Religion shapes the news you read

almuslim · Post by **almuslim** » Mon May 23, 2011 11:02 am

Whether religion is rising or falling, a study set to be published in the Journal of Christianity and Psychology concludes that affect the way individuals consume news about religion. I found this to be especially true when it comes to consuming news stories about Islam. No matter how much I write to the contrary, showing fact after fact about Islam and Muslims, it does not matter.
Michael Kitchens, assistant professor of psychology at Lebanon Valley College, hypothesized that participants who had self-described “high comfort with their religion and low reported strain” are more likely to subconsciously gravitate toward positive news about Christianity. Those with “low comfort and high strain” were more likely to read stories biased against Christianity.

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GutsyGibbon · Post by **GutsyGibbon** » Mon May 23, 2011 9:55 pm

Is it even possible to write a positive story about Islam, when there are thousands of frustrated zealots running around the world spreading hatred against the non believers. It does not matter if one is at comfort with his religion or non-religion, the bottom line is that some religions have non-tolerance at their core. It is because it was written thousands of years back when they did not care as much for tolerance, when one believes that core value was written by the divine, it cannot be updated.

You can write a hundred blogs about muslims loving muslims, or even people of other religions, but what will be called out is the core value. There is no way anyone can defend the core values written in religious scriptures with a modern mind set, with out cherry picking from the scriptures. If you were to cherry-pick, why religion, just pick the values that are good and suits the well being of humanity.