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March 30, 2010
Pop Culture Versus God
Posted by Gregory of Yardale at March 30, 2010 12:44 PM
When my Young Adult thriller novel, The Long Way Home, was submitted to my British publishers, they tried to delete many of the references to the hero's religious faith. My British editor feared that Waterstone's — the UK's biggest bookstore chain — would be reluctant to carry a book with an overtly Christian hero.
Which is just part of a larger picture of pop culture and mass media's aversion to Christian faith generally.
Pop culture's negative portrayal of religion, especially Christianity, is not some accidental oversight. It's purposeful, the result of hostile intent. …
Shakespeare said the purpose of art is "to hold the mirror up to nature." But the purpose of most American art is to depict the world as a small coterie of elites believe it should be in the hopes we will be indoctrinated into going along. Religion stands opposed to that elitist worldview because it elevates the wisdom of faith and simple decency over intellectual narcissism and moral preening.
The mass media are dominated by progressive leftists, who view the Christian God — with His Absolute Morality — as anathema to their desire for consequence-free self-gratification.
Hat Tip: John Miller @ The Corner.
