re: Why do you think Christianity is attacked in tv shows/movies?

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I don’t think it’s fair to put the above on Christianity as a whole, or really Protestantism as a whole either.

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You cut out a few very key words from my quote

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there are those who have used “Christianity” as a means to justify the Requiremento, the Salem Witch Trials, slavery, opposition to the civil rights movement, and other socioeconomic and political agendas which are at their heart anti-Christian.

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To be clear, I’m not blaming Christianity, but people who do bad things while falsely claiming they are justified by Christianity

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Lies, all damn lies.

Absolutely zero proof that person existed. I'm. Not saying A Jesus wasn't crucified, I'm saying The Jesus in the Bible more than likely never existed.

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Your disbelief, or being misinformed or uninformed and choosing to remain so doesn’t make truth lies nor make the persons posting information uncomfortable to you liars.

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Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
and that he appeared to Cephas,
then to the twelve.
Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
Then he appeared to James,
then to all the apostles.
Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.

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This church in Corinth was established about 50 AD by St. Paul who stayed there about 18 months. This is about 20 years after the Crucifixion. The letter excerpted here was written about 52-55 AD to this church to clear up some questions and to remind them of what he taught them three to five years prior. In the body of the letter several early Christian creedal statements [italicized here]are quoted that date back to 34-37 AD, at most, three years after St. Paul’s conversion in 33-34 AD.

Most credible New Testament scholars agree that:
1. St. Paul founded the Corinthian church in 50 AD,
2. that he wrote his first letter to this church about 52-55 AD,
3. and that chapter 15 (the excerpt quoted) contains an early Christian creed that St. Paul likely received, in Jerusalem, from eyewitnesses to Jesus’s life, Crucifixion, and Resurrection (St. Peter, St. James, St. James?) about three years after his conversion about 33-34 AD.

It’s ludicrous to believe that Jesus, as portrayed in the New Testament, didn’t exist or that Jesus, as portrayed by the writers of the New Testament, was some sort of lie or misrepresentation created hundreds of years after the events.

It’s equally shortsighted to diminish and demean the New Testament and hold it to more rigorous standards of critical analysis than other ancient literature. We’ve more, better, and earlier source materials for the what, when, where, and who respecting Jesus Christ than we do for Alexander The Great or that Caesar crossed the Rubicon.

You may not believe in a god as you said, but your disbelief is based strictly on your faith not on evidence. You choose to persist in your disbelief despite the evidence.

Dude it was Julius Caesar that crossed the Rubicon. Caesar Augustus was his heir, and there is plenty of historical proof that both existed. I have little doubt Jesus did as well. Also, there was a guy literally following Alexander around writing about his campaigns so those are pretty historical as well, though only fragments have survived.

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Dude it was Julius Caesar

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Yeah, I caught that right after I posted it but before I got a chance to edit I had to run outside and unload some food brought home from a barbecue that I realized I had left in the car. Actually Mrs M gently called it to my attention and that’s how I realized I’d forgotten the stuff. It’s all cooked and really didn’t sit long.

To your larger point, I’m aware and agree. I am only saying that compared to other figures, like those mentioned, the source materials for Jesus of Nazareth, are better if treated the same as all other historical documents.

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inquisition

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What a show!

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Because secular Jews run Hollywood and hate Christians/religious folk.

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Do you know any Jewish people? This could not be farther from the truth.

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To be clear, I’m not blaming Christianity,

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I wasn’t criticizing as much as I was attempting to help clarify, but I realize that’s kind of splitting hairs in this case.

FWIW, it’s hard for me to blame any religion for the bad behavior of its leading members. People who seek to gain power and abuse authority will use whatever means available to them to achieve that goal. Today that might mean climbing the corporate ladder, or rising through political ranks. At other times that might have meant joining the seminary

A good percentage of Christians don't vote and a good example of that are the Amish that a very large percentage avoid politics and voting.

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It's not like it's a new phenomenon.

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You're right, it's not.

Elmer Gantry is about a con man who takes advantage of Christians. Criticizing swindlers who rip off poor people is not attacking Christianity.