Media and Religion?

[ReptilianPeon]

We keep hearing about how certain religions are stereotyped/persecuted by the media - in particular the religion of Muhammad (lol the hypocrisy). And it got me thinking. We hear/read negative (truthful) information about all religions yet individual religions like single themselves out and say the media is only negative towards us.

If we take the BBC as an example, they try their utmost to be unbiased yet when religionists lament about negative stereotyping they tarnish all media outlets with the same brush. That's hypocrisy. Not only that, the mainstream media in the West (with some exceptions, obviously, because Rupert Murdoch has no interest in truth) tries its best to report only facts. Clearly this is another example of preachers not being interested in truth because they refuse to acknowledge what their religion drives people to do.

Basically, I don't think the reporting of facts is negatively stereotyping anyone. If religionists didn't want to be negatively stereotyped then they shouldn't go around harming/killing people or denying science in the first place.

[ignoramus]

Rupert Murdoch! If he made a dollar from every kid that got molested by a catholic priest, he wouldn't be reporting them.
All billionaire philanthropists are cunts!

[Nope]

We keep hearing about how certain religions are stereotyped/persecuted by the media - in particular the religion of Muhammad (lol the hypocrisy). And it got me thinking. We hear/read negative (truthful) information about all religions yet individual religions like single themselves out and say the media is only negative towards us.

If we take the BBC as an example, they try their utmost to be unbiased yet when religionists lament about negative stereotyping they tarnish all media outlets with the same brush. That's hypocrisy. Not only that, the mainstream media in the West (with some exceptions, obviously, because Rupert Murdoch has no interest in truth) tries its best to report only facts. Clearly this is another example of preachers not being interested in truth because they refuse to acknowledge what their religion drives people to do.

Basically, I don't think the reporting of facts is negatively stereotyping anyone. If religionists didn't want to be negatively stereotyped then they shouldn't go around harming/killing people or denying science in the first place.

There are both negative and positive images of religion in the media; however, I have noticed that some people view any film that contains a religious character doing wrong as proof that there is a bias against their faith. I don't think that is true. Most of the population in the United States is still Christian so it makes sense that some bad characters would be religious just as they are in real life. There are also films where the main character is religious but also good

[Brian37]

We keep hearing about how certain religions are stereotyped/persecuted by the media - in particular the religion of Muhammad (lol the hypocrisy). And it got me thinking. We hear/read negative (truthful) information about all religions yet individual religions like single themselves out and say the media is only negative towards us.

If we take the BBC as an example, they try their utmost to be unbiased yet when religionists lament about negative stereotyping they tarnish all media outlets with the same brush. That's hypocrisy. Not only that, the mainstream media in the West (with some exceptions, obviously, because Rupert Murdoch has no interest in truth) tries its best to report only facts. Clearly this is another example of preachers not being interested in truth because they refuse to acknowledge what their religion drives people to do.

Basically, I don't think the reporting of facts is negatively stereotyping anyone. If religionists didn't want to be negatively stereotyped then they shouldn't go around harming/killing people or denying science in the first place.

The truth is the terms "majority and minority" are time frame and geographical issues. When any label makes an argument "They persecute me", isn't exactly wrong, it just depends where the persecuted are located. Christians and Curds and minority Muslims in Iraq are persecuted by Isis. Christians and Muslims living in the west are crybabies who simply don't want their religions criticized. 

But it is not a "stereotype" at all to rightfully state that religious people pick up holy books, read them, then use what they read to justify harm to others. 

[vorlon13]

I would love to have John Stossel come out and ask something like , "Why are there 40,000 schisms in Christianity? How did God author so much confusion ?"

And then go into some of the total bullshit crap that has spawned these schismatic sects. Shit like hat brim width, numbering the 10 commandments differently than the Jews do, drinking or not drinking poison, etc.

Christers wouldn't know what hit them.

[Brian37]

I would love to have John Stossel come out and ask something like , "Why are there 40,000 schisms in Christianity? How did God author so much confusion ?"

And then go into some of the total bullshit crap that has spawned these schismatic sects. Shit like hat brim width, numbering the 10 commandments differently than the Jews do, drinking or not drinking poison, etc.

Christers wouldn't know what hit them.

The dodge used "That is just God speaking in different languages".

Ok, yea, an "all powerful God can "poof" all this into existence in a blink of an eye, but cant "poof" one book that no one has to argue over?

I would not hire such a being to run a  bicycle factory. The bikes would end up with squid for spokes and the workers would murder each other over their different assembly manuals.

Seems hardly efficient to create all those versions if you want everyone on the same page.