BBC BIBLE BASHING

[Eleazar]

Thats not very Christian.

Err, why not?

[Napoléon]

I really don't see why not, culture is culture. As Eleazar said, they just had another show on that was basically the opposite of this, so as long as they balance out the viewpoints what's the big deal. Just one of the pitfalls of publicly funded television. If you don't like it, don't have to watch it.

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religion, is based on bullshit. therefore i can call it unproven bullshit.

Dr. Who is based on bullshit too, but I don't think they should be taking it off air.

culture my ass, i've never encountered anything more totally backwards in terms of culture than religion.

dr who is for entertainment purposes, these religious documentaries are for 'educational' purposes.
it's the same principal as i mentioned for football, sure not everyone likes it, but it's not out there to lecture you and tell you anything like it's fact.

this is where i have my problems with such programs.

[Welsh cake]

You still have licence fees for tv's????

Fuck....

Correct. Do you know what's worse? Blind/severely sight impaired people also have to pay it as well:

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-yo...ired-aud5/

After I read that TV Licensing became synonymous with extortion in my book.

[Minimalist]

This is the same BBC that recently had a three-part series with Dr Stavrakopoulou bashing the Bible, right?

An excellent bit of work by Stavrakoupoulou, too. It's available on youtube for people on this side of the pond.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGXemCRNNH4


This is part 1 of 4 about "king David." The others parts are available.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

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)

[Minimalist]

William G Dever has actually done more work on Asherah and the fertility cults of Ancient Palestine than Finkelstein. He details the evidence in his book: Did God Have A Wife?

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Did-God...ave+a+wife

[Justtristo]

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)

It is good to hear more people reading that fantastic book.

[Napoléon]

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.

yeah well that's the kind of documentary i dont mind, when documentaries are talking about REALITY.

i just don't agree with any programs which glorify the 'story of jesus' when there isn't even sufficient evidence to say he existed.

[KichigaiNeko]

http://www.atheistrev.com/

This should cheer you up Nap

[bozo]

I help fund the BBC through my licence fee and I don't object to them showing religious bullshit, which usually gives me a bit of a laugh anyway.....if you watch just a bit of Songs of Praise and see with how much gusto the congregation ( no doubt heavily inflated cause of the tv cameras ) sing along with an eerie look of joy on their little faces ) you'll see what I mean.
The beeb also gives Dawkins a good go, so balance is there.

On a related matter, I recently scored a small hit for militant atheism on our local BBC news programme. The trailer said that one of the items was about the latest religios artefact doing the rounds, namely a bit of wood that the trailer said " was thought " to be from Christ's crown of thorns.
I promptly emailed saying that it would be more accurate to say it was " claimed " to be etc. etc.
When it went out a short time later " thought " had become " said " to be. Not as strong as " claimed " I grant you but a small result!