Focus on the Family Statement on NBC's The Book of Daniel
Focus on the Family Statement on NBC's The Book of Daniel
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to NBC's new television show, The Book of Daniel, Focus on the Family's Bob Waliszewski issued the following statement:
"Having previewed the pilot and an additional episode, I find NBC's new television show, The Book of Daniel, extremely repulsive in its portrayal of Jesus Christ and intentionally offensive in its flippant attitude toward behaviors almost universally agreed upon as unhealthy to society, morally bankrupt, and, dare I say it, sinful. Adultery. Teen sex. Involvement in a menage a trois to spice up a marriage. Homosexuality. A pastor who expects, and supports, premarital intercourse. Drug use as a sexual boost. And the list goes on and on.
"Still, most egregious is its portrayal of Jesus. On Daniel, the Individual believed to be the Savior of the world by nearly a billion people around the globe is cast as a wimpy, white-robed visitor who cares little about evil, addictions and perversity. This Christ glosses over a teenager's sexual romps with a, "He's a kid, let him be a kid."
"The Jesus of Daniel is a long way from the holy compassionate Third Person of the Trinity who created the universe, then found the sin-problems of mankind so egregious that He gave His very life sacrificially to bring redemption. You won't find that Jesus on Book of Daniel. Sadly, if the Jesus of Book of Daniel was the real deal he'd need to apologize to the woman caught in adultery (in John 8) that he instructed, "Go now and leave your life of sin." Viewers with limited knowledge of the Bible are going to be asking themselves, why was He crucified? And that's a great question for on this show, Jesus winks at the behaviors the genuine Jesus was crucified to save us from.
"While I recognize there are members of clergy who struggle with many of the issues personified by the Webster family, it is the show's callous attitude towards all things Christians, especially the sardonic depiction of Jesus that causes me the most concern.
"I doubt NBC would consider portraying a Muslim cleric or Buddhist monk in the same light. And rightly so. Why? Because to do so would be mean-spirited and insensitive. But for some reason, portraying Jesus as a namby-pamby frat- boy-guru is fine. I'm extremely disappointed that NBC has chosen to air this program."
For Focus on the Family's review of The Book of Daniel, visit http://www.pluggedinonline.com/.
Focus on the Family, founded in 1977, is a Christian non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing and defending families worldwide. The "Focus on the Family" broadcast has over 1.5 million listeners daily in the United States alone. Focus on the Family has offices worldwide with a total audience of over 200 million.
For more information, contact Christina Loznicka at (719) 531-3386 or Christina.Loznicka@fotf.org.
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Source: Focus on the Family
CONTACT: Christina Loznicka of Focus on the Family, +1-719-531-3386
Web site: http://www.family.org/
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