[kellynla]

Another shocker: The program contradicts the biblical view that the Israelites came from somewhere else into the land of Canaan. "The film shows that they were Canaanites," Apsell says.

[kellynla]

ping

[Porterville]

Who cares... they are worthless in their opinion

[FlingWingFlyer]

As long as they have still have a “The Fireplace Channel,” I’ll never waste my time watching the garbage spewed out by PBS.

[divine_moment_of_facts]

Bible Bashing by PBS? No way!

[Hi Heels]

Billions and billions of Christians down through the years examining, reading, feeling, thinking, believing, reviewing.

But Carol Meyers and Gary Glassman? They're the ones who figured it ALL out. Yessir. "The film shows that they were Canaanites," Apsell says.

Well then, toss those bibles in the trash and begin the church burnings. WHAT were we thinkin'? After all, scientists have NEVER in all of history on this flat planet ever been wrong.\sarc

[steve86]

Think think Obama will have been elected by the time this airs.

[Coffee200am]

They had better watch it. Muslims believe in Abraham....To tell Muslims, Abraham was a myth, is really bad and racist.....and dangerous.

[dmanLA]

These people are so afraid that there will be a Judgement Day that it makes them feel a little better when they throw sticks at the Bible.

The truth is the truth whether or not anyone believes it. So, are you that certain that there is no God that you will bet your eternity on it? “Do you feel lucky...”

History Channel, PBS, Discovery, etc. They all like to question Scriptures...

[kb2614]

You would think the producers would be worried of the reaction by Jews & Christians. You know, rioting, beheading, car bombs, etc. These producers are brave souls to show this documentary in George Bush’s Amerkkka!!!

(nudge nudge wink wink) :-)

Where is the “ah geez, not this sh*t again!” dude?? It would apply here.

[Secret Agent Man]

They’re idiots. Evidence was found that shows where the route was. They found Egyptian chariot wheels on both sides of the Red Sea.

Here’s one of many sites that reported it:

http://bibleprobe.com/exodus.htm

Friggin’ God-hating liberal public television elites.

[jerry639]

"I was always brought up to believe that the minute Abraham and the patriarchs came on the scene, the Israelites accepted one God and there was just always one God and that was it," Apsell says. "I think people are going to really be stunned by that."

Stunned by what? Their worthless opinion or their attempt to rewrite history? I'm not even surprised let alone stunned by anything PBS might attempt.

[ghostcat]

Aspell has obviously never read the Old Testament. If she had she would not be surprised That there would be evidence of worship of false gods. It was a constant struggle for the prophets to keep the Israelites from worshiping the Lord.

In addition she would not be surprised that there is a close relationship between the Canaanites and the Israelites. All one would have to do is read from Genesis through Joshua to know that. Not all decedents of Abraham went to Egypt. Moses himself married outside of Israel.

[mojito]

Gosh. Who am I going to believe?

Some academics who got a grant to do a documentary on PBS?

Or the Bible?

Some professors?

Or the foundation of all faith and morality?

[DoughtyOne]

Pumping out Bravo Sierra

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Wow. PBS is on a real tear lately, even by their standards, after this and that recent WW2 mocumentary that was claiming the US military were all war criminals for the tactics it used to end the war.

[Raycpa]

"I was always brought up to believe that the minute Abraham and the patriarchs came on the scene, the Israelites accepted one God and there was just always one God and that was it,"

This person evidently never read the Exodus and the rest of the bible. It clearly describes the falling away of the people from monotheism.

[eclecticEel]

"I was always brought up to believe that the minute Abraham and the patriarchs came on the scene, the Israelites accepted one God and there was just always one God and that was it," Apsell says. "I think people are going to really be stunned by that."

I am kinda stunned, but rather by this person's complete ignorance of Old Testament history. Israel constantly turned aside to the idols of the nations around them. Starting with the creation of a golden calf at the foot of Sinai, and continuing throughout the period of the judges, and into the kingdom years, culminating in the judgment of the Babylonian captivity. In Elijah's day, he was able to say:

The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down your alters, and put Your prophets to death by the sword. I am the only one left ....

Doesn't sound like the actions of a nation that accepted the truth of the one God, Jehovah. A few years later, Amos was dispelling whatever notions that Judah has about its past:

Did you bring unto Me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

I would find it unusual that someone who presents themselves as an expert on these matters can't grasp the basics; although in reality I'm not surprised at all.

[count-your-change]

Personally I've found the whole myth of the literal existence of PBS hard to swallow, especially the Nova story with the part about learning to be noncommercial under the leadership of an Apsell named Paula.
It may be shocking but recent scholarship has discovered clear evidence of commercials between programs that was long thought to be only sponsor information.
Further details of “membership drive” rituals to follow.

[weegee]

Still waiting for Ramadangdingdong to come around this year so that PBS can finally address the myth of Mohammed riding into heaven on the back of a horse.

We may finally see the end of taxpayer funded PBS at that point.

Since we cannot put a privately paid for monument to the 10 Commandments on public ground, it should also follow that we cannot use taxpayer money to put a cross in a jar of urine or air anti-theist diatribes on PBS/NPR.

Funny how that separation on the support AND denigration of religion claus works. Except that the Left calls it a “chill wind” to protest their religious (atheist) speech. The Communists were good at establishing Atheism as the official religion as well.

[verklaring]

The program challenges long-held beliefs. Abraham, Sarah and their offspring probably didn't exist, says Carol Meyers, a religion professor at Duke University.

As a Christian, I view this as typical antichristian nonsense, which The Living God will judge.

But the premise means: Abraham, Hagar and Ishmael also did not exist, upon which the Koran and its claims rest. Then not only Judaism and Christianity but also Islam are all to be viewed as fakes. Islam has not recently shown a tolerance for such slanders, as it would imply that the Koran and its alleged prophet were also fakes

This makes cartoons of the prophet appear inoffensive. It also indicates the level of ignorance at PBS, which is total.