The Bible on The History Channel

[LiberalFighter]

They are taking a lot of license in creating the "The Beginnings" segment.

[Warren Stupidity]

1. The history channel ought to be renamed the Woo and Bullshit Channel.

I've rarely if ever seen any actual history on it.

[backscatter712]

10. Except when it's being the Hitler channel...

but even then, it's filtering WWII through a rather biased lens...

[edhopper]

2. The Bible

is not History. It's stories are myths and fairy tales.

If they had a program about the bible in the context of real history, that would be different.

But this shit is the same as the Scify monster movie of the week.

[LiberalFighter]

3. I know...

So much of it is fantasy

[moobu2]

4. What part isn't? Just curious.

[Thats my opinion]

5. How right you are.

The Bible reflecting people in a variety of eras who tried to make sense out of their lives and the meaning of the universe. They were not reporting history. They were telling stories. However the History channel put it together, they went for the popular evangelical audience, and never seriously contacted any reputable liberal Bible scholar. It is embarrassing.

[moobu2]

6. The producer of the TV series is best known for producing the reality show Survivor

And The Apprentice, The Voice, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Shark Tank, "Stars Earn Stripes", Martha Stewart, Sarah Palin's Alaska, The Contender, On the Lot, The Restaurant, Rock Star, Combat Missions, My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad, Bully Beatdown, Starmaker, Expedition Africa, Toughest Cowboy, Wedding Day, How'd You Get So Rich?, and Expedition Impossible.

I watched a little bit of it a while back and it's very accurate I thought.

[Meshuga]

7. You mean the "History" channel

Since there isn't much historical going on there.

[kwassa]

8. I watched about ten minutes of it and thought it very poorly done.

Cheap sand-and-sandals saga, dull and badly acted.

[Iggo]

9. Better than a sleeping pill.