yap about their va-jay-jays, and we won't even discuss what happens on "Jersey Shore" or the "Real Housewives" franchise. You can show blood and guts on prime time television. You can portray creepy priests and abusive Christian parents in dramas. But mentioning anything positive about Christianity? Why that's worse than expelling bodily gas at high decibels during a state dinner! You just NEVER do that sort of thing in polite company! The horror!!
johncwright had a long and very well-written piece on the whole thing, including on the difference between Buddhism and Christianity. I won't address that because to be honest, the MSM couldn't care less about the honor of Buddhists worldwide. No, they were offended at someone publicly promoting Christianity as something of value. By the same token, several sportswriters have mocked college football star Tim Tebow's openness about his faith.
Why is that? My theory is many of those visible or prominent in the media-entertainment-industrial complex are deeply uncomfortable with a religion that requires you to be humble and put something above yourself. Hiding it away as something private means you don't have to acknowledge it or think about it. It becomes irrelevant to your life. Without it there, you're free to order your universe according to the way you want it without any consequence. It bothers these people to see a prominent, successful media figure like a Brit Hume act differently because it bursts a trope that smart, powerful people reject that sort of thing. They're not only worried that *gasp* Tiger might take up Hume's advice, but that millions of folks at home might too. And where does that leave the hardcore secularist?
johncwright had a long and very well-written piece on the whole thing, including on the difference between Buddhism and Christianity. I won't address that because to be honest, the MSM couldn't care less about the honor of Buddhists worldwide. No, they were offended at someone publicly promoting Christianity as something of value. By the same token, several sportswriters have mocked college football star Tim Tebow's openness about his faith.
Why is that? My theory is many of those visible or prominent in the media-entertainment-industrial complex are deeply uncomfortable with a religion that requires you to be humble and put something above yourself. Hiding it away as something private means you don't have to acknowledge it or think about it. It becomes irrelevant to your life. Without it there, you're free to order your universe according to the way you want it without any consequence. It bothers these people to see a prominent, successful media figure like a Brit Hume act differently because it bursts a trope that smart, powerful people reject that sort of thing. They're not only worried that *gasp* Tiger might take up Hume's advice, but that millions of folks at home might too. And where does that leave the hardcore secularist?