was hit by lightening? If it was a Catholic Church you know that would have been blared out right and left. On the News channels all they were saying was that it was a church. Why the double standard here? As it was I finally found it on an obscure site.
2007-07-11 08:46:26 · 8 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think you are stretching here a bit.... most people who now write the news are idiots and probably don't know enough to discern a difference......don't take it personally....
2007-07-11 08:49:25 · answer #1 · answered by penydred 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow, that's not a big deal... really. So a church gets struck by lightning, that happens all the time and means absolutely nothing. You're simply making an assumption that it would be different were a catholic church struck, but you've really got little basis for that. The double standard exists in your mind which seems to suggest some insecurity with your beliefs...
When churches show up in the news it seems random whether the denomination is mentioned or not. It doesn't seem to be some purposeful slight against any particular religion.
Unless you're watching Fox News of course, they tend to spin everything to their narrowly defined beliefs...
2007-07-11 15:59:38 · answer #2 · answered by Mike K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the Pope says that Protestant churches aren't true churches anyway! So maybe we Baptists are not worthy enough to make the head lines.
I was just being sarcastic - LOL.
2007-07-11 16:03:02 · answer #3 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, I could see a Catholic church getting more press because their churches typically have more detailed architecture.
Other than that, I think there is no base that one would be more than the other.
2007-07-11 15:50:16 · answer #4 · answered by Molly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because many think of the Catholic church and all the others. Not that Catholic are better but because all the others are all Christians (the majority) and everyone knows that Catholics are not really Christians. (so some say)
2007-07-11 15:51:18 · answer #5 · answered by punch 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Apart from the people at the church involved,who cares?
2007-07-11 15:50:54 · answer #6 · answered by darwinsfriend AM 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it is basically irrelevant. Churches tend to be tall structures, and many are struck by lightning every year.
2007-07-11 15:51:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
im a baptist and i think maybe because catholocism is seen as sooo controversial... have you noticed that when the pope sneezes, it makes news??(well, maybe not when he sneezes, but he gets a lot of press is my point)...
2007-07-11 15:59:45 · answer #8 · answered by heather b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋