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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGee no subliminal message : The Tv show the bible
Guess who the devil looks like?
I need to say that Focus on Family, Rick Warren and others are advisors to the show.
The devil is of course, dark skinned
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2295082/Why-does-devil-The-Bible-look-exactly-like-President-Obama.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
The story is also on MSNBC if you don't like the daily mail.
bullwinkle428
(20,628 posts)They probably use the excuse that he looks that way because the story is set in the Middle East, but can't explain why their image of Jesus is the classic blond-haired/blue-eyed Ted Nugent wannabe.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)I don't follow the show but others do on DU.
bullwinkle428
(20,628 posts)how they'll choose to portray him.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)But you can't do that. That would be offensive.
Fla_Democrat
(2,547 posts)it was Elizabeth Hurley. Kinda fitting if you consider how many youngsters have 'sinned' to her photos.
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)George Burns was both the Devil and God. I always thought that was funny!! Not that movie, though
aristocles
(594 posts)There are some interesting reviews of the program:
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, March 1, 2013,"God's Word, the Greatly Abridged Edition".
Allison Keene, The Hollywood Reporter, March 2, 2013, "Mark Burnett's History miniseries uses ninja-skilled angels and a hunky Jesus to tell the Good Book's Greatest Hit".
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)I wonder if his apostles are Hunky too?
Some how I'm getting a picture of the village people around 34 AD.
klook
(12,151 posts)Life Long Dem
(8,582 posts)In the side by side photos, he looks nothing like Obama.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)If anyone here thinks that the Taliban or Iranian cletrics are bad, just wait until the Christian Fundies get control of this government; we've only seen a littl taste of what they have in store for the rest of us.
Don't think they won't kill you because you believe differently, Fundamentalists the world over are all exactly the same.
Loup Garou
(99 posts)@Green_Footballs
Updates: Producer of History Channel's Obama-Satan show also produced Sarah Palin and Donald Trump
History Channels Incredibly Obama-Like Satan
Coincidence? We dont think so.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/41751_History_Channels_Incredibly_Obama-Like_Satan
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)I'm asking because i won't watch a minute of that "drama" and don't know the answer....I am sure that the History Channel will be airing "The Koran" next month though, right?
Right?