Anti-Christian Barrage at the Movies

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20080218/31241_Anti-Christian_Barrage_at_the_Movies.htm

[The Christian Post] 19 Feb 2008--The United States is the most deeply religious country in the western world, but movies and television programs are portraying a different picture, Christian media groups say.

Ever since the Protestant Film Office closed its advocacy offices in Hollywood in 1966, media portrayals of Christianity have become increasingly negative, even to the point where regular churchgoers seem almost nonexistent.

"Christians who are intelligent, educated, modern, sophisticated in modern urban America are nonexistent as far as modern television and movies are concerned," the late Dr. D. James Kennedy, founder of Coral Ridge Ministries, said in a broadcast aired on the "Coral Ridge Hour" Sunday.

"If you go back 30 years or more, Christianity was almost always portrayed by Hollywood and the media in a very positive and affirming way," Kennedy said. "Today, that is a rare exception."