A little background on this post...I was having a discussion (on Twitter) with the prominent religious journalism website GetReligion over the weekend. It analyzes the way reporters handle religion, faith-related news, and generally write about believers. Specifically, Terry Mattingly had a podcast interview where he was trying to explain that, no, the press doesn't hate religion and religious people. But he does think that the press feels there is "good" and "bad" religion. I'll let you head over there if you want more info. In a nutshell, his point is largely one about eternal truths. Religious conservatives tend to believe in unchanging absolutes while religious progressives tend to believe in doctrine which changes over time. And they see the unchanging absolutes camp as "crazy." It actually wasn't a bad analysis. Though my comment to them on Twitter was that I'd go a little further. What role does the above have on public life? Ter...
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