Maybe we wouldn’t have to hide if the world (mostly America) wasn’t trying to sweep Christianity under the rug. From the attacks on public displays to the attack on public “Christian” officials, it’s like they don’t want us to exist. We have just as much right to proclaim Jesus as anyone does to denounce Him. I won’t bother you about you unbelief if everyone else stops bothering Christians about their belief.

I take offense for them using the song because of them taking Jesus out. If you are going to use a song that has Jesus in it, then leave the word in there. Otherwise, just don’t use it. I agree, they shouldn’t have used the song in the first place (but I didn’t watch it anyway, only heard about it).

Putting a Christian song in a show like this is just an example of how the unthinking media and entertainment industry continues to screw up television. I don’t hate most of T.V. because of it’s absence of God. I hate it because it doesn’t require America to think. It does the thinking for us. It starts controversies. If the song was never in the show, no Christian would have been complaining that the show didn’t have any Christian songs.

Again, we don’t want to hide, we feel we have to….to be “politically correct” and to keep from “offending” anyone. Jesus and Christian are offended all the time through T.V. and other media and (the smart ones of us) say nothing. Yet, we say one thing on national T.V. about Jesus and suddenly, everyone wants to lynch us. You either have freedom of speech and religion, or you don’t. You can’t have it both ways. You can’t stop people from saying Jesus just as much as I can’t stop you from speaking against him. Let’s just be fair ok? One 2 minute song is not going to kill you…unless you are feeling guilty or something….?

Anyway, I need to read Daniel Radosh’s book before I talk about this further.

And re Miley: She could have sang a song about the theme of the night instead of one about her “just being Miley.” To be honest I don’t think “Barracuda” was all that appropriate of a choice, either, although I guess “Alone” would have just been a slap in the face to Ramiele.

Well, unless they are black, of course. Then it’s fine for them to be openly religious.