{"id":3777,"date":"2011-07-03T23:53:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T03:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=3777"},"modified":"2011-07-04T11:24:48","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T15:24:48","slug":"prime-time-tv-actually-features-a-normal-christian-offering-thanks-praying-with-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/prime-time-tv-actually-features-a-normal-christian-offering-thanks-praying-with-friends","title":{"rendered":"Prime time TV actually features a normal Christian offering thanks, praying with friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"storycontent\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/files\/2011\/07\/falling-skies.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<dl id=\"attachment_2232\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 502px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/sites\/140\/2011\/07\/lourdes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2232  \" title=\"lourdes\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/sites\/140\/2011\/07\/lourdes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"358\" \/><\/a> <\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">The character Lourdes chats with 11-year-old Matt, a fellow survivor <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After decades of portraying Christians as hypocrites, crazies and bigots, Sunday night on prime-time TV, a main character actually prayed over her meal, then led others in a prayer of thanks \u201cin the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Actually, Christians regularly surface on reality TV, such as <em>American Idol<\/em> or <em>Undercover Boss.<\/em> That\u2019s because real-live Americans actually do believe in God, do seek\u00a0His guidance,\u00a0and give 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