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This poll asks: I think the Apostle Paul: * explained Jesus' message * changed Jesus' message

I'm not a practicing anything - but I found the Peter Jennings special "Jesus and Paul" extremely distateful. The music was,for the most part,totally inappropriate; as was the "MTV" treatment of venerable images. ( A crucified Christ hopping around on the cross to some sort of "metal" beat ??? ) All that, of course is being aired on another thread,and my purpose here is to seek help in crafting a proper response. I believe, when a media giant,such as ABC,insults and trivializes any religion as baldly as it did last night,there should be a punishment. What I have in mind...

Network has produced another show loaded with liberal theologians and permeated with a sense of unbelief. Peter Jennings is at it again. The "ABC World News Tonight" anchor is the driving force behind Monday night's three-hour network special "Jesus and Paul -- the Word and the Witness." Like "The Search for Jesus," a previous ABC special Jennings shepherded, the new show is filled with "expert" analysis from liberal theologians and carries the underlying worldview of unbelief in Scripture and Jesus' divinity. "Jennings repeatedly refers to 'the Jesus movement' as if it were just another political party or faction," Focus on...

ABC's version of the story of Jesus and Paul

Rarely has so much attention been lavished on the life and death of Jesus. Thanks to The Passion of the Christ and the ensuing media blitz, people are talking about, reading about and wondering about Jesus. On Monday night, in a three-hour primetime event, ABC News will do its part to explore the story of Jesus and the founding of Christianity, including an in-depth look at Paul. Targeted to those not yet familiar with the Christian faith, "Peter Jennings Reporting: Jesus and Paul – The Word and the Witness" will air Monday, April 5 from 8 –11 p.m. ET on...

In a special three-hour broadcast, Peter Jennings tells the story of Jesus of Nazareth, Paul the Apostle and Christianity in its first decades — a tiny movement that against the odds survived and then triumphed over all the gods and goddesses of the Roman Empire. Peter Jennings Reporting: Jesus and Paul — The Word and the Witness will air Monday, April 5 from 8-11 p.m. ET on the ABC Television Network. The first century was barely 30 years old. Rome ruled the world from Europe to the heart of the Middle East. The Caesars were gods and most people knew...

Do me a favor," Peter Jennings requests. "Say a prayer for me, will you?" He's asking for divine intervention on behalf of Jesus and Paul – The Word and the Witness, ABC's three-hour pilgrimage into the origins of Christianity. It premieres Monday night opposite the NCAA men's basketball final on CBS and the finale of NBC's Average Joe: Adam Returns. Or as a typical "reality" show contestant might utter, "Oh. My. God." Buttressed by a wealth of biblical scholars and Mr. Jennings' longstanding interest in the subject, Jesus and Paul is the sequel to the anchor's June 2000 The Search...