True that. I don't think ALL tv in the US is controlled by the religious right. Besides, it's pro-christianity, the whole son-of-god thing. It's nowhere near a problem as some might think.
Hrm. My gripe with was really about how stupid the whole idea is in the end.
First of, oh, so God dies if he kills himself in human form then. He has to die through some external means like poison apparently.
Second off he can do great deeds like change night into day for no good reason other than show his power, but he has difficulty doing ANYTHING else to help humanity.
Third, only getting 70 odd years if lucky and having huge portions of humanity who could have done good or otherwise enjoyed life will now actually DIE horrible deaths when they die and be consigned to nothing, huh? What about the hundreds of thousands of people who died simply because they refused to blaspheme against their own personal beliefs? What about anyone who was already in heaven? What about the prophets before Jesus? What, everyone in the afterlife was suddenly consigned to nothingness?
Being able to explore all of creation for half of eternity in the afterlife sounds like a lot more fun than dying at birth. Or being rotted away by leprosy. Or having one's family tortured and killed by some sadistic fuck. Et al.
Also makes the whole Son of God thing rather weird - because apparently he IS God, not the SON of God. This whole trinity thing in Christianity is totally screwed.
Anyway, it was still fun to watch and better than most shows along such lines I've seen.
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Date: 2005-05-02 05:43 am (UTC)Hrm. My gripe with was really about how stupid the whole idea is in the end.
First of, oh, so God dies if he kills himself in human form then. He has to die through some external means like poison apparently.
Second off he can do great deeds like change night into day for no good reason other than show his power, but he has difficulty doing ANYTHING else to help humanity.
Third, only getting 70 odd years if lucky and having huge portions of humanity who could have done good or otherwise enjoyed life will now actually DIE horrible deaths when they die and be consigned to nothing, huh? What about the hundreds of thousands of people who died simply because they refused to blaspheme against their own personal beliefs? What about anyone who was already in heaven? What about the prophets before Jesus? What, everyone in the afterlife was suddenly consigned to nothingness?
Being able to explore all of creation for half of eternity in the afterlife sounds like a lot more fun than dying at birth. Or being rotted away by leprosy. Or having one's family tortured and killed by some sadistic fuck. Et al.
Also makes the whole Son of God thing rather weird - because apparently he IS God, not the SON of God. This whole trinity thing in Christianity is totally screwed.
Anyway, it was still fun to watch and better than most shows along such lines I've seen.