Why does television always presents religious people as out of touch with the modern world?

Answer 1

IF you are thinking what I am thinking it is called Character Acting. Some actors faces just seem to fit the very slot of a religious person. And of course you well know that the righteous are of the world but not of it.

The advice given by Christ and the old apostles fits perfectly with this modern way of life, though some much prefer to serve two masters.

If one ere to think about it hard and long, it is the modern world that is out of touch with that which has already proven to be right. There will always be those who think that tis' a far far better world than in the past.

AnswerIt doesn't. It does sometimes because some people are.

I've seen every kind of christian imaginable on TV shows, from crazy fundamentalists to hip, open, liberal christians. Maybe if they're shown in a negative light it's because a writer doesn't bother depicting someone with strong religious beliefs unless he's trying to say something about those beliefs, and people want to speak out against that kind of Christianity.

AnswerBecause many of them are. The Pope's position on how condom usage affects the spread of AIDS and the typical values attributed to female intelligence and strength of character (to wit, that they don't exist) in several Islamic cultures is enough of a demonstration.

Having said that, there are many other sections of religion which have managed to keep pace, and these believers are the ones you never hear about, because they're just normal people who get on with life. Put simply, it is those groups which are most out of touch that will be most exposed -- often because of this "out-of-touchness" -- leading to lopsided coverage and the appearance that television (or mass media in general) present religious people as out of touch.