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Religions > Atheism |
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"Neil Kelsey" |
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12 Jan 2005 03:44:26 PM |
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Tsunami Survivor Story |
My local paper ran an Associated Press story (author Vijay Yoshi) story
about Ari Arafzel who floated on a series of rafts until rescued.
The headline of the story was "PRAYER SUSTAINED MAN 15 DAYS ADRIFT AT SEA."
Then the story went on to describe how he started out clinging to a board,
found an empty leaky fidhing boat, then found a hut on a raft. He also found
a coconut floating by, and drank rainwater. There was also a paragraph about
a prayer to allah that he recited. I guess this is more of a comment than a
question, but why would the press focus on the prayer keeping this guy alive
after describing how he survived by natural means? What is the agenda here?
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| User: "sanguinevikings" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami Survivor Story |
12 Jan 2005 05:10:17 PM |
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Neil Kelsey wrote:
My local paper ran an Associated Press story (author Vijay Yoshi) story
about Ari Arafzel who floated on a series of rafts until rescued.
The headline of the story was "PRAYER SUSTAINED MAN 15 DAYS ADRIFT AT SEA."
Then the story went on to describe how he started out clinging to a board,
found an empty leaky fidhing boat, then found a hut on a raft. He also found
a coconut floating by, and drank rainwater. There was also a paragraph about
a prayer to allah that he recited. I guess this is more of a comment than a
question, but why would the press focus on the prayer keeping this guy alive
after describing how he survived by natural means? What is the agenda here?
Selling papers. The stories which sell the most papers are those which
are the least believable.
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| User: "Olrik" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami Survivor Story |
12 Jan 2005 10:26:19 PM |
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Neil Kelsey wrote:
My local paper ran an Associated Press story (author Vijay Yoshi) story
about Ari Arafzel who floated on a series of rafts until rescued.
The headline of the story was "PRAYER SUSTAINED MAN 15 DAYS ADRIFT AT SEA."
Then the story went on to describe how he started out clinging to a board,
found an empty leaky fidhing boat, then found a hut on a raft. He also found
a coconut floating by, and drank rainwater. There was also a paragraph about
a prayer to allah that he recited. I guess this is more of a comment than a
question, but why would the press focus on the prayer keeping this guy alive
after describing how he survived by natural means? What is the agenda here?
It's a malignant trend. I see it everyday, even in reputable newspapers.
Journalists, for whatever reason, ask and prod the interviewees about
their faith and "god", even when the story reported has nothing to do
with religious matters. I might add that it's an american trend. I don't
see it anywhere else (Canada, Europe).
--
Olrik
aa #1981
Qualified SMASH member
EAC Chief Food Inspector, Bacon Division
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Tsunami Survivor Story |
17 Jan 2005 10:55:12 AM |
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On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 21:44:26 GMT, "Neil Kelsey"
<neil_kelsey@telus.net> wrote:
My local paper ran an Associated Press story (author Vijay Yoshi) story
about Ari Arafzel who floated on a series of rafts until rescued.
The headline of the story was "PRAYER SUSTAINED MAN 15 DAYS ADRIFT AT SEA."
Then the story went on to describe how he started out clinging to a board,
found an empty leaky fidhing boat, then found a hut on a raft. He also found
a coconut floating by, and drank rainwater. There was also a paragraph about
a prayer to allah that he recited. I guess this is more of a comment than a
question, but why would the press focus on the prayer keeping this guy alive
after describing how he survived by natural means? What is the agenda here?
Ascribing the natural means as 'actions by god.'
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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