In my opinion songs of praise is a more enjoyable programme because that episode was aimed at my age group. The soundtrack was from Eastenders which indicated that it was something to with that soap opera. But on the other side Paradise Found was aimed at an older target audience and so I didn’t find it very interesting.
There was fairness in both programmes because Songs of Praise portrayed Christianity as a religion which is fit for any culture or any ethnic group. On the other side the programme Paradise Found portrayed Christianity as a religion that takes patience and time for you to really understand what it really means
The best Christian related programme was songs of praise because it was entertaining it got the message through that Christianity is everywhere. It’s not only popular with me but with others too, because they can sing along to the hymns in which they can tighten their beliefs. It contrasts other religious programmes especially paradise found
The people who support euthanasia say that why should a person who is suffering from a terminal illness suffer until God decides that is time for them to die. However people like me who strongly against euthanasia say that God is the person who brought you into this world and it is up to him to decide when we should die all major religions agree with this.
Eastenders’ best feature is that it shows what a person with a terminal illness goes through in their final days or hours, if they are going to commit euthanasia like Ethel. But I think the bad aspect of the show is that it favoured euthanasia because writers chose in the end for Ethel to commit euthanasia. They also let Dot who is Ethel’s friend who is a strong Christian be convinced by her arguments and help Ethel commit euthanasia.
I think that during this episode the producers were trying to help people cope with euthanasia. This is because even thought they did favour euthanasia they did give out other choices. They did this by bringing Ethel’s doctor to her goodbye party to talk Dot about the choices Ethel had.
The Christian teachings clearly say that life is sacred and that you can’t take someone else’s life or yours either. The programme did reflect the Christian view but briefly when Dot was talking to Ethel about what Christianity thought about euthanasia.
This issue was dealt with a sensitive way because they didn’t want to give the wrong message out to the viewers. They were reminding the viewers that there were other choices apart from euthanasia. This episode will have positive influence on the viewers telling them that there are other ways to cope an impending death.
The theme of Philadelphia has great importance because it showed the amount of hate that surrounding homosexual people. It also showed a lack of understanding that people had for Aids but mainly the hate for homosexuals. The film maker was trying to make a point which was to show you and me the amount of prejudice that surrounded homosexual people at those times.
Basically the problem dealt with during this film finding some justice for the way and reason why Andrew Beckett was fired from his job even though he was a young intelligent promising lawyer. So Andrew and his lawyer are trying to get compensation for that injustice.
The way this theme was treated was good because they dealt with this sensitive issue fairly and without being biased. The only way I can think of that the way this issue could’ve been treated better is that if the main character contracted Aids naturally through either of his parents then that would have portrayed him as even more of a victim of prejudice.
Both Protestant and Roman Catholic’s agree that homosexuality is allowed as long as it is a long term relationship, and that‘s the Christian point of view. However in the media industry people are still refusing to let go their view of homosexual people and they want their views to be heard so that‘s why homosexuals are sometimes portrayed as an embarrassment to their family and their religion. This proves that even if Christianity accepts homosexuality people will still look at homosexuals with disgust , fear and hate.
Father Ted is an “out of touch” religious comedy. What I mean by out is touch is that it is an old fashioned religious catholic priest who lives in am small religious island with another two vicars and a housekeeper. The reason it is old fashioned because the population is quite religious and it really doesn’t deal with today’s issues.
However the Vicar of Dibley is also a comedy but it is a more modern than father Ted. It could even be that is more “in touch” than father Ted. The motive that led to call the programme the Vicar of Dibley is because deals with today’s like the amount of sexism is the churches.
The examples do show that the statements are true because it just tells you the truth about the two programmes and whether they are “in touch” or not.
I personally think that religion is portrayed in two ways in the media. The first way it’s portrayed is that it’s a religion the follows the teachings of one book (the bible) and that it has no answers to any problem that any of us faces today. However the second way it’s portrayed is as a religion that is changing everyday and becoming a religion that you can rely on for your every needs and a religion that is able to answer your problems.