"The Bible": Does Satan look like Obama in History Channel miniseries?

[superpatriotman]

Eerie coincidence, or entirely on purpose?

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57574873/the-bible-does-satan-look-like-obama-in-history-channel-miniseries/

The History Channel miniseries "The Bible" has been a hit in the ratings, but it's also grabbing attention because of the actor playing Satan -- and the public figure some viewers think he resembles.

After actor Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni's first appearance as Satan in "The Bible" aired on Sunday, a number of viewers took to Twitter to say that he bears a resemblance to President Barack Obama.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. There is some resemblance; more importantly,

Satan is played by an actor who is not a white guy. I'd guess by his name that he is of middle-eastern origin (which, of course, all of the actual Bible characters were). That wouldn't be a big deal except for the fact that the actor who plays Jesus is a totally white, Anglo guy like the pictures you see in every Sunday School. So it's Jesus the handsome white guy vs. Satan, the evil swarthy "foreign" looking guy. Jesus probably looked a lot more like the Satan actor, but we couldn't have that, could we?

[superpatriotman]

2. Compare and contrast:

[marshall]

14. Diogo Morgado (Jesus) is Portuguese

Anglo typically is used to refer to folks of northern European descent. This fellow would more rightly be referred to as Iberian.
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[fadedrose]

15. David Letterman said . . .

that if Obama really were Satan, the Republicans would have no problem dealing with him, and they would do it happily (paraphrasing).

You get the idea....

Thanks, Dave.

[CJCRANE]

3. I thought Satan was a fallen angel...

so shouldn't he have a more "angelic" appearance?

[Arugula Latte]

4. I like me some bad boys!

[snooper2]

5. I hope they do a mini-series on greek mythology too...

the stories in the bible are kind of, well... blah..

really, water to wine and parting a sea...that ain't shit...


While Jesus was still in the manger Hermes was escaping his cradle


Like Hercules, Hermes showed remarkable prowess in infancy. He escaped his cradle, wandered outside, and walked from Mt. Cyllene to Pieria where he found Apollo's cattle. His natural instinct was to steal them. He even had a clever plan. First Hermes padded their feet to muffle the sound, and then he drove 50 of them backwards, in order to confuse pursuit. He stopped at the Alpheios River to make the first sacrifice to the gods. To do so, Hermes had to invent fire, or at least how to kindle it.

"For it was Hermes who first invented fire-sticks and fire. Next he took many dried sticks and piled them thick and plenty in a sunken trench: and flame began to glow, spreading afar the blast of fierce-burning fire."
Homeric Hymn to Hermes IV.114.

Then he selected two of Apollo's herd, and after killing them, divided each into six parts to correspond with the 12 Olympians. There were, at the time, only 11. The remaining portion was for himself.

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/hermesmercurymyth/ss/Hermes122108_3.htm

[Yavin4]

7. Greek Mythology is akin to Marvel Comics

Total badass heroes and villans

[superpatriotman]

8. Would be better on HBO or Starz

than on "History".

[snooper2]

9. well they should at least treat all mythology equally...

dragons too...

[CJCRANE]

11. There is all sorts of weird and wonderful stuff in the Bible.

Most people don't bother to read it.

For example there's stuff about Moses' face shining like a beam of light, so much so that he had to wear a veil. Then there's all the weird "alien space ship" type stuff in Ezekial.

I'm sure there's lots more, it's probably worth looking up on the skepticsannotatedbible website.

(But I agree about Greek mythology. I was brought up on it. It generally makes more sense than some of the surreal stuff in the Bible. The Norse and the Celts had some good myths too, not to mention the Hindus: they had (what seems like) nuclear wars in their stories!)

[treestar]

6. Yep!!!!!

Actor can thank that for getting the gig!

[rdharma]

10. The racist rightie bible thumpers will love this!

This was done deliberately. They wanted to do a Christian Identity version of the bible.

I wonder how they portrayed the dinosaurs of that time?

[rdharma]

12. The producer picked the wrong actor......

Should have looked like this.......

[1983law]

13. That would have been

awesome. Wasn't Cheney around back then?