Posted on 01/15/2014 1:18:20 PM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
Father Jonathan Morris seems to be a regular on News pertaining to religious/spiritual matters.
Given that, the other side of the coin should appropriately be someone of similar office and title (equivalent to) Father Morris, and one which would be of GREAT APPEAL (Caps for emphasis only) in Eastern Europe.
In summation, having someone that was Eastern Orthodox would be a counterbalance, would give another viewpoint and increase the viewing audience.
Maybe as it gets closer to the winter olympic games?
As a Southern Baptist, I want one of us too, and not the the Huckadoodle
I’m a Protestant and I’ve been reading Father Jonathan for years (back when he a regular column) and whenever he comes on Fox News, I always stop and listen because he is so ecumenical in what he says. He usually stays away from RCC doctrine and just sticks to what Jesus would say.
I don’t think that he needs to be balanced with a panel. Where would it stop? If they added an Eastern Orthodox priest, then you’d need a Protestant. If you add a Protestant, what kind? Baptist? Episcopal/Methodist? One Calvinist and one Arminian? Non-denom? Then, do you add a Mormon? A Jew?
>>As a Southern Baptist, I want one of us too, and not the the Huckadoodle
This is why turning Father Jonathan’s segment into a panel would be a huge failure. A Southern Baptist won’t even accept a certain SBC pastor. We’d wind up with 500 people on the stage! LOL.
Ain’t never gonna happen but I recommend Matt Harrison of the LCMS. He would be atreasure-trove of post-reformation info.
FOX is going waaaaay over the top on this counterbalance crap.
They must have hired a program director from MSNBC.
Drop a mic on the floor and let everyone fight for it.
An Eastern Orthodox individual could be just as ecumenical.
And the panel thing is a red herring...
There are far more Protestants in the U.S. than RC’s, so why have Father Morris?
If it is about ratings, then an Eastern Orthodox person would be ideal.
And, Fox News could have the Protestant figure on sometimes, sometimes Father Morris, and so on - then there would be a plethora of ecumenical thought...
So drop Father Morris?
Joel Osteen and Rick Warren appear sometimes, but there is NO counterbalancing going on at Fox News.
RC gets the lionshare.
Is that right?
And don’t forget Calypso Louie for the Black Muslim segment!
So you want Roman Catholics to hog the ball on Fox News and youyou use that post to bolster it?
RC’s are hogging the ball and you know this...
Try again..
The mic has RC sticky glue on it, so that’s not gonna happen...
>>There are far more Protestants in the U.S. than RC’s, so why have Father Morris?
I’m only speaking for me, but I like Father Jonathan. To be honest, if he does say something I don’t like, I can dismiss him as “one of those darned Catholics”.
I’m a Methodist and as much as I’d like to see someone with a Wesleyan theology up there, I’d be worried that they’d get some leftist, “reconciling” Methodist spewing his Progressive garbage and calling it the “intention” of Christ.
I’d like to see a weekly or even daily show on FNC devoted to Christianity and the Christian perspective on current events. If it’s only about ratings, that would be a gold mine. Then, we could have an ecumenical panel (along with the requisite FNC hot blonde news-babe).
Doesn’t the Huckster have his own hour long show on Fox? Maybe I should be demanding they show Bishop Sheen re-runs...
I would like to see two at a time. Sometimes a Protestant (be it Baptist, Charismatic, Lutheran,etc) next to a Catholic. Then sometimes a RC and an EO and so on.
Father Morris, Joel Osteen, Warren... old and worn-out format. Boring.
I read “orthodox” and got excited.
That said, having a non-liberal Jewish religious figure with a public forum probably wouldn’t be a bad thing.
But when a religious topic comes up in the hours before Huck comes on, it seems as if Morris is the go-to guy. No one else to put on there?
The liberal Jews seem to have been snatched up by MSDNC.
I wouldn’t have any problem with a non-liberal Jewish figure on Fox News.
>>Father Morris, Joel Osteen, Warren... old and worn-out format. Boring.
When I see Osteen or Warren, I turn down the sound.
Father Jonathan is a regular contributor, so I’m sure he’s under some kind of contract. If they were to add a Protestant as a regular contributor, who would they choose? Probably Warren and he’d become the “voice of the Protestants” on Fox News.
I wouldn’t mind hearing what an EO has to say. I don’t know much about them, so it would be informative. Would it be all that different from what Fr Jonathan says on the types of topics that he covers?
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