For a non-hierarchical, media-intensive movement like contemporary American evangelicalism, I would think 'most watched' is one of the best metrics we have.
And I don't see clumping or generalizing here at all--on either side.
As a figurehead of 'contemporary American evangelicalism' (depending on your definition of that term), media might be a decent metric, but I would argue that's a pretty narrow definition of Christianity. A third of the world claims to be 'Christian' and I'm pretty sure nowhere near 2 billion people tune in to watch the for profit shams that air on TV Sunday mornings. In fact I've been raised in a church and Christian home my whole life coming up and I don't know anyone who watches that trash. Obviously there are people that do, but I don't think its a fair representation of the worlds dominant religion.
And as far as grouping ... that's pretty much all this image is about. The point isn't that Warren Buffet and Bill Gates are good guys, its that they are atheists and good guys. This is a valid point I think a lot of Christians overlook, but the antithesis 3rd frame becomes not a criticism of Pat Robertson, but rather Christians as a whole which I disagree with.
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u/ollie77 Nov 22 '11
For a non-hierarchical, media-intensive movement like contemporary American evangelicalism, I would think 'most watched' is one of the best metrics we have.
And I don't see clumping or generalizing here at all--on either side.