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Update:   Ken Ham's Review "It remains nothing more than a fairly incomplete depiction of Christ as a happy smiling wandering miracle worker that made some downtrodden people feel good about themselves." Why do Christians require more faithfulness to Tolkien or C.S. Lewis than they do to the sacred text of Scripture? Perhaps it says much of where the American Church is that fiction is more guarded from Hollywood liberties than God's inspired Word. It's even worse when the producers claim devotion to that text. To further explain, it may help to return to The Bible Series by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett Here is my take on The Bible Series  (scroll to the bottom of this blog post you are currently reading in order to see citations of discrepancies from other sources). I think that this post gives you an idea why I'm so skeptical of the Son of God film by them while the majority of Christians appear ecstatic. Also, note an interview with Downey ...

Update: The Bible miniseries had an incredible number of viewers -- 14.8 million -- for its season premiere on Sunday, making it the no. 1 cable television event of the year. Read more by clicking here First of all, I would like to say that there was an effort not to provide you with any spoilers in this review. The only thing you will find is a couple of places where the writers decided to ascribe motives for two of the characters. While not telling you what those seemingly plausible motives were, I do tell you who it involves. If that bothers you, don't read on.  The Bible miniseries on The History Channel is a very good series. No expense seemed to be spared for the making of this program. The cinematography, the orchestration, the skills of the actors and the special effects are all superb. Where the series diverges from the biblical account is comparatively minor to other productions. There are scenarios created as to why Lot’s wife would look back at Sodom and...

Update:   After watching the first three of this mini-series, I still say it is the best that Hollywood has offered in a long time.  It has great acting, great sets, the narrator is superb, the special effects are quite good.  However, the biblical inaccuracies are numerous and so unnecessary.  Downey and Burnett said that their program would present what the Bible says.  The inaccuracies go well beyond artistic license and demonstrate that Downey and Burnett (as well as their biblical scholars) care little about precision in presenting the biblical text in dramatic form.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not surprised but I was hoping against hope that they would do as they said.  I think they promised but didn't deliver on that score.  I would recommend enjoying it while it is on television.  I would not recommend buying it.  Note: check out the O'Reilly interview (below) in particular to see their promise to present the stories as depicted in...