Survey: Hollywood More Dangerous than Evolution
The impact of Hollywood on America's spiritual health is more dangerous than that of Darwinism/evolution, said pro-family Christians in a recent survey.
Eight-nine percent of the more than 13,000 Christian respondents of Coral Ridge Ministries' 2008 Annual Spiritual State of the Nation Survey view Hollywood as "very" dangerous to the nation's spiritual well-being, compared to 85 percent who consider Darwinism/evolution the same degree of threat.
Respondents also complained that national media is biased and unfair in their coverage of Christian, moral and religious issues.
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An overwhelming number of respondents (89 percent) support efforts to "take back" the culture from what they consider harmful secular society by using mass media that presents a Christian view – one that equips Christians and persuade non-Christians with the "Truth," according to the survey.
Television (90 percent), the Internet (72 percent) and DVDs (61 percent) were voted the most effective mass media tools for Christians to positively impact culture.
Respondents also showed much concern about the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) and similar groups (96 percent), pro-homosexual indoctrination (95 percent), abortion (93 percent), and Islamic terrorism (91 percent).
"It is no surprise that the ACLU has won the ire of evangelicals," commented CRM spokesman John Aman. "This group has campaigned for over a generation to purge every expression of religious influence from public life. It has sought to eliminate prayer in public schools, remove 'under God' from the Pledge of Allegiance, and pushed for the removal of divine acknowledgements from federal buildings and public places."
In response to the perceived attack on America's spiritual health, respondents believe families (89 percent), followed by churches (86 percent), and then Christian media (85 percent) are the most influential institutions to lead the nation in a spiritual revival.
The 40-question survey also found:
•93 percent think tax-funded schools should not promote homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle
•92 percent think it is "very important" to prevent homosexual "marriage" from becoming legal
•89 percent are concerned that America is abandoning biblical values
•87 percent believe it is "critical" that the law prohibits girls younger than 18 from obtaining abortions without parental knowledge or consent
CRM's 2008 Spiritual State of the Nation Survey, distributed in January, seeks to assess where pro-family Christians stand on a wide range of social, economic, and moral issues.
