Posted on 02/28/2013 4:49:29 AM PST by wesagain
Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly, who is writing an upcoming book titled “Killing Jesus,” proclaimed on his program Wednesday night that “a lot of the Bible is allegorical,” and the New Testament Gospels contradict themselves.
O’Reilly made the remarks during an interview with “Touched by an Angel” star Roma Downey and her husband Mark Burnett, executive producers of “The Bible” TV miniseries which begins this Sunday night on the History Channel.
Downey, who portrays Jesus’ mother Mary in the series, opened the interview by declaring her solid faith in Holy Scripture.
“Bringing the Bible to the screen came with a huge responsibility and one we took very seriously,” Downey said. “We had a great team of scholars and theologians helping us, making sure that we told these stories accurately and truthfully. I’ve been a believer my whole life, and that was very, very important to us. Something else that we wanted to do was to make it really, really cool. You know, we have teenagers at home and [it's] hard to get them to read anything, and one of the goals here was to get this generation interested and excited about Scripture, and I think we’ve been able to achieve that.”...........
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Seeing the previews, the mini-series looks interesting. BUT, being on the History channel, it makes you worry they’ll bring in Ancient Aliens.
Or have Troy Landry wrangle gators onto the Ark, while yelling Choot Em!
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The History Channel is not reliable when it comes to Biblical History or anything Christian. They line up fringe “theologians” and other so-called Biblical “experts”. When it comes to the Bible, the History Channel is no different than Hell’s bible (ny slimes)
As long as “bound for hell” Dan Brown isn’t mentioned I’ll be tuned in.
I never knew Roma Downey was married to Mark Burnett.
I saw the trailer and it looked fantastic!
Can you imagine if it were on TLC (The Learning(sic) Channel)? Honey Boo Boo meets the real housewives of Jerusalem.
The article never does mention what these supposed “contradictions” are. Generally what the secular world calls contradictory turns out to be complementary. Such as the birth narratives of Matthew and Luke.
...the New Testament Gospels contradict themselves.
He’s right, in a way. But the apparent “contradictions” are what make them authentic. Ask any trial lawyer what it means when multiple witnesses tell the exact same story. It means they are lying and they are in collusion. When the stories are true, they are all slightly different and bring up different details. I like to use this analogy:
Imagine four men describing the same event thusly:
Man number one: A saw a lady driving this bright red convertible.
Man number two: I saw this hot blonde in a completely restored vette.
Man numer three: I saw a sports car doing a beautiful two wheel drift through the corner in a 64 vette.
Man number four: This woman was wearing a dress that matched the color of her car.
Complete story:
This smokin’ hot blond in a red dress was drifting around a corner in a “like new” bright red 1964 corvette convertible.
Thats actually how the bible works, from cover to cover. That is why the interpretation of some scripture can be filled in and amplified by scritures from years or even centuries before. It is the most amazing collection of books ever written, for the obvious reason. ;-)
I heard them say in an interview that they shopped it around to all the networks and cables. History Channel was the only taker.
I agree. Gave me chills, actually!
Bill, set your oversized ego aside, and consider that your LACK OF UNDERSTANDING, creates the impression of contradiction.
You might even consult a theologian regarding your areas of confusion!
Product of a Roman Catholic education.
Save your time, pearls before swine.
Save your time, pearls before swine.
I don’t watch tv anymore; they warp reality around to suit the anti-religion agenda every time. Its a waste and its discouraging and depressing. And, in the end, its all about making money serving the agenda. You wanna get published, you have to write to satisfy the Muse of Political Correctness.
Save your time, pearls before swine.
I should also point out that, as a former intellectual agnostic myself, the intellect does not bring one to the Lord, but it can be a serious road block - especially for those who’s god is their intellect.
How many sequels of Killing of...can he write before he runs out of dead people?
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