They want you to be afraid of religion

CNN recently aired a three-part series on religious extremists, yet another attempt by major media to draw a moral equivalence that all people of strong religious beliefs are dangerous.

One of the directors at the Media Research Center did a followup review of that network series. Robert Knight’s piece is titled “CNN’s God’s Christian Warriors Leaves Viewers….Scared.” (Note: That was the idea all along.)

One of these days, CNN will have to dispense with the ominous music it uses for Christian documentaries and go for the full effect, using the Jaws soundtrack.

They just about do that now.

The message at times is so ham-handed during the political segments that anyone with even the slightest skepticism of CNN’s motives should see through it. Ominous music, weird camera angles and one-sided portrayals of key issues are standard fare.

Rich Scarborough of Vision America comes across as intelligent in the interview portions, but God’s Warriors uses footage of some of his more emotional calls to arms, and freeze-frames on Scarborough with his face distorted, as scary music rises to let us know we should Fear This Man.

The filming, editing and voiceover wove a narrative of dramatic tension. Engaged Christians are on the battleground already, she was saying, trying to reform and re-shape this country.

Amanpour devotes much of the program to grassroots Christian political activism, leaving the impression that conservative Christianity is all about politics. In fact, politics is a side issue to most Christian believers. At one point, she opines: “God’s Christian warriors know where they want the country to go. And they’re not going to stop fighting until their battle is won.”

The takeaway message? Secular-minded Americans, you had better do something, because these Christian warriors are power-hungry and coming for your freedoms.

Bottom line, they want you to fear a ‘theocracy’, and are out to warn you to beware. 

Here’s another warning: Expect a lot more of this message, disguised as reporting, in the months leading up to the elections.