By Jay Kernis
Rock Center
"If you don't know your Bible, you don't have a prayer!"
With tongue-in-cheek, so warns comedian Jeff Foxworthy, host of the hit quiz show, “The American Bible Challenge.” About to begin its second season in March, the program broke all records when it premiered last August on GSN, the Game Show Network, debuting as the cable network’s #1 program of all time with 1.7 million viewers for its premiere show, and more than 13 million viewers for the first season.
“The American Bible Challenge” really is a game show in which three teams of three contestants answer questions based on stories from the Old and New Testament. At the end of the season, the championship team wins more than $100,000. But all prize money goes to the winning teams’ charities of choice.
QUIZ: Are you smarter than a Sunday school teacher? Take the quiz!
Foxworthy, the largest-selling comedy recording artist in history, told Rock Center's Harry Smith that with each question he asks, he must balance being funny with being respectful to the material. He said, “I don’t want to ever hurt anybody’s feelings. I don’t ever want to offend somebody. But there’s, there’s a lot of humor in this, too. And so it’s that fine line of: hey, can we laugh at this, without being irreverent or disrespectful?
New this season is the addition of gospel star Kirk Franklin, winner of nine Grammy Awards. He leads the on-stage gospel choir and banters with Foxworthy during the show. Franklin told Harry that his work with the choir involves “to just bring a little more sauce to it, you know? Kind of get them out of the Sunday clothes, kind of swag ‘em up a little bit.”
Casting sessions for the second season were held in Atlanta, Nashville, Dallas, Memphis and Los Angeles. Some 223 teams auditioned, including the show’s first two teams of the Jewish faith. One of the teams, “The Rockin’ Rabbis” from New York State is made up of two rabbis and a theological student. Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham said, “We feel like, within the Old Testament, we know what we’re talking about. And we should be able to show that to the rest of the world.”
WATCH: Jeff Foxworthy's Bible show is heaven sent
All potential contestants had to take a 30-question written test and only if they had high enough scores were hopefuls then taped by casting directors.
Greater Atlanta Christian School teacher and cancer survivor Dana Davis said that passing the audition test is more than just a chance to be on TV. He explained, “It’s not just about reading the Book, but to know that God cares about us, that he actually walks with us, that he has the power to overcome the things that we have no control over.”
Editor's Note: Harry Smith's full report aired Friday, February 15 at 10pm/9c on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams.
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And on the 8th day, God invented Comedy with Jeff Foxworthy....THEN, he rested....as HE was completely WORN OUT!
The fact that this disgusting piece of indoctrination posing as entertainment, even exists, is proof positive, 100% that this country is completely @!$%#ed beyond any and all hope of repair!
Congratulations big money!!!! All these years of pulling public funding away from education and contributing endless resources to the dumbing down of the American electorate has finally paid off! We are now a country of complete morons.
speak for yourself
Chris Rock is FAR FAR FAR FAR worse.
The only MORAn is a fool who would make such comments on a public venue...
....hate others, don't believe in GOD, those are some of the awesome rights of individual freedoms bestowed on every citizen of this Great Country, but at least have common sense enough to allow others the same priviledges that you are taking yourself, that of being entitled to your opinions and entertainments choices the same as OTHERS are ALSO allowed....
he was speaking for himself.. he is the living proof. He's swallowed so hard on the secular humanism religion taught in government schools that he thinks any other view is indoctrination, even though all scholars agree there is no books of antiquity that is more historically accurate than the Bible. The secular historical sciences book changes drastically every 10 years... go to the library sometime and compare current science dictom with the same book from 50 years ago, its halariours on every page. livinginthewoods doesn't know the difference between a scientific statement and a statement made by a scientist.
I am not infringing anyones rights!
You have a constitutionally protected right to be an idiot in this country and likewise, I have the right to point it out.
I am not discriminating against anyone or robbing anyone of their rights by expressing my opinions.
@ 1.5
Your screename is fitting. Is that you David Krotch?
This is an excellent show. Everyone should watch. Incredible how much one learns, including the misuse of Scripture. People actually think the Bible forbids eating shellfish and that "God blesses the child that has his own," which is nowhere in the Bible. Great show.
Wow! It must really suck to go through life with such a chronic case of tunnel vision.
THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS IN LIFE! Anyone who tries to sell you one is a crook and a liar!
A rational minded person realizes that any question you answer only opens up a more complicated set of questions.
The example you present only helps to prove you wrong.
Science has more than doubled the average human life span. What has religion ever done but, stir up hatred and violence? Time to grow up and stop believing in fairy tales just because that's what momma told you.
They do? Based on what? There is no proof that any of the stories of the Bible are true. We've identified some of the places, and even references to some of the people of the Old Testament, but no proof that any of the stories in it are factual. David? Solomon? Moses? Noah? Daniel? Samson? Adam & Eve??? Where is the proof that any of those people existed at all, let alone that they did what is claimed?
Granted, much of the New Testament describes the world as it indeed was at the time, which can be documented from writings of the Romans and others at the time. But even the stories of Jesus are documented only there, and even the Gospels were written after the fact, and contain conflicting information and information that cannot be verified elsewhere.
Pretty much only those scholars who are already believers look at the Bible as historical in nature. Others look for clues of things that existed back then to see where they match what they read, but very little is left of Israel from those periods, since the Romans destroyed pretty much everything.
We are all free to believe in the Bible. I do not stand against it. But historically accurate? Not without proof.
There is NOTHING in the Bible that has been PROVEN to be false.......
You may not believe what it says, who wrote it or the anything else about the book, but it has NEVER been wrong.
That whole statement is a load of @!$%#!
World wide flood, 6000 year old earth, 300+ year human lifespans, 2 people as the origin of the human race...
All proven to be false!
you obviously missed the entire point.... PROVEN.... you can think whatever you want.... PROOF.....
Little fact for you......
Did you know the earth's magnetic field is deteriorating? Scientist can measure it and have for many years. According to their data the earth could not sustain life more than 6-10,000 years ago. The magnetic field would have been too great.
Don't take my word for it, look it up.
@Steve-446003
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So I googled your assertion of the magnetic field deteriorating and found this:
followed by:
This article directly contradicts your assertion that there is a direct impact on gravitational force vs earths magnetic polarity.
Did you even bother to read up on it or just read the headline and came to a "scientific: conclusion?
I see nothing funny about a murdering, raping, misogynistic POS supreme being.
Settle down people it's a program on TV if you don't like it change the channel their are plenty of other programs that contain facts and fiction that you can choose from
Oh yes, the reversal theory... notice it's a THEORY..... still talking PROOF here.....
Steve, you are showing the ignorance of a religious freak! The meaning of a theory is that it has been backed up by very large amount of observable facts! Theory also means that it can be added to when new facts come to light!! Unlike your dogma written in stone!! DUDE YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE!!
PROOF is the word here....... as we go through life, more and more things in the Bible are found to be true..... whether you believe or not, it doesn't matter.....
The Bible spoke of a sphere.... man saw the world as flat
The Bible spoke of the great flood.... science is finding more and more fact behind that event
The Bible spoke the end of times..... well, that would be preaching..... but just look around
The liberal mind is eager to believe in theories that fit their ideas and yet reject facts that do not.........
Correct. And there is no proof of 99% of the Bible.
Bull. There have been many floods at many times and in many places, but there is not one bit of evidence that the entire world was flooded, especially since the dawn of mankind. It was once probably encased in ice from pole to pole, but the mountains would still have stuck out. And man wasn't around then.
Look around? That's your proof of the book of Revelation? You do know that people have preached that the end was near as long as man has been around, right? That book was most likely referring to the inevitable fall of Israel (under the Romans), anyway. But in any case, there's not a whiff of proof here.
What "facts"? The "liberal mind" *explores* theories of how and why things are the way they are, and takes the results as they come. Your kind takes an old book and attempts to mold your "facts" to fit your current interpretation of what that book might have meant. There is nothing wrong with faith, but it cannot replace science.
I was very into memorizing the Bible when I was younger and I still have a respectable bit of memory as well as a knowledgeable understanding of the Bible all these years later. I am an atheist, but I really like the Bible STILL.
Many of the concepts found in the Bible are found in other religions in one form or another, as well. For example, almost every religion contains the concept of the "Golden Rule" (treat others the way you would like to be treated). It's not the concepts that are bad; it's the interpretation and execution that make organized religion nothing more than a method of control of the masses.
You can be an atheist and still lead a virtuous life. Just don't try to tell that to the religious extremists. If they actually admitted that, they'd also have to admit they're not special.
Flbikerchick, yes you can be an atheist and lead a virtuous life. You can be a Muslim and Buddhists as well. 100s of thousands of Japanese still practice Shintoism, yet they and everyone else knows this was a made up religion by the Shoguns to protect their interests from the Korean and Chinese influence. You can be anything you want to be and that is OK with the bible. There is a choice. The twist is you take your chances when your eyes close the last time. Of course you can debate what happens then too, but it all comes down to that chance. The choice is yours.
Of course atheists can live a virtuous life! I know many great and wonderful people who don't believe in Christ; people who are much better than a lot of Christians. But that doesn't mean a thing in Christianity. Living a good life does not get anyone into heaven. But we Christians aren't called to condem - we are called to love. And most Christians fail at that. do you know why? We're sinners. We're fallen people. We are no better than anyone else.
funny - I was raised atheist and then I made that leap to live by faith. It made me a nicer and kinder person. It made me gentler. I won't say I wasn't nice before, when I was an atheist. But I was only nice when it was expedient for me to be nice. Otherwise, I was pretty selfish and unkind. I like who I am now.
To each their own. You can be an atheist and be nice. (I wasn't but that may just mean I was the exception.) You can be a Hindu or a Muslim or whatever and be nice. All I'll say is that your hatred of religious people is kind of obvious. But that's your problem, not mine.
@2.2
Typical, religious, self righteous, "believe as I do or burn for eternity", fear mongering, bull@!$%#!!!!!
i dont know jack about the bible, as I dont really buy into it, but i dont think this is hurting anyone, per se. If you dont like the show, turn the channel. I'm not forcing anyone to watch Nova, or the Walking with Dinos series. To each their own. You folks (ALL of you) really need to lighten up a bit, read a book, play an instrument, take a walk. Something, already!
actually Jack Wigal , you inadvertantly pointed out the biggest reason why the bible has stood so many yrs , it portrays everyone as they are , it doesnt lie about anyone in scripture , it points out their weaknesses as well as strengths , then it goes on to say , we are all guilty of wrongs/sin . I personally love history & archaeology , as well as the sciences & it still amazes me to the accuracy of scriptures. No other book dares to tell the future in sometimes very exacting statements & alot are backed up by secular sources as to their authenticity & then the scriptures go on to say , if any of its prophecies dont happen , throw the whole book out. Also , some of what you state is nowhere to be found in scripture , for instance , nowhere does it say that they can kill everything but virgin women & then rape them , that would be the quran. SOOOO , go rant & lie to less ignorant ppl please.
"accuracy of scriptures"
??? The books can't even agree among themselves? Care to go though all the places where the bible contradicts *itself*!
The bible fascinates you just as every religion fascinates me. I am an atheist and i enjoy talking to religious people because i want to know how anyone could believe the contents of their religious text. I have read the bible twice and even without talking about modern science, it is easy to see how foolish it is to believe in such nonsense.
I'll bet if we had a show called "The American Qu'ran Challenge", people would freak out.
I haven't watched the show, but I'll bet they are leaving out all the repugnant parts of The Bible, like the part where Lot offers up his virgin daughters to the angel-rapers and then gets drunk, has sex with them, and gets them pregnant in a cave. I'm sure they won't mention anything about how you should be killed if you are a recalcitrant child, if you don't honor your father and your mother, or if you pick up a stick on a Saturday. Are there going to be any questions about the parts where women are told to keep their heads covered and their mouths shut if they know what is good for them? What about questions on the proper way to keep and maintain slaves? Any questions about the proper way to sack a city and murder every living thing except for the virgin women who you get to rape later on at the victory orgy?
I haven't seen this show, but the subject matter should be offensive to just about everyone, except maybe straight, white, males. I can't believe they are allowing this on television. The American Taliban (a.k.a. The Tea Party/Republican Party) is probably having a ball though.
Aren't you being a little bit rough on a book that was written so long ago? I'm sure a lot of our actions today will be viewed as completely barbaric, and stupid to those in the future 1,000 or so years.
I think the idea is to try to pick out the good parts from the whole. Like the "Golden Rule". Or do you have a problem with that one too?
Why don't you take your liberal crap to the mideast.
@ William Root,
We are not suppose take the Bible and look for the "best" parts. That only leads to trouble. It leads to what people, Especially, "Christians" who talk the meaning out of context. For example, in Captain Jack Wigal's post he talk about Lot. Lot offered up his two virgin daughters because he wanted to protected the angels, who walked among men (normal people), from the very "horny" townsfolk. In this case, he put people who came from heaven above his own family. One of the many points of the story is the townsfolk didn't give a second look to the women (or girls they were probably).
People start getting into trouble when they start picking and choosing what verses in the bible to believe. The Bible tells a very human story which is full of deceit, lies, and murder. On one level, it is very human.
There is also no problem generally thinking of the Bible as the "golden rule". Generally the Old Testament is the "law," and the New Testament is God's love incarnate." The problem starts when a person, mainly "Christians," say I am not going to follow "loving my neighbor," but I am going to follow being hateful to everyone who doesn't go to the same church as me (taken out of context)." It is not supposed to be like that.
ah look...someone who read the bible how they wanted.
Leave out how Lot only offered up the daughters to keep the men of the city from FORCEFULLY entering his home and raping ANGELS. Leave out how the daughters had a discussion amongst themselves about how were they ever going to have children and THEY decided to get their father drunk and have sex with him. Leave out the part that any slaves captured in war were taken care of very well and released to freedom in 7 years mandatorily....
Did you teach obama how to claim he cut the deficit by $2 trillion while doubling it? Because thats the same amount of twist I just read.
Jason,
Get over yourself. None of this has anything to do with Obama.
Poor Archer...doesnt understand how an analogy works.
Captain Jack, I could say the same things about the Kardasians, teen Mom, and that fat little thing boohoo..or whatever.
I am white but am NOT a Male, and I look forward to seeing the show. Certainly more worthwhile than much of the trashy "reality" type shows on these days.
Poor Jason, author of bad analogies and bad philosophies.
Religious humor...
Take my Bible, PLEASE....
A Bible Salesman, a Nun and a Rabbi walk into a bar....
Lot: "Take my daughters, PLEASE...."
There was this traveling Bible salesmen and he stopped at this farm and asked if he could spend the night. The farmer told him 'Yes, but you'll have to sleep with my daughter.....
How many Christians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Yes, I can see how a person could find a lot of humor in the Bible. If they overlook all the hate, murder, discrimination and foolishness associated with it.
Captain Jack, the Old Testament is as much history as it is a foundation for monotheism. It chronicles the actions of the Israelites, right and wrong. For instance, king David is a hero, but his sins are written up for all to see.
You are not incorrect in quoting those stories, and you omitted many that would have qualified under the same assumptions. But you are not correct to imply that those actions are justified, moral, or praiseworthy in the eyes of God. Should they have been omitted from the Bible? In that case, you could accuse the writers of selective storytelling.
God's word is the Bible, i'm happy to see a much higher caliber of tv shows on for families. Enough of the whole cop shows...i'm sick and tired of shows of fear and perpetuating sin. it disgusts me as it should others. good job Jeff, I pray it goes well for everyone....thanks
Jason--I fail to see how it changes anything that Lot offered his daughters up to be raped because some "angels" were going to get "forcibly" raped.
They're angels, Jason--do you seriously think that they couldn't just leave if they wanted to? Even if they did get raped--this is somehow worse than allowing one's daughters to be raped?
Seriously?
Anyone who thinks it is okay to offer up one's daughters to be raped to protect anyone--anyone at all--really needs to quit pretending that he has a working set of morals.
Capt Jack, people tend to pick and choose what to follow in the Bible, usually what is more convenient for them.
Yeah, because indoctrination posing as entertainment is sooo much better./s
I'm disgusted too.
At the direction the uneducated, superstitious, sun worshippers, in this country are dragging us!
Reply to William Root, If it's stupid and barbaric now,a game show should be a good place for it. As to the golden rule , good question , in the nuclear era.
Someone tell this poor soul that one can be a conservative and an atheist as well.
Someone tell this poor soul that one can be a conservative and an atheist as well.
Taking MY liberal crap to the mid-east would mean trading a Taliban-wannbe for the real thing.
I think America is still worth saving and I'll do what I can, where I can.
Why don't you take your rightwing neo-fascist, evangelical, whackadoodle crap to the Mid East. You should feel right at home.
Yes, all you God haters apparently have short-term memory loss.
Look back 50 years, when Judeo-Christian philosophies and morals were enforced by society, and then look at today's society and tell me things are better now.
Look at the typical (not the exception argument you liberals all want to utilize) young person brought up in private, generally religious, school and compare them to those pouring out of public schools. Better academics, better integrity, LESS money spent per student. Not because they are better people but because they are better 'indoctrinated' to respect themselves and others.
By the way, atheism is a religion because you can't prove there isn't a God so it is based solely on faith.
Read Pascale's Wager and then call yourself an idiot.
Yeah, find some - oh, let's say black person, for example - who can remember what it was like 50 years ago. Ask him or her how much better things were then. That's how short-sighted and self-absorbed someone like Lee Cumbie is - or are you just a bigot?
Yeah and if it wasn't for religious suppression of science we'd have more stem cell cures and be populating Mars by now. If you want to pray to your sky daddy and teach that a 3000 yr. old handbook from a bunch of Middle Eastern sheepherders is true that's fine. Just don't include our children-we need them. We need them to advance the sciences of Medicine, Climatology, Aeronautics, Energy etc. for the betterment of mankind which your religion is falling far short of doing.
Atheism is as much a religion as not collecting stamps is a hobby. And if the existance of your god depends solely on the fact that one cannot prove a universal negative, that's a pretty weak leg to stand on.
If this brings one person to the knowledge of Jesus Christ, it's a wonderful thing. Plus, all you have to do is watch the world news and you'll see Biblical prophecy being fulfilled daily. Isaiah 17, Isaiah 19, Zechariah 12:3, Psalm 83 and so many other events are happening right now.
It all happens to everyone, every day, throughout history. That's because the Bible, like every other holy text, is a metaphor. Think how many fewer problems we'd have in this world if everyone understood that.
The problems of the world are not caused by following God's word. Just the opposite. A person can know the Bible upside down and backward, but without understanding, it is just words.
" following God's word." ---- Have you READ gods word? It's evil to say the least.... its a beast. It murders and tortures on a whim, and its some of the most evil stuff in all fiction! Good thing its nothing but myth.
chris-5thape,
Yes I have read God's word...and you sir are not right with God apparently, so logically you cannot be right about anything else...stings doesn't it...while you may seem to us the reader as taking a stand...I can really hear your knees shaking for a judgment day approaches and the Lord will have his vengeance...it's not too late to lay down your burdens and love the only God who is true LOVE!!
What a load of @!$%#! To think I used to actually like Foxworthy.
Just one more @!$%# taking advantage of peoples stupidity and superstition to separate fools from their money.
SAM--that's called a self-reinforcing ethical code. It means that you can dismiss anyone simply because they don't believe what you do.
If you aren't interested in engaging with other people--the Bible does, in fact, have some pretty horrid things in it that are "justified"--then why bother? People who don't believe in an afterlife or in a deity aren't sitting around with their knees shaking the way that people who do believe in these things do. It doesn't sting that they don't believe in a deity. Because, you know, they don't believe.
Stop projecting your own insecurities on others. If you really believe in an afterlife and a deity, then you are good to go. If you are so threatened by other's disbelief that you have to call them names--well, are you really all that secure?
SAM-3230627
"it's not too late to lay down your burdens and love the only God who is true LOVE!!"
Hahahahahahah yup, otherwise he will burn me in hell forever! Some love!
But don't take my word for it:
Numbers 31
31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
31:18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Is this the mind of your god? What a beast. If you where in Moses's army would YOU thrust your bronze sword into a 2 yr old boy?
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jh-2945581
Calling BS on your atheist to "leap to faith". That's a conclusion, not a presupposition and your position on the statement gives you away.
You were right. There was a point that you were an atheist, every child born is one until indoctrinated into a religion.
Plus, why a leap to faith that just happens to coincide with your geography? Why not a taoist, Sikh, Hindo, Jaine, or Buddhist?
One does not simply go from not believing in leprechauns to suddenly believing in leprechauns.
It's this dishonesty that makes people crtical and call you to the carpet. You can say you were low and hated god or whatever, but that would mean that you never stopped believing.
If you need to understand what an atheist actually is, just look at your position on other religions. Is there anything that they could say, do, or show to prove to you that their religion is the right religion? To them, you are the atheist.
We simply add your religion to that list.
The bible is very vague in its prophecies. It is just like when someone says that their prayers were answered. As long as you ask or predict something that is within the realm of possiblity it can easily be said afterword that their prediction/prayer came true and so god is real. If you pray or predict something like pigs falling from the sky then i would say that you had a point.
This has bee banned from my viewing list... NEVER
It's not a hit if this is the first time anyone's heard of it.
It IS the GSN, most of us have jobs throughout the day....
The same voice that tempted Christ in the desert also lead the "chosen ones" into the promised land.
Why is the morality of the god of the bible so evil? I wonder if they ask, why does god support slavery (Exodus 21) , ethnic cleansing, the murder of baby boys (Numbers 31), the killing of rape victims (Deuteronomy 22) or rape victims having to marry their rapist? Is this the mind of god? (Deuteronomy 25)
25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
25:12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
Or is it the mind of bronze age goat herders who knew nothing of the world they lived in?
And God said to the easter bunny if you color your eggs perfectly then Santa Claus will bring you a nice toy.
Who married a prostitute and murdered a child, for 20 dollars Mr Lucifer.
Christ almighty.
Everyone just calm down, if you dont believe dont, if you do believe do. A man must be convinced in his own mind. If you like something leave it alone, but hinder someone else from enjoying what they enjoy, whether good or bad. we are fellow citizen of the earth. If you are right, what ever your belief if the good, no worries, but what you believe if a lie then thats still your problem only. Love one another.
CPT Jack, You need a life!
Oh won't the atheists just hate this one! lol!
No, we will just show how evil the bible is. How its nothing but bronze age myth filled with ridiculous stories, many of them immoral.
Why does any reference to the Bible or God bring the non-believers out of the woodwork to spout their NON-beliefs to the rest of us?
If you are so convinved that God doesn't exist, why don't you simply just ignore it?
What are you afraid of?
Who are you trying to convince? Us or yourselves?
For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't, no proof will ever be enough.
Ummmm--because, Janine, you want to label the rest of us "non-believers." I believe in a lot of things--just not necessarily a deity and an afterlife.
Not a few religions are atheistic (they don't believe in a deity). Not a few religions don't accept the Bible as a holy document.
The point was made, above, that a gameshow about the Q'uran wouldn't fly. A gameshow about Confucious wouldn't fly. It is just kind of annoying that anyone would put together a gameshow for something other than a Christian television station about Bible verses, and that this then would be promoted to the general public.
There are other people out there who don't agree with you--if you don't want to listen, they why answer when they point out that they don't agree and don't appreciate being mischaracterized?
The bible has become the golden calf. I used to be a believer until I decided to really research where those beliefs came from. To really understand my religion, and to better know just how those texts were formed and by whom. And when you do that, the entire thing starts to crumble because you understand why the words were written and how often they've been changed throughout the last 2000 years. So, keep believing and don't question anything and you'll live a life of blissful ignorance. Once you dig in and really study the religion, there's no turning back. It's worth it, of course.
what is wrong with you bible bashers , in todays crime overloaded condition , i would support anything that kept atleast 1 moron from stealing my car , messing with my bank account , my children or grandchildren , even if i were an atheist , i wouldnt go spouting stuff like you ppl do , if it so much as stopped 1 single theft or murder , i wouldnt complain , yet you ppl scream like the pastors have their hands in YOUR pockets , it reminds me of an analogy i heard long ago , if i throw a rock into a pack of dogs , which dog will make the most noise ? The dog that was hit with the rock of course , is that why you ppl are so rabidly anti christian , does the truth hurt or you so ashamed of your wrongs that you have to tear down anything that tries to reveal your depravity ?
Bean@home, I believe in a lot of things too, but the current topic is the Bible, so I state "Non-believers" as that is what they are.
I agree a Quran game show wouldn't fly as there are few people in this country that would be interested in watching it. There was a show recently about Muslim Americans and that didn't catch a lot of interest either. If you've ever watched the show "Jeopardy" they often have a "Bible" Category. I can't honestly say I've ever seen a "Quran" category.
There are however, shows about Black Americans on various channels directed at black culture in America. There are also shows about Latinos/Mexicans on some of the Spanish/Portuguese channels.
Why is we can have shows directed at one group or another, but when a show is directed on the Bible everyone goes crazy?
Great comment, Janine. Everyone goes crazy on believers -- JUST AS PREDICTED IN THE BIBLE.
Why does any reference to the Bible or God bring the non-believers out of the woodwork to spout their NON-beliefs to the rest of us?
Because it re-focuses on the fact that so many believers don't just believe, but push others to believe as well, or at least to live by their idea of morality--whether it's by refusing to get off my front porch until I accept an invitation to church or campaigning for laws against things I consider necessary and not immoral. I know Christians who appear to live and let live. Maybe they go home and pray for the rest of us, and that's fine. I respect and do good by them. But the rest are a source of irritation and stress. So when an article like this comes up, that stress gets vented.
You know you might be a redneck . . . . .
If you mistake 3000 year old, middle eastern, mythology to be fact!
If you don't know that there are multiple versions of the bible, so it would be kind of hard to do a "bible verse" show with just one right answer to questions?
Excellent point!
You can bet that they are using the king james version.
You know? The "real" bible./s
Hahahaha!
willingly ignorant....and so the masses have become
Religion, the biggest scam ever. It's all about power, money and control. Ooohh the boogey man is going to get you . . .
If you had never ever heard of "religion" as a child and someone tried to "enlighten" you as a adult, you'd think they all were #$%ing crazy.
Two points.
One, there is a big difference between believing in God and organized religion's abuse of that belief.
Two, hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people grew up without 'religion' and were converted. Ever heard of all those people in Godless countries saved by missionaries? Guess they were all #$%ing crazy!
Has anyone managed to touch the horizon ?
Food for thought
We teach our children all sorts of simple myths and stories to help them understand life in an appropriate way at that time in their lives. Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Washington chopping down the cherry tree, etc. - all sorts of wonderful stories that introduce them to concepts and life experiences in a simple way they can understand. But we expect people as they mature to grow beyond these myths and stories and develop a more complex, sophisticated and nuanced world view. Religion is the one exception to this for so many people, where we teach them simple myths as children, but then encourage them to cling to those myths throughout their lives, often without growth or change. The result we see all around us: voters wanting to teach biblical creationism in schools instead of science, people (like in some of these comments) trying to rationalize that the bible, a collection of myths from many sources, is the inspired word of God, as long as we ignore the ugly, nasty or hateful parts, or people (of all faiths) using their "sacred scriptures" from thousands of years ago to justify unloving or intolerant actions today.
Bingo! Best post on this board!
Wow, sounds like u2 are having a private circle jerk of self righeousness---
No, that is called church.
Thank you Steven for you perfect comment! I wish other human beings would "think" before they write.....
Steven, some things you are right about, but when have you picked up a Bible and just read it all the way through? It is full of mystery, love, and war. The purpose of the New Testament was because GOD's Old Testament laws didn't work. If you would put more time into reading the BOOK than commenting, you would see that it is a fulfilling and refreshing.
Oh, I doubt anyone got the part of the show. The prize money goes to charity of winners choice. Paul wrote in a letter that appears in the New Testament that says that we should give of ourselves. This means in our days to give to others lesser than we. Even the poorest of people give. Bible does give us instructions on exactly how to live, and how we can achieve prosperity.
I belong to a church, but I do not attend church. I believe in one GOD, and I fear HIM. I believe that miracles happen and yes there are dinosaurs mention in the Bible. They are called graet beast. There was a world here before this one. It says that in the the first sentence of Genesis. "In the beginning the world was vast and void." "In the beginning Earth was huge but nothing was there anymore. The Earth was without form. If the Earth was without form, it had to be flat. Gives you something to think about.
No, but it was good for a laugh or two. (rolls eyes like know-it-all prick)
Benjoh- If god is infallible, how could he have been wrong about anything ever? Didn't you just disprove his power in your explanation? Also, your fear of god is certainly justified because he is the biggest monster in the history of time, but if there was a real god, why would he ever want people to fear him? To show respect? Why would an omnipotent being need to receive respect from inferior humans? None of this crap stands up to even the most lax logical standard.
I heard Jeff Foxworthy making racial jokes on the "John Boy and Billy Big Show" (syndicated radio)
I doubt that very seriously. Do you have an example of this supposed racism?
Yes. He was mimicking Shannon Sharpe criticizing Bill Belicheck after the AFC Championship game for not shaking hands. Foxworthy sounded like a lot of racists sound when they mimic the speach of black people. Some might say that's how Shannon Sharpe sounds but to make fun of that is a bit offensive IMHO
That is what I thought.
Just because a white man makes jokes about a black person does not mean it was automatically "racist".
OH, that's what you thought, huh? You are so smart being able to interpret this without hearing it. There was no joke in what he said. The only joke was his impression of Sharpes speech pattern. Had there been a real joke in there it would be different. If you speak with a lisp (regardless of what color you are) and people make light of it, that's offensive. This is similar. The only joke was making fun of Sharpes speech pattern
"offensive" and "racist" are not synonyms.
If you are not offended several times a day, you are not getting out enough.
semantics
I'm in the construction industry. You can't survive if you have thin skin
I agree with Living. "Offensive" and "racist" are not necessarily the same thing.
I don't like the current president. I don't like his politics on healthcare or illegals or his views on gun control.
I can dislike the man and find his policies offensive without being a racist.
If you think rote memorization of an ancient, faulty, and politicized book passes for real spirituality.... you jut might be a redneck!
That is funny but, I can't help thinking that if you think of spirtuality as "real" you just might be a pot calling a kettle black.
Ahh, reading these comments makes me feel like I'm back in 2006 again and "The God Delusion" had just hit book shelves. All the super-religious and anti-religious peons duking it out over the internet while the rest of us sit back and enjoy the show. Thanks for the memories, guys!
We are all just peons in comparison to you, yes?
If you're spending all your time debating religion on MSNBC articles using the same arguments over and over ad infinitum, then yeah, I'd say so.
And what are you doing here? Thumping your chest and telling us how superior you are?
The God Delusion has been renamed if you haven't heard. It's now called 'There is no God and I hate Him'.
Dawkins himself admits several of the premises he had written of were merely 'in gest, sort of a toungue in cheek to make a point'. It's the minions who copy and pasted his rant as literal dogma that were pouring gasoline on the fire.
Wonder what Chris Dorner would say.
he's dead and the devill is poking him in the butt w/ his pitch fork
Ah, how christaniacs love their sodomy.
Study to show thyself approved unto GOD, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth 2 Timothy 2:5,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love,joy,peace,longsuffering,gentleness,goodness,faith. Meekness, temperance;against such there is no law. Galatians 5;22-23
CHRIST IS THE ANSWER
It's the counter jeopardy show , instead of testing the facts you know , it's how much fairly tale , unscientific dogma you're believing
uh-oh non beleiver. LOL so what do you beleive in
I'm thinking that watching Alec Trebeck and Jeff Foxworthy fight to the death would be 10X more entertaining than this garbage.
go back to the woods
Everyone believes in something. The question becomes, is what you put your belief in based on sound reasoning... because for those who deny God, it would really suck to be wrong. It's a long eternity. You get one life to educate yourself and make the right choice.
If you have a negative opinion about a book you've never read, then it doesn't sound like you are making rational choices to begin with.
Most atheists have actually read the bible, including myself.
It is the supposed christians who follow a book they have either never read or are too ignorant to understand.
If they had actually read it or comprehended the words they read, how could they ever believe such nonsense?
I sure would like to be on the show GOD saved and has taught me his ways just for a time like this (the foolishness of preaching so man sole might be saved ,this is a real G mail address i don't do face book,2nd Timothy 2=15 look it up Galatians 2-20,.Better than that==Johns Gospel 1st v then the next 17 words
thank you
hope to see you soon
H,Keith Noble