Why does the media try to discredit Christianity?

[arunangelo]

Time and again the media claim that they have made startling discoveries about Christianity. To the common people who have not been educated in the history of Christianity, such presentations seem like eye openers, because, the presentations have scholarly pretenses. In reality, they are full of false information, unrealistic speculations and fiction. The De Vinci code was history mixed with fiction that made fiction appear like real history. Judas’ Gospel, that were written by Gnostics (who were at odds with Christians) long after the real Gospels were written, had been discredited by scholars a long ago; yet it resurfaced as some new discovery in the media. More recently, they took an archeological findings of the early nineteen eighties, in which grave of a Jewish family was discovered, and tried to imply that it was the grave of Jesus and his family; although none of his family members lived in Jerusalem (where the grave was discovered) and the chief archeologist of the excavation found no connection between Jesus and the grave.

The media is anti-Christian, because, they are opposed to Christian teachings. Christianity teaches about unconditional love, in which, Christians, like Jesus, are called to love their enemies and compensate for the offenses of their offenders by sacrificing their own interest. Christians are also called to protect every human life, including those in the fetal and embryonic stages, and respect marital union as holy, permanent and life-giving. Christians, therefore, oppose contraception, artificial reproductive techniques, destruction of embryo for any reason, euthanasia, divorce, fornication, sexual immorality and perversities, gay union, and self-interest. The media, which espouses all these things, therefore, does not like Christianity. To them, Jesus is the stumbling block, because, in Jesus the reality of God, as pure, sacrificial, all forgiving is revealed. Jesus, therefore, is their prime target.

 

[blessedtoo]

Looks to me like you answered your own question very eloquently.

For me to survive in this culture, I have to keep my media intake limited and balanced. I know through experience that certain media outlets are always going to present a biased story. And for the reasons you cited. Even channels I used to watch like Discover and History seem slanted one way. When they do a program on Christianity, and the only “Christian” voices they include are lukewarm or dissident (Dominic Crossan), I get weary and employ the boycott strategy. Other less obvious channels, like CNN (covert bias, but there nonetheless), I will watch and filter the bias as much as possible. I turn to FOX to get the Catholic/Christian perspective on issues and filter out their obvious bias as well. To even out the playing field, I turn to EWTN and my local Catholic radio station. Somewhere in the middle lies the truth. Oh, and PRAYER!