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"Television always presents religious people as out of touch with the modern world." Do you agree?
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Re Coursework - Religion and the Media "Television always presents religious people as out of touch with the modern world." Do you agree? Television presents religious characters in a variety of ways. As the quote says some are portrayed in a negative way and out of touch with the modern world. A good example of a show portrayed in this light is Father Ted. The television show is set on the small remote Craggy Island. This itself conveys the feeling of isolation to the modern world. Father Ted and his friends are portrayed as out of touch constantly by his views, and consistent sinning. One episode that shows character's in a bad light is set in the Lent period of the Christian calendar, where Christians give up one thing for forty days and forty nights to show their respect for Jesus when he fasted for that period of time. Fr Dick Byrne...
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