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From: savage@ssc-vax.UUCP (Lowell Savage)
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Subject: Re: AP Bias or Error ?
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Date: Fri, 14-Jun-85 20:33:13 EDT
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Paul Levin (npois!pcl) writes:
> Just to give you a little insite as to why the press is ignorant on
> Christian matters:
> 
> A recent poll determined that over 80% (more like 95%) of the people
> working in the press (newspapers, magazines, TV news, etc.) do not
> believe in God, or go to any kind of church or temple, or believe
> in any morality that stems from the Bible.
> 
> What is ironic is that these are the people that have a position
> of great influence on our lives; and they are not religious while
> 80% of the general public surveyed does believe in God, does
> attend a church or temple and does believe in some kind of morality
> stemming from the Bible.
> 
> I worry when I hear the phrase, "More power to the press."

I hope that this is not another indication of what seems to me to be
a rather prevalent "well that's the way it is even though it shouldn't
be" attitude.  Yes, the press (those nasty rumor traders), the military
(those big bad murderers), the government (those bribe-taking politicians),
big business (those ruthless wheeler-dealers). . .are so infested with
non-christians that it is hopeless.  And so Christians that might be
interested in becoming part of one or more of these groups of people
get discouraged, decide that some occupation is "too dirty" for a
Christian, and then find some other occupation.  I personally think
that this line of reasoning is wrong (except in those cases where the
occupation really is evil (like robbery, or if you believe that the
military is in the same category.)  Christians should be part of these
occupations and should try to do a good job.  At the very least, per-
haps a Christian will displace a non-christian and prevent the evil
that that non-christian might otherwise have caused.  At best, a
christian in a high-visibility occupation could bring his/her co-workers
to Christ, or bring others to Christ through their example.  All of
this assumes, of course, that the Christian doesn't allow him/her-self
to be conformed to the world, and do the evil (in the attempt to
raise his/her status) that the non-christian that he/she replaced
would have done.

I don't mean for this to be a flame against Paul or anyone else who
complains against the non-christian bias in the press or anywhere
else.  I just wanted to take the opportunity to point out that when
we see something wrong with our world, perhaps that is something that
we as christians are being called to begin changing!

				There's more than one way to be savage

				Lowell C. Savage