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Fall 1999
The Resource
Page B-2
EDITORIALS

 

Public T.V. Propaganda

The Corporation for Pro-liberal Broadcasting – PBS – has shown its true colors. Public television is supposed to be an unbiased public service. Instead, PBS swaps mailing lists with the Democratic National Committee. 

It’s no wonder, since they promote the same views. WGBH-TV in Boston swapped its list of donors with the DNC who sent a fundraising letter to a 4-year-old Barney fan. It turns out, this is not an isolated practice at the Propaganda Broadcasting Service.

PBS programming has included: Bill Moyers' new age religion, Dr. Carl Sagan on astrology (that is, astronomy) which upon describing the wonders of the universe proclaims "not every watch needs a watchmaker," nature programming praising Mother Earth and the religion of evolution….

This is old news. What’s new is that someone actually noticed. PBS was created when three networks controlled the flow of information. Like all federal programs - a good idea has outgrown its purpose. PBS has become one more entitlement program (a propaganda machine) at the federal trough.

The PBS assets should be sold to the hundreds of cable networks that now serve this function - without taxpayer money. We would then have some new cable channels –Democrats News Channel (DNC), Mother Earth Network (MEN), and Every Religion Report Other than Right (ERROR).

Immoral Rights

Every immoral act - indeed, every sin - is grounds for eternal punishment by God. No matter how righteous a person is, they are still a sinner and unworthy for heaven apart from God's unmerited favor. 

"None is righteous." Yet, there are degrees of wickedness in sin. Practicing homosexuals are described by God's word as an abomination. This sin is placed in the same category as bestiality.

The notion that any form of immoral behavior deserves special civil rights is absurd. If special civil rights are granted to homosexuals, then would similar rights be granted to prostitutes? What about child molesters - they face discrimination for their behavior?

This is markedly different from other civil rights which express the duty of all mankind to avoid the sin of partiality. Homosexual activists - who have removed the right use of the word "gay" from the language - argue that they represent from 10% to 20% of the populous.

This too, is a lie. All reliable studies place the homosexual population in America at between 1% and 2% - which begs the question, why are they the darling of the local media?

To stand against immoral rights must never remove compassion for lost souls. If so, we see in the mirror the sin of the self-righteous. The Lord showed love and mercy to an adulterous woman. His greatest act of love toward her was to say, "Go and sin no more."

Transparent Faith

One wise preacher said, "I'm just one poor beggar showing other beggars where to find bread." Such humility is lacking in our day. The myth of the perfect Christian has taken its place.

We do a great disservice to others if we present the veneer of a Christian walk without struggles, without temptations, without regrets. The testimony of the perfect Christian says, "I have no problems."

The testimony of transparent faith says, "I face the same problems as you, but I have real solutions." Trust in Christ as savior and Lord and the Truth shall set you free - not free from problems - free from the hopeless solutions of the world.