{"id":5589,"date":"2014-11-19T06:51:35","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T13:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/frankschaeffer\/?p=5589"},"modified":"2015-03-12T17:39:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T23:39:30","slug":"why-does-the-media-avoid-reporting-on-the-huge-movement-away-from-fundamentalism-to-progressive-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/frankschaeffer\/2014\/11\/why-does-the-media-avoid-reporting-on-the-huge-movement-away-from-fundamentalism-to-progressive-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Does The Media Avoid Reporting on the Huge Movement Away From Fundamentalism to Progressive Religion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Why Does The Media Avoid Reporting on the Huge Movement Away From Fundamentalism to Progressive Religion?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Please comment on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/frank.schaeffer.16\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">FACEBOOK <\/a>page (Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/frank.schaeffer.16\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">HERE<\/a>)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is it that the conflict between atheists and fundamentalists is sexier?<\/li>\n<li>Does 24\/7 cable news think only in black and white terms?<\/li>\n<li>Does the latest outrage from Bill Maher or Franklin Graham make for a hotter story than the spiritual journey of millions of tolerant, inclusive seeking Americans?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yet <span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 2012, Pew found that 29 percent of young white evangelicals (age 18-29) expressed support for allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally<\/span>. Even 10 years ago this would have been unthinkable. And today people like Brian McLaren and me are crisscrossing the country talking to former evangelicals who are still deeply religious people yet who describes themselves as \u201csurvivors\u201d of religion.<\/p>\n<p>Millions of boomers have moved from the fundamentalist faith of their upbringing into progressive denominations or no church at all. Yet they still describe themselves as on a spiritual journey.<\/p>\n<p>I hear from readers every day who tell me that my new book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Why-Atheist-Believes-GodNew-Title-ebook\/dp\/B00KDOMMUO\/ref=sr_sp-btf_image_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1400583224&amp;sr=8-2-fkmr0&amp;keywords=why+i+am+an+atheist+who+believes+in+god\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>How to give love, create beauty and find peace<\/em><\/a>\u00a0describes their journey better than anything they\u2019ve read in the media. They say that they thought they were alone.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Why hasn\u2019t the media reported on this vast movement of individuals?<\/p>\n<p>They say I affirm paradox rather than the certainties of the normal media \u201ctake\u201d on religion. They tell me that my journey describes them. How many of us are there? Put it another way: how come so many of us love Pope Francis?<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t fit one category. So why do we mostly hear about fundamentalists or the so-called New Atheists? Most Americans don\u2019t fit either of those categories. Do you? Are we really as polarized as the media makes out?<\/p>\n<p>PLEASE SHARE YOUR STORY<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/frank.schaeffer.16\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> HERE<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>ABOUT ANOTHER WAY TO SEE RELIGION OTHER THAN IN BLACK AND WHITE CATEGORIES.<\/p>\n<p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/frank.schaeffer.16\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>TELL ME<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0YOUR STORY.<\/p>\n<p>HELP ME PROVE THE NARROW MEDIA VIEW WRONG.<\/p>\n<p>Please comment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/frank.schaeffer.16\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/frank.schaeffer.16\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">FB <\/a>page!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>I\u2019ll be publishing the best and most insightful comments.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">Frank\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/frank.schaeffer.16\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Schaeffer<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">\u00a0is a writer.\u00a0His latest book \u2014<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Why-Atheist-Believes-GodNew-Title-ebook\/dp\/B00KDOMMUO\/ref=sr_sp-btf_image_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1400583224&amp;sr=8-2-fkmr0&amp;keywords=why+i+am+an+atheist+who+believes+in+god\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>How to give love, create beauty and find peace<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">Available now on Amazon<\/h2>\n<div style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/RRCBRn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankschaeffer.com\/uploads\/3\/4\/3\/8\/3438458\/2682073_orig.png\" alt=\"Picture\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/RRCBRn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankschaeffer.com\/uploads\/3\/4\/3\/8\/3438458\/3619042.jpg?340\" alt=\"Picture\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div><strong><em>Follow Frank on Twitter\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/frank_schaeffer\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>www.twitter.com\/frank_schaeffer<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<strong><em>See Frank\u2019s paintings\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankschaefferart.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>http:\/\/www.frankschaefferart.com\/<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<strong><em>Follow Frank on Facebook<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/frank.schaeffer.16\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/frank.schaeffer.16<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<strong><em>Contact Frank at<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankschaeffer.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.frankschaeffer.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Why Does The Media Avoid Reporting on the Huge Movement Away From Fundamentalism to Progressive Religion?\u00a0 Please comment on my FACEBOOK page (Click HERE)\u00a0 Is it that the conflict between atheists and fundamentalists is sexier? 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