Obviously the writers were ripping from that one obscure outed gay preacher in CO (I think) headline.
By obscure of course you mean the former President of the National Association of Evangelicals, the largest evangelical organization in the world.
Hawk - 01:03pm on 03/20/2008
By obscure of course you mean the former President of the National Association of Evangelicals, the largest evangelical organization in the world.
Does the man have a name? I didn’t know it before the revelation of his illicit drug and sex activities and I’ve forgotten since then. As a person who attends worship at least 50 Sundays out of 52 and is present at my church many other evenings for various activities, I can tell you that I nor anyone else in my congregation with whom I have spoken about this had heard of this man before. Now, that is anecdotal evidence, but I would challenge you to find references to this guy in the press before his outing. If you find even as many as half of the references of either James Dobson or Jerry Falwell in the year prior to the revelation of his problems then I will concede your point.
kbiel - 01:03pm on 03/20/2008
As for Seventh Heaven, yeah, the lead character was a sensitive new agey kind of pastor, but the advice was generally pretty mainstream: Don’t have sex outside marriage, sacrifice for your fellow man, faith, hope and charity. And it WAS Christian.
Pomerdorgrad - 01:03pm on 03/20/2008
I do not recall one movie or television show in the past few decades that portrayed Christians or Christian ministers in a good light.
The last Zorro had a very heroic priest. 7th Heaven was generally pro-Christianity, tho in a very dilluted form. Narnia of course. Dairy of a Mad Black Woman, Why Did I get Married?, Madea’s family reunion...all of Tyler Perry’s movies are very pro-Christian. Click had a Christian message without being overly Christian (the Angel of Death takes a side mission to show Sandler how he’s wasting his life by ignoring his family).
There’s not a lot of them, but they’re there.
And the problem isn’t Hollywood being negative about Christianity. The problem is the MSM, Hollywood, and revisionist history liberals (and many liberal Christians) trying to malign Christianity by making people believe that it’s dangerous, a threat to their lives. That way the left can step in to make Christians go away for the public good. It’s for our safety don’tchaknow?
Kenny - 02:03pm on 03/20/2008
I used to be a very faithful viewer of Law & Order and could pretty much overlook the leftward slant. The episode that pushed me over the edge was the Minutemen being vilified as murderers/kidnappers/vigilantes. Haven’t watched another episode since.
Done with L&O - 04:03pm on 03/20/2008
does anyone have a list of the advertisers that ran during that showing of Law and Order?
Id like to contact the advertisers that I am boycotting them and mail the list to several churches. Their ratings are going down and they are already PAYING back money to their advertisers!
Please post a list on here of the advertisers during that show or email it to me at
Geoffrey - 10:03am on 03/21/2008
Rob, you must be off your meds. This is not a joke. If you scrutinized so-called Fundamentalist Evangelicals as much as you do liberals, you would be aware of the hate-filled
garbage some preach in the name of Christ. Be informed. Be aware. You know I am beginning that the Old Testament was written by Conservatives; the New Testament by liberals. What do you think?
ollie-B - 08:03pm on 03/24/2008
one of their best episodes ever. i enjoy seeing religious “fanatics” of any faith being shown as the monsters that they really are.
By obscure of course you mean the former President of the National Association of Evangelicals, the largest evangelical organization in the world.
Does the man have a name? I didn’t know it before the revelation of his illicit drug and sex activities and I’ve forgotten since then. As a person who attends worship at least 50 Sundays out of 52 and is present at my church many other evenings for various activities, I can tell you that I nor anyone else in my congregation with whom I have spoken about this had heard of this man before. Now, that is anecdotal evidence, but I would challenge you to find references to this guy in the press before his outing. If you find even as many as half of the references of either James Dobson or Jerry Falwell in the year prior to the revelation of his problems then I will concede your point.
As for Seventh Heaven, yeah, the lead character was a sensitive new agey kind of pastor, but the advice was generally pretty mainstream: Don’t have sex outside marriage, sacrifice for your fellow man, faith, hope and charity. And it WAS Christian.
The last Zorro had a very heroic priest. 7th Heaven was generally pro-Christianity, tho in a very dilluted form. Narnia of course. Dairy of a Mad Black Woman, Why Did I get Married?, Madea’s family reunion...all of Tyler Perry’s movies are very pro-Christian. Click had a Christian message without being overly Christian (the Angel of Death takes a side mission to show Sandler how he’s wasting his life by ignoring his family).
There’s not a lot of them, but they’re there.
And the problem isn’t Hollywood being negative about Christianity. The problem is the MSM, Hollywood, and revisionist history liberals (and many liberal Christians) trying to malign Christianity by making people believe that it’s dangerous, a threat to their lives. That way the left can step in to make Christians go away for the public good. It’s for our safety don’tchaknow?
I used to be a very faithful viewer of Law & Order and could pretty much overlook the leftward slant. The episode that pushed me over the edge was the Minutemen being vilified as murderers/kidnappers/vigilantes. Haven’t watched another episode since.
does anyone have a list of the advertisers that ran during that showing of Law and Order?
Id like to contact the advertisers that I am boycotting them and mail the list to several churches. Their ratings are going down and they are already PAYING back money to their advertisers!
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/12/11/plummeting-ratings-cause-nbc-give-refunds-advertisers
Please post a list on here of the advertisers during that show or email it to me at
Rob, you must be off your meds. This is not a joke. If you scrutinized so-called Fundamentalist Evangelicals as much as you do liberals, you would be aware of the hate-filled
garbage some preach in the name of Christ. Be informed. Be aware. You know I am beginning that the Old Testament was written by Conservatives; the New Testament by liberals. What do you think?
one of their best episodes ever. i enjoy seeing religious “fanatics” of any faith being shown as the monsters that they really are.