Posted on 04/04/2015 7:22:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
National Geographic's adaptation of Bill O-Reilly book Killing Jesus recently debuted to record-breaking 3.7 million viewers. The telecast would be all-time highest rated telecast.
Killing Jesus was aired as a three-hour special which chronicled the events leading up to death of the Jesus Christ.
The book was released in September 2013 and till now it has sold more than 6.8 million copies.
The Guardian's Selina O'Grady called Killing Jesus "a breathy retelling of the gospel stories by two conservative Catholics, one of whom, O'Reilly, believes that he was inspired to write the book by the Holy Ghost."
The telecast will re-air on Good Friday ( April 3) and again on Easter Sunday (April 5).
The book has been written by Fox News Channel star O'Reilly with Martin Dugard. The earlier two books, Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln were also adapted by NatGeo which remain one of the most watched programs in network's history.
Cast of Killing Jesus included Kelsey Grammer as King Herod the Great; Stephen Moyer as Pontius Pilate; Haaz Sleiman in the title role as Jesus; Rufus Sewell as Caiaphas; Emmanuelle Chriqui as Herodia; Eoin Macken as Antipas; and John Rhys Davies as Annas.
“Muslims claim all sorts of impossible things to be true.”
Correct. Starting with the koran.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ted-cruz-makes-the-first-ad-buys-of-the-2016-presidential-campaign/
Looks like he made buys on both AD and KJ.
I like Don Rickles as Christ, Al Franken as Pilate, Foster Brooks as Herod, and Dolly Parton as Mary Magdalen.
Fox and Friends were talking about it I think almost every of their 4 hours this a.m. They showed clips ( or maybe almost all of it), so for those that didn’t watch either of the movies,he got some free advertising, too :-)
>>Looks like he made buys on both AD and KJ.
I watched KJ when it premiered and didn’t notice any Cruz commercials. But it was playing on FNC last night. Maybe the ad buys were there.
>>Consider the source for that quote ... the Guardian, basically a commie rag.
No. I heard BOR say it once when he first wrote KJ, before publication. I bought the book when it first came out based on what he said it is and his inspiration.
I guess casting a Muslim as the founder of Christianity is a popular notion these days. Apparently Chrislam is the new religion of the times.
Bwahahahaha!
Muslims state that its OK to marry 6 year old girls too. :-)
Agree
You mean like being an important part of American history?
The lead role (Jesus) is played by a muslim.......and he was very, very, good!!!!!
it was never intended to be biblicly accurate...it was more of a historical version of what happened written by neutral observers....not those interested in Christ's religious aspect....I thought that it was very well done, probably quite accurate from that point of view, VERY well cast and certainly didn't harm Christianity in any way
It was NEVER intended to be compared to the Passion and the author said so....It was supposed to be historical rather than religious in aspect.
Pretend that it waas written, at the time, by a historian who had no interest in religion whatsoever....I thought that it was VERY well dome.
We were going to watch it but it said graphic sex or something like that.Turned the channel.
Probably the reason that you are NOT a professional critic...good grief...that was PATHETIC.
muslims emerged from wherever 700 or so years after Jesus.
Not real good at serious discussions are you???
True, but when have muslims based any of their beliefs on reality?
Don’t kid yourself. It wasn’t even historically accurate. There is plenty of contemporary non biblical evidence of Jesus existence and that he was a miracle worker. When you omit that you presenting a fictional version of Jesus. A Jesus who wasn’t sure who he was or what he was supposed to do. A guy who went around saying some unconventional things but otherwise offering no real reason to accept him as the Messiah. That guy wasn’t someone who would inspire his followers to give up their lives to proclaim the gospel
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