By Ed Thomas
OneNewsNow.com
The President of the Michigan-based American Decency Association (ADA) says despite the appearance of good intentions in including a Christian family on the popular ABC program Wife Swap, network television once again took the opportunity to try to cast a negative light on Christians and their belief system.
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Christians should not be fooled by the notion that the January 8 episode of Wife Swap presented an opposing but equally respectful view of wives from Christian and atheist families, and their beliefs, the ADA's Bill Johnson warns. He says the show, which "swapped" mothers between the believing and atheist families, portrayed the Christian mom as oppressive and narrow-minded and the atheist mom as normal, rational, and open-minded.
Despite some letters the ADA received from Christians who saw positives about their beliefs on the show, Johnson feels more mockery than respect for those beliefs was depicted. "For every positive portrayal of Christianity there were many negative misrepresentations of our faith," he says. "For every time the Bible was referred to as God's word, it was shown being beaten on, thrown in the trash, and mocked."
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