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blueshuttle · 05-06-2004, 08:29 PM

Can anyone get into more specifics? PLEASE?!?!?!?!

I need a drool emoticon! Thats two emoticons I need in one night!

SLD · 05-06-2004, 09:12 PM

Pretty damn good, especially for a half hour. They missed a lot of stuff. They talked about Josephus mentioning Jesus, but didn't point out that most serious scholars think that a lot of that passage is a later interpolation. They did make the point that it was written decades after the event. They made the religious Bible Scholar they interviewed look pretty stupid, too. Schermer was great he debunked the Bible pretty well.

I love the line about read the bible, it'll make more atheists.

And remember: Elvis didn't do no drugs.

SLD

Paul2 · 05-07-2004, 09:48 AM

best episode ever!

elvis never did no drugs!

Belle · 05-07-2004, 04:23 PM

I wonder how much fall out they are going to get for this? I can just see people fuming now....little christian heads exploding. Hey can we get one of those icons?

Solsticin · 05-07-2004, 06:01 PM

I think they did an excellent job on this episode (and not just because I agreed with them on the conclusion). It's too bad it was only 30 minutes. They could have done so much more with an hour or more.

Elvis didn't do no drugs! LOL (I know these people)

nelsondogg · 05-08-2004, 06:01 PM

I got a kick out of the sacreligious way they were treating the bibles. Throwing them over their soulders, etc. At one point they lit one on fire! I can't imagine how much flak they are going to get for this episode. :notworthy

mightyjoemoon · 05-08-2004, 09:20 PM

Enjoyable, but oh too brief for such a worthy target. Maybe they could do a two hour special in the future or something. I have to say I was surprised by the "street interviews." A high percentage of the people they talked to viewed the Bible skeptically or downright said they didn't believe in it. I can tell you, they did NOT film this around here!

Nostalgic Pushhead · 05-08-2004, 09:43 PM

I just watched it today (off of suprnova, woot).

I thought it was great, but I would have liked more than two interviewees.

I've never seen something so deliciously opinionated on TV... ever. They pulled out ALL the friggin stops. Defiently should have been a two hour special.

kwigibo · 05-08-2004, 10:56 PM

I thought they could have elaborated on the ten commandments, like how they have virtually no relation to the modern legal system. And they were a bit soft on Josephus, as mentioned. Other than that they did pretty well with the little time they had.

Godric Gryffindor · 05-09-2004, 09:50 AM

Good, but way too short. There's way too much bullshit in the bible for a 30-minute show.

Favorite quote: "the bible contains equal amounts of history, fact, and pizza"

Elvis didn't do no drugs!

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05-06-2004, 08:29 PM	#31
blueshuttle Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 867	Can anyone get into more specifics? PLEASE?!?!?!?! I need a drool emoticon! Thats two emoticons I need in one night!

05-06-2004, 09:12 PM	#32
SLD Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Birmingham, Alabama Posts: 4,109	Pretty damn good, especially for a half hour. They missed a lot of stuff. They talked about Josephus mentioning Jesus, but didn't point out that most serious scholars think that a lot of that passage is a later interpolation. They did make the point that it was written decades after the event. They made the religious Bible Scholar they interviewed look pretty stupid, too. Schermer was great he debunked the Bible pretty well. I love the line about read the bible, it'll make more atheists. And remember: Elvis didn't do no drugs. SLD

05-07-2004, 09:48 AM	#33
Paul2 Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,088	best episode ever! elvis never did no drugs!

05-07-2004, 04:23 PM	#34
Belle Regular Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 498	I wonder how much fall out they are going to get for this? I can just see people fuming now....little christian heads exploding. Hey can we get one of those icons?

05-07-2004, 06:01 PM	#35
Solsticin Regular Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Grand Prairie, Texas Posts: 435	I think they did an excellent job on this episode (and not just because I agreed with them on the conclusion). It's too bad it was only 30 minutes. They could have done so much more with an hour or more. Elvis didn't do no drugs! LOL (I know these people)

05-08-2004, 06:01 PM	#36
nelsondogg Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: LA Posts: 645	I got a kick out of the sacreligious way they were treating the bibles. Throwing them over their soulders, etc. At one point they lit one on fire! I can't imagine how much flak they are going to get for this episode. :notworthy

05-08-2004, 09:20 PM	#37
mightyjoemoon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,390	Enjoyable, but oh too brief for such a worthy target. Maybe they could do a two hour special in the future or something. I have to say I was surprised by the "street interviews." A high percentage of the people they talked to viewed the Bible skeptically or downright said they didn't believe in it. I can tell you, they did NOT film this around here!

05-08-2004, 09:43 PM	#38
Nostalgic Pushhead Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: So. Burlington, Vermont Posts: 4,315	I just watched it today (off of suprnova, woot). I thought it was great, but I would have liked more than two interviewees. I've never seen something so deliciously opinionated on TV... ever. They pulled out ALL the friggin stops. Defiently should have been a two hour special.

05-08-2004, 10:56 PM	#39
kwigibo Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Gold Coast, QLD, Australia Posts: 5,814	I thought they could have elaborated on the ten commandments, like how they have virtually no relation to the modern legal system. And they were a bit soft on Josephus, as mentioned. Other than that they did pretty well with the little time they had.

05-09-2004, 09:50 AM	#40
Godric Gryffindor Regular Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Francisco / Hogwarts Posts: 133	Good, but way too short. There's way too much bullshit in the bible for a 30-minute show. Favorite quote: "the bible contains equal amounts of history, fact, and pizza" Elvis didn't do no drugs!

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