Kirk Cameron is not a good actor...and other things

Liberal media bias has become a hot topic for conservative pundits to bash around. From Michael Coren to the lastest article by Lorrie Goldsten there has been ample evidence to speak to this phenomena. Of course, it should come as no surprise. Universities, where most decent journalists are trained, most often lean to the left...the very far left. Conservative and specifically christian viewpoints (they are not the same thing) are not well-represented at that level. One also has to wonder if conservative and christian thinkers are not only underrepresented in the faculty, but also in the student body.

Are we encouraging our children to tackle careers that put them in places of influence? One has to wonder. Could it be that there is such a preponderance of opportunities for christians to work in very insulated environments that we are ceasing to be an influence on the culture around us. Type "christian careers" into google and you decide.

I also suspect that anti-intellectualism, which has seeped into the evangelical landscape, is also liable. For the past 40 years, we've been dumbing ourselves down. The monolith of cheesy christian romance writing and the unending torrent of end-times tomes speaks volumes to this problem.

(Isn't it interesting that we seem to be obsessed with hiding in our houses reading (and probably praying for) this fiery cataclysmic end-of-the-world scenario rather than working to redeem, not only people, but also the culture around us. I smell a self-fulfilling prophecy...)

I don't expect that we will all become academics and scholars, but why do we always seem to aim so low.