Why is the mainstream-liberal media so eager to undermine our faith?

[Anonymous_1]

With a plot twist worthy of The Da Vinci Code, the gospel - 13 papyrus sheets bound in leather and found in a cave in Egypt - purports to relate the last days of Jesus’ life, from the viewpoint of Judas, one of Jesus’ first followers. Christians teach that Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver, but in this gospel, he is the hero, Jesus’ most senior and trusted disciple and the only one who knows Jesus’ true identity as the son of God.

We’re confident this is genuine ancient Christian literature," said religious scholar Bart Ehrman of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Thsi is clearly a Gnostic text from some of the reporting.

The manuscript claims that Jesus revealed “secret knowledge” to Judas and instructed him to turn Jesus over to Roman authorities, said Coptic studies scholar Stephen Emmel of Germany’s University of Munster, one of the restoration team members. In the gospel text, Judas is given private instruction by Jesus and is granted a vision of the divine that is denied to other disciples, who do not know that Jesus has requested his own betrayal.

The key passage has Jesus telling Judas “‘you will exceed all of them. For you will sacrifice the man that clothes me,’” Emmel said. The passage reflects the view that material things and the body are traps for the inner soul and also suggests a form of mysticism found in some early Jewish thought, said team adviser Marvin Meyer of Chapman University in Orange, Calif.

My question is why is mainstream-secular-liberal media trying to undermine Faith and promote religious and moral relativism? It is a trend that I am growing increasingly wary over.

 

[Della]

Why else than because the teachings of the Church vex them and convict them of their sins? It’s always been the same down through history. Societies’ “elite” after societies’ elite have trashed the Church because the Church will not compromise, which makes it anti-cultural to them. Even in societies in which the Church wasn’t openly attacked, there’s always been an undercurrent of hatred and rejection of the Church. Jesus told us to expect it, and he was certainly right, as can be seen throughout the world, time and time again in each generation.

 

[Anonymous_1]

it’s scary because of the influence the media has on non-critical thinkers and the uninformed.

I see the same trend in the public education system with more and more teachers and Professors propogating atheism. I have personally witnessed many attacks on our Faith in the college classrooms from teachers and students alike. They do so from ignorance, but they think their ignorance is the truth.

It’s scary to me.

 

[Della]

Anonymous_1:

it’s scary because of the influence the media has on non-critical thinkers and the uninformed.

I see the same trend in the public education system with more and more teachers and Professors propogating atheism. I have personally witnessed many attacks on our Faith in the college classrooms from teachers and students alike. They do so from ignorance, but they think their ignorance is the truth.

It’s scary to me.

Yes, it’s an ongoing never-ending battle between the light and the darkness. And while the darkness seems to have the upper hand at the moment, the light will dawn and kill it, in God’s good time.

People are like sheep–they follow whatever voice sounds the best to them–the one that caters to their egos and their wants not to what is best for them. We need to keep our voices in the public forum and not be scared off by the societal elites who are trying to sideline religion into intellectual ghettos.

We are fighting back, but it will take time to turn the tide, and perhaps some major catastrophe to once again drive the sheep to seek out the real Shepherd. Most of all we need to pray, pray, pray!

 

[Anonymous_1]

May God afflict us if it will bring us back to Him and His ways.

Our society, our country our culture our world is lost. Dear Jesus show us the way!