Religion

Journalist Laments: We ‘Won’t Be Forcing the Faithful into Straightjackets Any Time Soon’

mike.ciandella — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:46:20 +0000

He’s disappointed that an APA study on religion and mental illness is a hoax.

Sarah Stites

The Atlantic writer Jeffrey Tayler is annoyed at the “educated elite” in our country. Why have they not risen to the occasion and labeled passionate religious belief a mental illness?

Serena Williams: ‘I Have to Give Thanks to Jehovah God’

julia.seymour — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:15:13 +0000

Wimbledon victor points to faith as reason for success.

Sarah Stites

During an interview following her July 11 Wimbledon victory, a radiant Serena Williams pointed to the sky and declared: “I have to give thanks to Jehovah God for today. I just really relied on His strength.”

Broadway Playwright: God is ‘Jealous, Vindictive, Self-Defeating’

mike.ciandella — Wed, 27 May 2015 15:49:32 +0000

Smug lefty writer enthralls smug HuffPo Live lefties with smug lefty take on religion.

MRC Culture Staff

David Javerbaum is proving himself to be the newest anti-God “theologian” from the left. In the past few years, he has come out with numerous works dedicated to ridiculing Christianity in as general terms as possible.

Why Isn’t the Media Going After Muslim Bakeries?

julia.seymour — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 16:34:55 +0000

Media hound Christian wedding businesses but ignore Muslim-owned ones.

Kristine Marsh

The liberal media’s witchhunt of Christian bakeries and florists after the passage of Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act ignored facts that should have been obvious: Christianity wasn’t the only religion that considers homosexuality sinful.

— Kristine Marsh is Staff Writer for MRC Culture at the Media Research Center. Follow Kristine Marsh on Twitter.

Tech Site Reddit Donates $330,000 to Atheist, Pro-Abortion Groups

dan.gainor — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 19:31:17 +0000

Planned Parenthood, Freedom from Religion, NPR each get $82,765.

Kristine Marsh

Planned Parenthood, NPR, Doctors Without Borders, Freedom From Religion Foundation...What do these all have in common? Besides being left-wing organizations they were also tech site Reddit.com’s first choices of “charities” they promised to donate $82,765.95 of their profits to. Each.

— Kristine Marsh is Staff Writer for MRC Culture at the Media Research Center. Follow Kristine Marsh on Twitter.

‘Dig’ Goes Deep in Series Premier with Biblical Prophecies, Murder, and Mystery

mike.ciandella — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 14:53:30 +0000

Haley Halverson

The Thursday night series premier of Dig (USA) delivers on its promise of murder, conspiracy, and religion.

Dig wastes no time in making its religious undertones as blatant as possible. The show opens quoting a verse from Numbers 6 about bringing a red heifer to sacrifice, and then shows the red cow in Norway with one character stating cryptically: “It has started.” Another announces: “The prophecy has begun.”

Advising GOP to Ditch Conservatives; 'Republicans Have a Problem with Science'

rich.noyes — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 13:18:50 +0000

Vol. 28, No. 3

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Helpful Journalists Advise GOP to Ditch Conservatives

“Republicans should stay out of Iowa altogether. What happens to them is that they get pushed so far to the right in those venues that it gives them a terrible time in the general election.”
— Cokie Roberts on ABC’s This Week, January 25.

ABC's Stephanopoulos Frets Over Bobby Jindal Mentioning 'God' at Religious Event

kyle.drennen — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:47:37 +0000

Kyle Drennen

Leading off an interview with Bobby Jindal on ABC's This Week on Sunday, host George Stephanopoulos played a clip of the Louisiana governor and potential Republican 2016 contender speaking about his faith during a religious event on Saturday: "We can't just elect a candidate and fix what ails our country. We can't just pass a law and fix what ails our country. We need a spiritual revival to fix what ails our country. It is like God has given us the book of life....And on the last page, our God wins."

— Kyle Drennen is Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Kyle Drennen on Twitter.

A Feminist’s Christmas Tale: God Raped Mary

mike.ciandella — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:41:16 +0000

You just can’t make this stuff up.

Kristine Marsh

Salon and Alternet seem to exist only to provide click-bait for kooks. Alternet certainly succeeded with their Sunday article entitled, “Why rape is so intrinsic to religion” which was also cross-posted on partner site Salon. In the article by Valerie Tarico, she tries to argue that the virgin birth of Jesus Christ was God raping Mary, similar to Greek and Hindu tales of gods raping women.

— Kristine Marsh is Staff Writer for MRC Culture at the Media Research Center. Follow Kristine Marsh on Twitter.

Farrakhan Praises Ferguson Violence and ‘Law of Retaliation’; Networks Fail to Cover

curtis.houck — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 05:30:58 +0000

Curtis Houck

During a speech in Baltimore on Saturday, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan justified the violence that took place in Ferguson, Missouri in the aftermath of the grand jury decision and called on African-Americans to “die for something” and “tear this goddamn country up” as peaceful protests only benefit “white folks.”

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

ABC Continues to Hype Book With ‘Astonishing’ Claim That Jesus Married and Had Children

curtis.houck — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 01:54:42 +0000

Curtis Houck

On Wednesday night, ABC News continued to promote a new book with the “astonishing” claim that Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene and had two children together with a flattering one-and-a-half minute segment on ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir.

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

Bill Maher Schools PBS Host Charlie Rose Over Islam's 'Illiberal Beliefs'

matthew.balan — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:53:48 +0000

Matthew Balan

HBO's Bill Maher clashed with Charlie Rose on the veteran host's PBS show on Tuesday over the atheist's outspoken views on Islam.

— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.

CNN's Lemon Uses Bill Maher Tweet to Revisit 'Islam is a Violent Religion' Debate

matthew.balan — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 22:30:06 +0000

Matthew Balan

Don Lemon returned to the question of whether Islam is an inherently violent religion on Monday's CNN Tonight, as he interviewed Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison and author Reza Aslan.

— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.

WashPost Columnist: Christians Spew the Most ‘Hateful Internet Speech’

dan.gainor — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 21:00:23 +0000

Sally Quinn links white supremacy site to religious people.

Katie Yoder

Everyone is exactly who he or she says on the internet – at least according to one Washington Post writer. That conclusion is her rationale to say Christians are awful people.

— Katie Yoder is Staff Writer, Joe and Betty Anderlik Fellow in Culture and Media at the Media Research Center. Follow Katie Yoder on Twitter.

Surprise: Media Mock New Film ‘Persecuted’ About Big Government and Religious Freedom

dan.gainor — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 20:31:45 +0000

Movie explores a possible government assault on faith.

Kristine Marsh

“This is no longer a Christian nation. In fact, it never has been,” says the Democrat senator. That’s the backdrop for the Christian indie film “Persecuted,” opening in theatres July 18. It attempts to address the question of what the U.S. would look like if religious pluralism would have its way forced in by the federal government.

Sen. Harrison (played by Bruce Davidson) was explaining to televangelist John Luther (James Remar) as to why a religious equality bill should be passed. The movie is quite timely, fresh on the heels of the Hobby Lobby ruling.

— Kristine Marsh is Staff Writer for MRC Culture at the Media Research Center. Follow Kristine Marsh on Twitter.