rjb@akgua.UUCP (R.J. Brown [Bob]) (06/28/85)
>>Send away NOW for your free subscription to that paragon of Christian hubris, >>"The Plain Truth, A Magazine of Understanding" published by Herbert Armstrong >>of Ambassador College. >> >>It makes me glad to hear that the American (presumably) press is largely >>irreligious, if The Plain Truth is the alternative. >> >>Other "religious" media I've read include the Scientologist's thing, which >>spent most of its pages grinding an axe against the feds (esp. the IRS); >>and The Christian Science Monitor, which I strongly suspect of ommitting >>much (even their comics are very few and very bland.) >>-- >> >>Mike Huybensz ...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh The Plain Truth and Mr Armstrong's WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD are considered a cult by Orthodox Protestant Christianity as are the Scientologists. You take the old tactic of choosing a couple of very unrepresentative samples and holding them out to be typical. On the other hand, the Press bias and ignorance concerning religious matters is well known with this latest survey (which I think CBN paid the Gallup folks to run) confirming our observations and our gut. Bob Brown {...ihnp4!akgua!rjb}