Posted on 03/08/2007 9:44:44 PM PST by neverdem
Most Americans think culture is becoming more immoral, and they view the media -- both entertainment and news -- as prime culprits, according to a new survey.
If the media continue to "singularly promote" secular values while undermining orthodox faith and values, it will be very difficult to reverse America's moral decline, said the National Cultural Values Survey, released yesterday by the Culture and Media Institute (CMI) of the Media Research Center.
"Americans who care about the nation's moral condition should insist that the media strive to more fairly represent all views, including those of the orthodox," the report stated.
The survey of 2,000 American adults shows that the nation's culture war is grounded in disagreements over religious issues, such as God's role in life and whether religious belief is essential for a good and moral life, CMI Director Robert H. Knight said.
About 31 percent of Americans, regardless of political stripe, are "orthodox" -- faithful Bible-believers who strive to live by "God's teachings and principles," see "a clear set of right and wrong behaviors" in every issue and believe government should be allowed to follow religious principles.
Seventeen percent of Americans, again regardless of political affiliation, are at the "progressive" end of the religious spectrum -- many believe in God, but they strongly disagree that religion is "the most important factor" in forming their values or that religion is "the most essential ingredient" of a good, moral life. Progressives don't want the government to follow religious principles and don't believe that people "should always live by God's teachings and principles."
The largest group of Americans -- 46 percent who described themselves as "independents" -- do not fully identify with either of the other groups. However, they tend to align with the orthodox regarding...
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Add academia and the dem party and the picture is complete.
Agreed.
Could not be more wrong.
A woman without a veil angers them just as much -- enough to blow themselves up, or to cut your screaming head off and post on the internet.
I am repulsed by gay marriage too, but that has little to do with the WoT.
In a way; in a way the author is correct. A good many Muslims are perfectly capable of going postal over Western debauchery and then turning around to rape a woman or bugger a boy without thinking anything of it, particularly if the victims are infidels.
Sounds a lot like trying to understand the root cause of why they hate us.
And yet many of those same Americans support Liberals, Democrats and the Hollywood crowd.
I'd like to see how they got those numbers, and to see if they can replicate the results.
Exactly! They know how to get the results they want. We all know that they word their questions in a devious manner.
That's good news. Ignorance is America's most lethal enemy.
This survey was commissioned by the Media Research Center, Brent Bozell's group. It is a great conservative group. I bet that the numbers are pretty accurate.
Each generation seems to think this. This kind of sentiment is not novel, nor is it unexpected.
mainstream media is the mouthpiece of the enemies of truth and freedom, i.e. the self-titled 'progressives' that are more accurately called the 'repressives' for their political correctness nazi police mentality.
the socialist agenda is infecting everything from real estate reality programs to cooking shows.
conservatives are too polite and naive to understand we are at war right here in america.
I think we are seeing morally degenerate behavior treated as normal on television and in movies. Even worse, such behavior is also being promulgated in some public schools in some parts of the country. Some political leaders clearly support moral degeneracy such as those who participate in events celebrating homosexual behavior, including prominent politicians such as Senator Hillary Clinton, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Senator Charles Schumer, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
Half naked women (aka bitchs and hoes) hip hopping on the MTV and singing about their "humps" does kinda rub people overseas the wrong way.
Who wants their small children exposed to this?
IOW, squishy-squashy moderates who can't make their minds up and stand firm in either direction. They are practically as bad as the liberals, IMO.
...cultural conservatives to join with Muslims and others in condemning the global moral degeneracy that is produced by liberal values and work to halt the spread of such things.
Unfortunately I hesitate to join with muslims regarding much of anything. One, because they dont' speak out about their own terrorist ilk, second because I don't want to have a fatwa issued for my head because I refuse their offer (demand) to convert to their false religion.
-- C.S. Lewis
Most Americans are right. And most Americans can control their TV viewing.
[It is a great conservative group.]
Thanks, that makes it even sadder to read then!
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