Stop The Press!

So I decided to try an experiment and visit the homepages of the major news organizations and see what religion-related stories are out there….here are the results:

Cnn.com: None.

MsNbc.com: There were two. One was about the major Protestant and Catholic political parties in Northern Ireland signing an agreement to form a power-sharing government. The other was a story about France trying to push back on the rise of creationism in their country. Oh, there was also a story talking about how Europe is dealing with the culture increase in cultural conflicts due to their rise in Islamic immigrants.

Abcnews.com: An article about an Al-Qaida prisoner who escaped and is now calling on Somolia to launch a holy war.

Foxnews.com: A story discussing the Koran and domestic abuse. Also one about a Jewish seminary admitting gay students.

Cbsnews.com: None.

Pbs.org: None.

Ap.org: None.

Reuters.com: A couple of the above articles…plus: A story about a car safety group asking the Vatican for help w/ a priest who likes to speed, and one about one of the victims of the 2004 Madrid train bombing wearing a T-shirt w/ a Mohammed cartoon on it.

Have you noticed that none of these stories are particularly warm and fuzzy? A couple are neutral, and the one about the speeding priest is kind of humorous, but none of these are upbeat and positive. I’d like to see an article that says “This just in – God loves us, thinks we’re idiots for not acting like it.” My guess is that if we saw more positive news stories about religion in the mainstream media (and more positive news stories in general!), then the whole lot of us would be less pessimistic and more likely to treat each other like human beings. Remember folks, it’s all about the love: God loving us, and us loving each other (and ourselves).

Peace. Out. Kevin.