Can't answer that loaded question. But expect the BBC (and the ABC here) to show programmes with different views on any subject. I also suspect secular views based on reason and evidence may slowly become as least as popular as religious flavoured shows, which are based on neither.
I've been watching "The Bible's Buried Secrets". I haven't noticed any bible bashing. I've seen archaeologists and biblical historians looking at physical evidence and making hypotheses,which is their job.
I'm also unsurprised that a lot of fundamentalist Jews and Christians have their panties in a bunch EG it seems THOUSANDS of female deity figures have been found Israel/Judea dating to the eighth century bce. This strongly suggest that a good proportion of the population were still NOT monotheistic even centuries after the alleged Exodus from Egypt. The programme also raises questions about the existence of a great Davidic kingdom..
However,the above is from a modern myth making tool,the TV documentary. Although fascinating, it's insufficient to make an informed assessment. To help me do so, I'm currently reading about the issues in "The Bible Unearthed;Archaeology's New Vision Of Ancient Israel And the Origin OF Its Sacred Texts" Israel Finkelstein (interviewed in the documentary and Neil Asher Silberman.(Touchstone 2002)
I've been watching "The Bible's Buried Secrets". I haven't noticed any bible bashing. I've seen archaeologists and biblical historians looking at physical evidence and making hypotheses,which is their job.
I'm also unsurprised that a lot of fundamentalist Jews and Christians have their panties in a bunch EG it seems THOUSANDS of female deity figures have been found Israel/Judea dating to the eighth century bce. This strongly suggest that a good proportion of the population were still NOT monotheistic even centuries after the alleged Exodus from Egypt. The programme also raises questions about the existence of a great Davidic kingdom..
However,the above is from a modern myth making tool,the TV documentary. Although fascinating, it's insufficient to make an informed assessment. To help me do so, I'm currently reading about the issues in "The Bible Unearthed;Archaeology's New Vision Of Ancient Israel And the Origin OF Its Sacred Texts" Israel Finkelstein (interviewed in the documentary and Neil Asher Silberman.(Touchstone 2002)
