Well, not the kind of evangelical Christianity you usually see there. After all, the whole point of evangelicalism (as opposed to evangelism) is to bring the word to the masses and convert as many as possible to the faith - and what better way to do that than via television?
It is perhaps true, though, that Christianity as a whole is cheapened by these churches, but there exists enough diversity in it for people to realise that the CofE church on the corner is not Billy Graham.
With less popularised or familiar (to most westerners at least) religions, like atheism, Bhuddism, paganism or Wicca, sterotypes persist. I think this is why so many Wiccans I know utterly despise Fiona Horne - the general public are not familiar enough with Wicca to know that she does not truly represent all Wiccans, as they don't realise the diversity that exists. (Likewise Bhuddists and the Dalai Lama, though I suspect few Bhuddists would mind being associated with him.)
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Date: 2004-12-31 01:51 am (UTC)It is perhaps true, though, that Christianity as a whole is cheapened by these churches, but there exists enough diversity in it for people to realise that the CofE church on the corner is not Billy Graham.
With less popularised or familiar (to most westerners at least) religions, like atheism, Bhuddism, paganism or Wicca, sterotypes persist. I think this is why so many Wiccans I know utterly despise Fiona Horne - the general public are not familiar enough with Wicca to know that she does not truly represent all Wiccans, as they don't realise the diversity that exists. (Likewise Bhuddists and the Dalai Lama, though I suspect few Bhuddists would mind being associated with him.)