Prime example of another movie that is not: The Ten Commandments with Charlton Heston. Is that movie biblically accurate? By no means, I doubt maybe 10-30 of the movie is accurate. It's still on TV every year but that's only because the network know no one will get the true story of the Exodus, or the Gospel, or their purpose, from that movie.
Yet look at what happens when someone mentions the name of "Jesus" in a TV show. One episode of Walker Texas Ranger mentions His name and the network goes absolutely crazy demanding that His name be taken out of the show and script. Neither was done and the show received some of the highest ratings ever for a single TV show.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Walker Texas Ranger portrayed the Gospel in the truest form either, but they came a lot closer in it's last few years (after Norris received Christ and got away from the ancient Indian folklore he was in to) than anything before or since.
I'm just saying, if someone wants to put the Bible on TV, do it accurately, not as Hollywood would do it.
BTW, did I hear this right, Christian Bale is going to be in this thing at some time in the near future? Say it ain't so!
—— But here’s the thing. I, and many others, are for biblical purity and accuracy. -——
So which Bible should be used?
(Be careful, this is a trick question. You will have to appeal to an extra-biblical authority).
And do you believe in simplifying the Bible for the young? those in kindergarten and elementary school? or do you teach them as if they were full of knowledge and college educated? I see shows like this as being for those who are “infants” in their knowledge of Christianity.
I believe that this series will get people to actually read the Bible and to ask serious questions in seeking more knowledge? Or would you prefer more shows like those that claim the gnostic ‘gospels’ are more biblically true than the actual New Testament?
As for DeMille’s Ten Commandments, I remember all my grade school going to a local theater to see it one day. This was in 1956 or 57, when the film was new. It helped reinforce what I was taught in Sunday School and made the story of the Exodus more real and understandable to me. And I continue to watch it. I never watched Walker Texas Ranger.