Give your opinion of the view that, "Television always presents religious people as out of touch with the modern world." Give reasons for your answer showing that you considered different pointy of view.

Religious people on T.V are often comedy figures, for example the comedy series Father Ted. Father Ted is about, 3 catholic priests who live on an island. Fr. Ted is quite sensible while Fr. Dougal is silly and Fr. Jack is drunk. The characters seem to be out of touch because they seem to be very silly and drunk. Another comedy series that I watched was The Vicar of Dibley. This programme was about a female vicar who is the main character; she is funny and a normal person. There is another person Alice who helps the vicar, she is a bit slow. They are in touch with modern day society because she nice, friendly and modern.

Television also shows real religious people, such as bishops and priests. I watched Songs of Praise programme where the bishop of Bath and wells was interviewed. He seem to be a bit in touch because he has weakness like everyone else, but he lives in a large castle and wears a dog collar and robes which can be of putting. The series Mercy Mission was about a priest, Fr. Egan, who worked in a chaplain in a Manchester hospital. Fr. Egan is seen as a source of strength and he is in touch because he is well respected.

You can see ordinary religious people on T.V. Another religious magazine showed Lord David Alton of Liverpool, being interview. David Alton is a Roman Catholic. He is seen as in touch because he is very interested in modern issues and shows he understand others. In the programme Sunday Morning they interviewed Mark Brown, a Christian youth worker from Barnsley. His work is to help youths stay away from crimes and drugs. Mark Brown is an ex-homeless person and a drug addict. He is in touch because he deals with youths and, if he were out of touch he wouldn’t be able to deal with youths.

You can sometimes see religious characters in soap operas, for example in Eastenders there is Dot Cotton. Dot Cotton is a very religious Christian. Dot Cotton is out of touch because she is old fashioned. In Sunset Beach there is Fr. Antonio who is a catholic priest in America. Fr. Antonio is in touch because he is modern.

Conclusion

Religious people on T.V are sometimes shown out of touch, for example on programmes like Father Ted and shown in touch on programmes like The Vicar of Dibley. The opinion I had on the religious people that I watched they seem to be boring and I was not impressed. I was put of the Christian because that the only type of religious people that I saw, not because some are out of touch but because it seem boring and dull.