Anyone watching AD?

Yes, I did. . . both episodes. I have some serious issues with it. I was looking for the American Indian and Asian Apostle, not to mention a handicapped Apostle, it was so Politically correct in casting. Mary Magdalene with distinctive black features? Mind you, I am not racist, but the people of Jerusalem are of a particular racial genotype. . . and black is not among them. i got used to it after awhile but it was initially off-putting.

Perhaps it was to save on casting costs, but the numbers of Apostles and followers were always kept at the minimum. The 70 were cut to twelve when the spirit of the holy ghost was conferred, as were the 500 who witness Jesus badly ascension to heaven were cut to the original 12. Mary was the only one of the three women who survived the cutting to go the tomb to finish the burial preparations and only goes in after the men. . . Did any one actually READ the Gospels before writing this TV treatment?

The Jesus portrayal seems OK, but the wounds in the hands are in the wrong place, going with the artistic placement rather than the anatomically correct placement we know from the Shroud of Turin. . . although they gave attention to the Shroud in the tomb scene. . . but not the head cloth, the Sudarium of Oviedo.

Jesus' Biblical quotes seemed pretty good. . . but the side plots are a bit distracting, and make things confusing. They are assiduously avoiding saying that Jesus and God are one and the same.

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