The battle for souls

I wasn't aware that conservative christianity was free from flaw.

Discovery has some great stuff. I probably won't be able to catch this, but hopefully can on a rerun.

 

I do have a life outside the board, ya know . Seriously though, I've been here, but due to time constraints, I must pick & choose what conversations to engage in.

I didn't get that at all. The multifaceted Christian movement in the US is an interesting animal, and the clashes therein are interesting to observe. As far as fair & objective, it's the Discovery Channel, not the nightly news. TDC programming is documentarian in nature, not press. I admittedly didn't see the program, but I'm a frequent viewer of TDC, Hist, NatGeo, and TLC. When my wife isn't in the room, I put on HGTV, but let's keep that our little secret

 

What's PBN? If you're referring to PBS, I typically enjoy PBS, and have been a subscriber. In fact, I believe they're showing a program this weekend called "America's Houses of Worship" or something like that, that looks at some of the architecture of churches in America, from our founding to present. I think it's on this saturday, and since I won't be home, I'm going to have to tape it.

 

Not overtly, no. Some programming I don't particularly like, but most I do. I typically enjoy Nova and This Old House. I used to watch the occaisional Masterpiece Theater. I loved Sesame Street and Mr Rogers as a kid.

 

Check out what is happening among some Christians in certain parts of the US at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominionism

 

I would hope Christians would be as narrow minded as God. There is no such thing as balance when it come to disobedience to God's word.

 

As far as I know, they only have one progay show, called "In the Life" which is on late night on the weekends, and fully funded privately (it's an insexpensive show to produce). In fact, most PBS stations have cancelled the show because of low ratings. One could argue, however, that public television is supposed to be a place where freedom of expression can flourish. In fact, that's what gay activists claim when they complain about PBS programming catering mostly to conservatives.

It is hardly taxpayer funded. Tax dollars actually go to the CPB (Corporation for Public Broadcasting), which gets its funding from private donors, state and local entities, and federal agencies. PBS stations get less than 14% of their funding from the CPB (the CPB also funds NPR radio stations. The rest comes from from corporate donations and viewer donors like myself.

I'm not a big watcher, but having nephews and nieces, I do watch it from time to time, and have never found any "left bent", or even a "right bent" for that matter.

 

From yoru lips to God's ears. I hope and pray they're only a small minority. I suspect, though, that there is a much bigger percentage "in the closet", so to speak. Even in minority, the noise those squeaky wheels make is sufficient enough to get greased, and casting a bad light on mainline religious people (Christians and nonchristians alike) in the US. IMO, we must take a stand against this before it becomes an epidemic. But most Christians who attempt this are simply labeled "liberals" and dismissed by such.