Christians protest NBC for airing ‘profane use of God’s name’ on reality TV game show
“Deal or No Deal Island,” a spin-off of the original game show “Deal or No Deal,” features contestants on an island competing in various challenges and strategic decision-making to win cash prizes, with a unique tropical setting distinguishing it from the original studio-based format.
A Jan. 23 broadcast of the reality competition series included several censored curse words but allowed a profane use of God’s name to air freely, according to One Million Moms, which notes that children might be watching the TV-PG rated show.
“Many of our supporters have submitted complaints on this serious issue of NBC censoring most profanity but not censoring the profane use of God’s name,” says the group, a division of the American Family Association.
“No other religion would tolerate such blatant blasphemy, and Christians will not either,” it adds. “As stated in the Ten Commandments, God clearly prohibits the use of His name in vain. The Ten Commandments are there for believers to live by since God knows what is best.”
Removing coarse speech from the final edit, while keeping the words “G.. d…” intact sends a troubling signal, says the group, whose goal is “to stop the exploitation of our children, especially by the entertainment media (TV, music, movies, etc.).”
An online petition the group started against NBC has garnered over 13,500 signatures as of Sunday. “As a Christian, I am highly offended that NBC network chooses not to censor the repeated profane use of God’s name,” states the petition.
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“Deal or No Deal Island,” a spin-off of the original game show “Deal or No Deal,” features contestants on an island competing in various challenges and strategic decision-making to win cash prizes, with a unique tropical setting distinguishing it from the original studio-based format.
A Jan. 23 broadcast of the reality competition series included several censored curse words but allowed a profane use of God’s name to air freely, according to One Million Moms, which notes that children might be watching the TV-PG rated show.
“Many of our supporters have submitted complaints on this serious issue of NBC censoring most profanity but not censoring the profane use of God’s name,” says the group, a division of the American Family Association.
“No other religion would tolerate such blatant blasphemy, and Christians will not either,” it adds. “As stated in the Ten Commandments, God clearly prohibits the use of His name in vain. The Ten Commandments are there for believers to live by since God knows what is best.”
Removing coarse speech from the final edit, while keeping the words “G.. d…” intact sends a troubling signal, says the group, whose goal is “to stop the exploitation of our children, especially by the entertainment media (TV, music, movies, etc.).”
An online petition the group started against NBC has garnered over 13,500 signatures as of Sunday. “As a Christian, I am highly offended that NBC network chooses not to censor the repeated profane use of God’s name,” states the petition.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/chris...-show.html
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
