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aaaaaa5a

(4,667 posts) Tue Mar 5, 2013, 09:17 PM Mar 2013

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Did anyone watch "The Bible" on the History Channel the other night?

It drew record ratings for cable television. I am surprised I have not seen a thread about it here.

My take:

I am not a religious person. This program supposedly tells the story of the bible. I was shocked at how violent many of the stories were. For most of the night, the God of Christianity certainly was an angry god. There was lots of bloodshed. And women thus far have played minimal roles (at best) in any of the stories.

Millions of people watched the show. I am curious as to what others thought.

Did anyone believe it accurately told the story of the bible?
Was it too violent?
Was it demeaning?
Or was it a great story with wonderful special effects that accurately told the story of Christianity?

I'm just wondering what others on this board thought of the program.

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Did anyone watch "The Bible" on the History Channel the other night? (Original Post) aaaaaa5a Mar 2013 OP

the Old Testament is filled with sex and violence Hulk Smash Mar 2013 #1

Ever read the Bible? Bloody as you can possibly imagine - rape, murder, genocide, plagues, etc. hatrack Mar 2013 #2

The bible is really violent REP Mar 2013 #3

Back when there was still a Hayes Office dflprincess Mar 2013 #4

did jesus have nordic blond hair and blue eyes like he did in real life?? nt msongs Mar 2013 #5

Myths can have whatever color hair and eyes that you want. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #6

ROFLMAO ! jaysunb Mar 2013 #10

I don't believe the bible is historical fact upaloopa Mar 2013 #7

Do you think the history channel has kind of overstepped its bounds? aaaaaa5a Mar 2013 #11

The Hitler Channel, uh, History Channel has sucked for years; lots of Nostradamus, not much Braudel hatrack Mar 2013 #14

Did Fonzie jump a shark? n/t JHB Mar 2013 #15

It use to be real history now I think it upaloopa Mar 2013 #19

I kind of expected it to be like Conservative attempts at humor. Flat and uninspiring. randome Mar 2013 #8

I thought it was a hollywood overview onethatcares Mar 2013 #9

Looked awfully WHITE to me. CBGLuthier Mar 2013 #12

Especially their teeth... Jeff In Milwaukee Mar 2013 #23

I was hoping for more Recursion Mar 2013 #13

Was it about the stories IN the Bible or a story ABOUT the Bible and how it was really written kelliekat44 Mar 2013 #16

It was a TV program that told the stories of the bible with actors and actresses. aaaaaa5a Mar 2013 #20

I dont believe in fairy tales so no I didnt watch it. libtodeath Mar 2013 #17

the same channel that brings us ancient aliens..... spanone Mar 2013 #18

Same here. Plus, I already know the ending. n/t RebelOne Mar 2013 #21

It skipped a lot of the information and left you puzzled if you had not read Genesis. mfcorey1 Mar 2013 #22

Old Testament God was something of a bad ass Jeff In Milwaukee Mar 2013 #24

Hulk Smash

(51 posts)

1. the Old Testament is filled with sex and violence

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 09:20 PM

Mar 2013

And even some rock and roll ... if it was any other book the righty nuts would want to ban it.

hatrack

(59,587 posts)

2. Ever read the Bible? Bloody as you can possibly imagine - rape, murder, genocide, plagues, etc.

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 09:21 PM

Mar 2013

Old Testament more so than New, especially - freaking nasty.

REP

(21,691 posts)

3. The bible is really violent

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 09:30 PM

Mar 2013

The OT is not just the Christian bible, by the way.

There are some great non-religious reasons to read it: it contains good stories (Esther and Judith, two examples) and some translations are a pleasure to read just for the poetry.

dflprincess

(28,079 posts)

4. Back when there was still a Hayes Office

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 09:35 PM

Mar 2013

Hollywood loved making Biblical epics because they could sneak more sex into the movie. After all, it was in the Bible.

msongs

(67,420 posts)

5. did jesus have nordic blond hair and blue eyes like he did in real life?? nt

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 09:39 PM

Mar 2013

AnotherMcIntosh

(11,064 posts)

6. Myths can have whatever color hair and eyes that you want.

Reply to msongs (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 09:46 PM

Mar 2013

A good explanation is provided in Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus: Flavian Signature Edition.
http://www.amazon.com/Caesars-Messiah-Conspiracy-Flavian-Signature/dp/1461096405/ref=rec_dp_0

If you read it, you won't look at the myth in the same way again.

jaysunb

(11,856 posts)

10. ROFLMAO !

Reply to msongs (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 09:58 PM

Mar 2013

I was going mention it, but I like your observation !

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)

7. I don't believe the bible is historical fact

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 09:46 PM

Mar 2013

so I hate to see it peresented as such

aaaaaa5a

(4,667 posts)

11. Do you think the history channel has kind of overstepped its bounds?

Reply to upaloopa (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 08:31 AM

Mar 2013

I have noticed a lot of their shows are based on UFO's and Loch Ness monster stuff and not true history. And now we have this. Although I guess they have to go where the TV ratings are.

hatrack

(59,587 posts)

14. The Hitler Channel, uh, History Channel has sucked for years; lots of Nostradamus, not much Braudel

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Reply #11)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 08:54 AM

Mar 2013

You know, the magic of the marketplace in action and all that . . .

JHB

(37,161 posts)

15. Did Fonzie jump a shark? n/t

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Reply #11)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 08:56 AM

Mar 2013

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)

19. It use to be real history now I think it

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Reply #11)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:26 PM

Mar 2013

caters to the lowest common denominator for ratings.

randome

(34,845 posts)

8. I kind of expected it to be like Conservative attempts at humor. Flat and uninspiring.

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 09:49 PM

Mar 2013

I didn't see it but the previews looked like a chance to 'jazz up' the story.

onethatcares

(16,172 posts)

9. I thought it was a hollywood overview

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 09:57 PM

Mar 2013

that lacked any semblance to the written Bible. It went fast, then I went to sleep because it didn't hold my attention.

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)

12. Looked awfully WHITE to me.

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 08:37 AM

Mar 2013

white Adam white Eve white everybody. I wonder if they are waiting till Noah to introduce people of color following that old bullshit perversion of the bible.

Jeff In Milwaukee

(13,992 posts)

23. Especially their teeth...

Reply to CBGLuthier (Reply #12)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 03:14 PM

Mar 2013

Watching the Hebrew slaves in Egypt, my first thought was that they must have an AWESOME dental plan.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

13. I was hoping for more

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 08:52 AM

Mar 2013

I like the Bible, and I particularly find the history of the Bible fascinating (not the history it describes, though that's interesting too; the history of the composition and editing of the Bible). What's really interesting to me is that in the "historical" period (Samuel, Judges, Kings, Chronicles), we have the same set of events described once from the perspective of the North Kingdom (Israel) and once from the perspective of the South Kingdom (Judah). Then we have the exile, and only the South Kingdom returns (the rest are the so-called "Lost Tribes&quot .

Anyways, it could have been a lot worse, but I was hoping for more.

kelliekat44

(7,759 posts)

16. Was it about the stories IN the Bible or a story ABOUT the Bible and how it was really written

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 09:12 AM

Mar 2013

with significant omissions of historical records that did not jibe with the story that "scholars" wanted to frame?

aaaaaa5a

(4,667 posts)

20. It was a TV program that told the stories of the bible with actors and actresses.

Reply to kelliekat44 (Reply #16)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:49 PM

Mar 2013

I believe it is 10 part series. Part one began with a Noah's Arc intro. They then told the story of Abraham, the 3 Wise Men, and went up to Moses and Egypt.

I assume part 2/10 airs next week.

libtodeath

(2,888 posts)

17. I dont believe in fairy tales so no I didnt watch it.

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 09:49 AM

Mar 2013

spanone

(135,844 posts)

18. the same channel that brings us ancient aliens.....

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 09:56 AM

Mar 2013

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)

21. Same here. Plus, I already know the ending. n/t

Reply to spanone (Reply #18)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:53 PM

Mar 2013

mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)

22. It skipped a lot of the information and left you puzzled if you had not read Genesis.

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 03:11 PM

Mar 2013

Jeff In Milwaukee

(13,992 posts)

24. Old Testament God was something of a bad ass

Reply to aaaaaa5a (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 03:16 PM

Mar 2013

Piss him off and it's a friggin' pillar of fire or a worldwide flood.

His kid seems OK, though...

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