{"id":5612,"date":"2014-11-20T02:44:12","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T09:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/frankschaeffer\/?p=5612"},"modified":"2015-03-12T17:39:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T23:39:29","slug":"the-mind-blowing-facebook-response-to-my-question-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\/the-mind-blowing-facebook-response-to-my-question-why-does-the-media-avoid-reporting-on-the-huge-movement-away-from-fundamentalism-to-progressive-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mind-Blowing Facebook Response to My Question: Why Does The Media Avoid Reporting on the Huge Movement Away From Fundamentalism to Progressive Religion?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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Hey Mainstream Media, are you listening? According to my (great) FB readers you\u2019re doing a crap job. Here\u2019s the amazing response\u2013so far\u2013from my readers on my Facebook Page\u2026 More than 150 people have their say\u2026<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Why Does The Media Avoid Reporting on the Huge Movement Away From Fundamentalism to Progressive Religion?Please comment below (I\u2019ll publish the best comments on my blog)Is it that the conflict between atheists and fundamentalists is sexier?<\/span>Does 24\/7 cable news think only in black and white terms?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?Yet In 2012, Pew found that 29 percent of young white evangelicals (age 18-29) expressed support for allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally. 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.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.\n

I hear from readers every day who tell me that my new book \u201cWHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD: How to give love, create beauty and find peace,\u201d describes their journey better than anything they\u2019ve read in the media. They say that they thought they were alone.<\/p>\n

Why? Why hasn\u2019t the media reported on this vast movement of individuals?<\/p>\n

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

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

PLEASE SHARE YOUR STORY HERE ABOUT ANOTHER WAY TO SEE RELIGION OTHER THAN IN BLACK AND WHITE CATEGORIES.<\/p>\n

Please TELL ME YOUR STORY.<\/p>\n

HELP ME PROVE THE NARROW MEDIA VIEW WRONG.<\/p>\n

Please comment HERE\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be publishing the best and most insightful comments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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