So. Tonight on the History Channel, the miniseries titled The Bible premiered. It was clearly a drama and did not claim to be entirely purely factual and anyone who has spent a lot of time studying God's Holy Word can see this. The History Channel was not trying to give a seminar informational formal thorough account of each and every moment in the Bible. Why? Because that wasn't the point.
One of the aims of airing a show about the events in the Bible was to show those who aren't familiar with the Bible story that this timeless book is NOT boring. And this is a common mistake- people think the Bible is a very long list of rules and regulations that don't even apply to our time. Another reason for the show's production, closely tied to what I've already mentioned is Entertainment. That is what all television networks are trying to do. Duh?
To me, this information is deduce-able common sense and yet we have all these goons on Twitter complaining about the inaccuracies and over dramatization. Oh, come on people, shut up. Do you realize how expensive, time consuming, complicated, dangerous, and just about impossible it would be to show a completely infallible on-screen version of the entire Bible?? That's silly. In every great film or television show, scenes must be cut and edits made to keep everything sharp and on track. If every film based on a book contained every line of the author's notes, people would MISS THE POINT. It would be harder to get the main message loud and clear.
Why is everyone's initial reaction to start complaining anyway? Someone got up and went out there and produced a mini series on The Bible, taking the Great Commission into their own hands and fulfilling God's command to spread the gospel in their own way. Good for them! While all the rest of you can do is tweet about what gets left out? It disappoints me sometimes how hard Christians are to please these days. Did you even watch the show? Did you get any of God's messages of faith and trust and sacrifice and struggle and love and wisdom and divine protection? Because if you missed that, then I feel sorry for you. That was the part of the show that was the most beautiful and inspiring.
I enjoyed The Bible premiere tonight very much and I'm excited to see the next chunk of the story on film. My only prayer is that the message doesn't get stomped on by complainers and people who feel they have some right to judge and choose what a television show of the Bible should be like.
Geez. TRY not to miss the point.
