Why does the media not report the truth about Christians?
Don't even think for a second that if atheists or Muslims had done the beating that it wouldn't have been reported as such. The perpetrators' religions are unspecified (by design), and the conclusion is that they are simply racists. Yeah, Christian racists. Trinity-believing, bible-raised, baptized, sacrament-receiving CHRISTIAN RACISTS.
No wonder these precious people hold themselves in such high regard: they never have to take account for anything. What a sick ethic...
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WHAT THESE MURDERERS COMMITTED WAS NOT ONLY MURDER, BUT A SERIOUS HATE CRIME. THEY MADE THE MISTAKE OF THEIR LIVES FUELED BY HATE AND INTOLERANCE AND WHAT THEY DID IS NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THOSE MONSTERS DID TO MATTHEW SHEPARD BACK IN 1998 BECAUSE HE WAS GAY.
ReplyDeleteTHESE RACIST MURDERERS SHOULD BE PUNISHED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. I CALL FOR EXECUTION SO THAT THEIR PARENTS WHO TAUGHT THEM HOW TO HATE CAN WATCH AND UNDERSTAND HOW THEY DESTROYED THEIR CHILDREN. IF THERE IS ANYTHING LESS THAN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT OR SERIOUS TIME IN PRISON, AMERICA WILL SEE RAGE
You cannot blame Christianity on the death of this person. That is very lame logic. The bottom line is Christians are made up of human beings who make mistakes, just because you are a Christian does not make you immune from making mistakes nor do Christians teach that. The true Christian will love their neighbor as well as their enemy. Of course that is easier said than done. Also, I seriously doubt the kids were Christian to behave like this, just because you go to church does not mean you are a Christian anymore than sitting in a garage does not make you a car.
ReplyDeleteYou are rediculous.
ReplyDeleteThe fundemental flaw with your argument is that if the indiviual was of a different faith, it would somehow be reported that it was intergral in the attack.
There is crime everyday and rarely is the individual's faith (or lack therof)brought up as a reason for said crime. If this is not the case, please provide examples to prove your claims.
There are bigots and racists of every creed, faith and color. Muslims and athiests included if you were wondering.
This article of yours in effect makes you come across just as bigoted and narrow-minded as the "Christian racists".
that's just good, solid journalism.
You've missed the point.
ReplyDeleteIf the victim had been white, and the attackers Muslim, the story would have read, "Muslims Attack Pennsylvania Teen." If the attackers had been known to be atheists and the kid a Christian, it would have read, "Atheists attack and Kill Christian Teen." But our media does not mention that they are Christians when they attack someone (we don't know that they were, but again that's not the point). christians are not immediately identified and criticized in the media for the bigotry that their religion and ministers promote.
John Hagee is a prime example of homophobia, anti-muslim and anti-catholic rhetoric, as well as anti-semitism cloaked in evangelical eschatology. While Jeremiah Wright is public example of the racism in many black christian churches. But his christianity is used as a point in his favor, rather than a contributing factor to his failings. Racism, particularly anti-catholic and anti-immigrant, among christians is a growing movement in America - "Sixty-three percent of conservative white evangelical Protestants view immigrants as a threat to “traditional American customs and values…” - article.
Chorobe makes the point perfectly, if unintentionally, "I seriously doubt the kids were Christian to behave like this." This is precisely the presumption of innocence that christians garner in America today. If they did something bad, they weren't really christian. How about - they did something bad because they were christian and that's what their church supports?
It is simply not true that christians don't do anything bad, and I'm not talking the Crusades and the Inquisition here. christians have, throughout history, and continue today to commit violence and atrocities for their religion (more on that) .
Our media and people will describe someone with an identifier to as a shorthand way to denigrate them such as muslim or homosexual or atheist to appeal to christians. However, it is god-fearing christians (whether they fit your idea of 'good christians' or not) who commit the vast majority of crimes and wrongs in our society. But they are never identified as christians by media or people in general. And it is certainly never suggested that in fact their beliefs and those espoused by their particular sect might well be a contributing factor to their anti-social behavior, such as the beating death of a mexican-american by three white teens in Pennsylvania.
If you've still missed the point, you are simply refusing to see it.
A-ha. We are listed beneath the CNN story in 'from the blogs', and Clyde's provocative headline drew attention. Mystery solved. Kinda cool, but a little creepy.
ReplyDeleteNone of the comments against my post addressed my central argument: why are Christians not labeled as such in the American media when atheists, Muslims, Buddhists, etc are?
ReplyDeleteMy point was that Christian-based media regularly attributes good deeds to their religion. They never take responsibility for Christians who behave badly; instead they offer excuses. And if one is going to argue that morality derives solely from some religion, one should have to account for the disgusting behaviors of their sect.
In other words, if Christianity is so moral, why the widespread immorality. Christians and Muslim apologists ask atheists, "Wherein lies the morality." This article, and history itself, begs the question of the superstitious, "Why so bad?"
I have yet to hear why those made moral only by their superstitions are moral in any way. This case shows how they are not. Atheists can be awful, but no excuses are necessary. We don't maintain that not believing in some weird story makes one moral.
As far as my being a bigot, I am. I'm a bigot against superstition. As far as the superstitious are concerned, it's a case-by-case decision. If that sounds bad, consider that evangelical Christians are bigots against gays on an across-the-board basis. I at least withhold judgment...
I have no reason to admire any belief just because one holds it, and I have many reasons to disdain those who believe in intangibles and then attempt to foist their credulity-based ethics on others.