Why Does The Media Avoid Reporting on the Huge Movement Away From Fundamentalism to Progressive Religion?

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:39 pm by Frank Schaeffer

Why Does The Media Avoid Reporting on the Huge Movement Away From Fundamentalism to Progressive Religion? 2015-03-12T17:39:30-06:00 Frank Schaeffer

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Why Does The Media Avoid Reporting on the Huge Movement Away From Fundamentalism to Progressive Religion?

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Is it that the conflict between atheists and fundamentalists is sexier?
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 “survivors” 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.

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

Why? Why hasn’t the media reported on this vast movement of individuals?

They say I affirm paradox rather than the certainties of the normal media “take” 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?

We don’t fit one category. So why do we mostly hear about fundamentalists or the so-called New Atheists? Most Americans don’t fit either of those categories. Do you? Are we really as polarized as the media makes out?

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