Preachers’ Daughters” – making a spectacle of Christianity

By: American Decency Staff

Hollywood likes nothing better than to portray Christians as hypocrites.  Unfortunately this time they have accomplices in the Christian families that placed their Christian reputations into the hands of reality TV producers.

In case you missed our previous action emails about this show,  “Preachers’ Daughters” – a reality series on the cable channel Lifetime – follows three real-life pastors and their families, showcasing the pastors’ rebellious, wayward teen daughters.   As one critic wrote:  “Preachers’ Daughters” represents a clear strategy on Lifetime’s part to be more salacious …”

 Lifetime’s website describes the show “Preachers’ Daughters” as “following the lives of three families for a behind-the-altar look at what happens at home after the sermon concludes …”

Read between the lines of what the purpose of the show is.  The “behind-the-altar look” is Lifetime TV’s exposé of “good” girls behaving badly.  The producers of the show must salivate as they capture the preachers’ daughters “falling into temptation.”

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 This commonsense reviewer for Media Life magazine writes:

You know what they say about preachers’ daughters….Or maybe you don’t. Either way, you might expect that a reality show about them wouldn’t confine itself to the question of how slutty they are.

At least you might expect that if you’ve never seen a reality show. True to form, Lifetime’s new series “Preachers’ Daughters” is about nothing but sex. This focus is creepy in the case of two of its main subjects — who are 16 and 17, respectively — and sad in the case of the third, an 18-year-old with an illegitimate child.  …

Of course, most parents have a hard time with the issue of teenage sexuality, and there’s some comfort and comedy in watching other parents struggle with it. But by dwelling on the questions “Will she or won’t she?” and “What — and who — did she do?” and excluding all other aspects of the families’ lives, “Preachers’ Daughters” makes for ultimately unpleasant viewing. …

… Whether the show is asking us to laugh at these girls or laugh with them — or is going for simple titillation — it’s not right.

Of course there’s one kind of preacher’s daughter this show doesn’t focus on – sincere, godly young ladies.  I know they’re out there because my own pastor has two daughters who love the Lord and live their faith.

As one person commented:  “I'm a preacher's daughter and I act nothing like those girls.”

Will Hollywood also make a point to showcase preachers’ daughters who are positive role models?  Of course not.  The purpose of the show isn’t to give a fair representation of Christian families; its true purpose is to malign their faith to a watching world.

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Advertisers of the latest episode of “Preachers’ Daughters” include:

Wendy’s restaurant
McDonald’s
Home Depot
Weight Watcher
Bird’s Eye – Pinnacle Foods
Honda
Best Western
Snuggles
Clinique – Macy’s
Welch’s juice
Salon Pas
Pur Water
Soda Stream
Jose Ole – Windsor Foods
Magnum – Unilever
Fruttare – Unilever
Frontline – pet products
20^th Century Fox
Paramount Pictures

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