“what color was Abraham?”
seriously? Why does anyone think skin color is relevant to Christianity?
I just hope they accurately portray the Christmas Story, where Santa Clause has to go into Baghdad with machine guns to rescue Jesus from Saddam. They just barely get away!
The second segment last Sunday wasn’t as good as the first. Too long on Samson, a weak strong-man. The fighting scenes looked like a cheap action flick. Hopefully, the next one will be better, particularly when depicting the teachings of Jesus, the Word made flesh.
I remember when the History channel was going to do a program on the War of 1812 and the theme music they played when advertising the program was .... Dixie ... written in 1859 or so.
The assertion that Abraham was Kushite/Proto-Saharan is to say the very least contentious. All of this is based on the notion that Semites and Hamites intermarried to the point of dissolving distinctions between the two. While there certainly are instances of intermarriage between rulers (Sheba, for instance), the notion that the Jews were as Hamitic as they were Semitic is bordering on silly.
The grade is based solely on how long the miniseries’ history matches that of Alice Linsey, who has highly unorthodox (no pun intended) beliefs. She calls herself a “biblical anthropologist” (?) but cites no advanced degree.
All top ten Google hits for Abraham Kushite leads to Alice Lindsley.
Just awful.
Diversity ninja angels destroy Sodom for ... partying?, chasing angels?...
And this thing all the “documentaries” are doing of presaging something, then showing it, and then repeating it-especially before asnd after commercial breaks- it’s maddening. You can skip a third of the show and miss nothing.
Action scenes are pathetic.
D+
At least they didn’t show Abraham driving his group in a SUV...
The real reason for the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah was buried.
And the ninja angels were horrible.
I won’t watch it again.
It does have its problems, but we must remember how long it would have to be to explain everything that is in these stories. I just hope that is plants seeds where they are needed most: In the hearts of Americans.
The first part was so bad I can’t watch any more. A gross insult to its title.
Considering it’s the History Channel, I think they are trying to be respectful and I appreciate that.
This thread is as disappointing as the television program.
The Vikings- C-
Hatfield and McCoys- A-