Finally, a break. It seems like days since I've had a moment to think and the brain capacity to think profitably. I was sick and now the baby is sick. I've been "off" for over a week now. During this down time, I've watched a bunch of History Channel shows. I like the History Channel. Well, I used to like it. Now it fills me with a lurking sense of unease.
Every show I watched carried an undertone of anti-Christian bias. Some of the shows just jumped out and said that Christianity is responsible for all the evils in the world but most of them just slipped in comments here and there. There is a definite anti-Christian bias in television programming. The shows I've been watching are just more obvious in their portrayal.
At Christmas time a show came on about the creation. The writers artfully presented the Genesis "myth" and then tied it to all the other myths in the region. They then used the commonalities between the Babylonian myths and the Jewish myth to declare that Genesis is an adaptation of Gilgamesh. It is a compelling argument at first.
Today I watched a show about the plague. The anti-Christian sentiment in it was blatant. The writers made sure to describe how the increasing fanaticism of the flagellants led to the murder of many, many Jews. The constant references to "increasing fanaticism" sent chills through me. How long until we are the hunted?
Desperate people act desperately-sacrificing others in a vain attempt to save themselves. Economic uncertainty mixed with moral confusion leads to vilification of a "weaker" subculture. Christians are a subculture and are increasingly at risk.
The only call to action I'm making is a call to awareness. Take a few minutes to look for anti-Christian rhetoric in the shows you're watching on tv. It's there.
You are so correct Jennifer. Randy and I have seen the same biases in many programs. At first, one thinks "That's just Hollywood." But as time goes by, like you, we are more and more realizing that it IS a symptom of the culture in which we live. Art does more often reflect life than the other way around. And so called learning shows are biased just as our public school schoolbooks have been rewritten in an anti-Christian bias way and each subsequent generation of school teachers has been ingrained in that bias. BUT my God still reigns on the throne, none of this is a surprise to Him! In Him, I will NOT fear, awaken yes, but not fear!
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