I mean, let's get real - being a Christian is not some big taboo thing in America. In fact, the opposite is true. If you're not a Christian then you're generally looked down upon.
That's true. There's a huge Christian bias in the U.S. even outside of the BB. As much as the U.S. isn't legally supposed to promote any one religion above the others, it happens illegally all the time. It's on our money (it wasn't always and having it is a violation), in my Pledge of Allegiance (it wasn't always and having it is a violation), Christians fight relentlessly to put it in our public schools, and even in our courts yet they don't want other religious symbols to have be able to stand side-by-side their crosses.
Granted, not all Christians are like that. Nor are all the Christians like the ones primarily depicted in SL. There are plenty of Christians who aren't adamant about sex after marriage, for instance, and Grace nor her mom are depicted as being prejudice to Griffin or the boy who went to their church that eventually became his boyfriend. I was glad for that, but Grace often did become very annoying with her cliched preaching and then they just made a mockery out of her faith in later seasons. As much as Christianity angers me 99% of the time, it was a huge part of Grace and I wish they'd kept it as a core part of her, but toned it down to bearable levels.
{Look at me and mah clevah nicksies.}
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10 years ago
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10 years ago
I hated the way Christians were depicted. Brenda Hampton's version of Christians is one devoid of judgement (which is not always a bad thing) and standards. I'm not saying have them follow the Bible to the letter but lets face it gay people who actively are gay and promiscuous people are judged in The Bible.
BH's viewpoint of Christianity is really just positive humanism.
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