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Revelations

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:58 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
http://www.nbc.com/Revelations/

just curious, i caught a little glimpse of this show today, it's obvioulsy somewhat Christian related... but is it a bad show? I mean is it heretical or blasphemous? Anybody know?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:09 pm
by CDLviking
I've not seen it but I've read a little about it in the news. The entire idea just seems absurd to me. The main characters are supposed to be Catholic, but Catholics are notoriously unconcerned with end time prophecies, most of us simply accept that no one knows the time or the hour, and live day to day as the best Christians we can be. A Catholic "end times" show seems a bit of a stretch to me.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:15 pm
by Locke
Im watchin it right at this moment and 10 minutes in I can tell its gonna be NBC's take on the end times.

I think their treating it more as a drama/mistery event.

oh and BTW a Da Vinci Code speacial was just on the same channel...so this could be related

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:35 pm
by CephasWhite
I wouldn't bother watching this, because it's not really a good idea to show and produce something that predicts the Revelation, because there is that tendency to add things in...or keep things out...or whatever is not related in the Revelations.

Remember God said that if anybody adds or leaves something out of these prophecies will have their name erased from the book of life, and that's the truth, believe it or not.

That's how come I wonder about the movie series "Left Behind" and I wonder if they're staying true to the written word of God.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:24 pm
by GhostontheNet
One relevant, but somewhat old thread can be found at Theology Web; http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50740 .

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:22 pm
by Warrior 4 Jesus
Cephas, that's true, but the Left Behind books are classified under Fiction. Although you do have to wonder as the authors seem to believe a lot of stuff I couldn't find in Revelations.

PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 3:43 am
by glitch1501
i watched the first 45mins or so of it, i wanted to see the rest, but i had to go, it was pretty good.

PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:33 am
by Technomancer
Mr. SmartyPants wrote:http://www.nbc.com/Revelations/

just curious, i caught a little glimpse of this show today, it's obvioulsy somewhat Christian related... but is it a bad show? I mean is it heretical or blasphemous? Anybody know?


Mostly it's just silly.

PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:39 am
by Fsiphskilm
s. back

PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:35 pm
by Namelessknight
Technomancer wrote:Mostly it's just silly.


I completely agree. I was expecting something maybe blasphemous, but at least engaging.

Instead, I just laughed\was bored the whole time. it was too ridiculous to even warrant the term blasphemous. Maybe stupidly ignorant. Or perhaps even purposefully ignorant. But this show tanked, in my opinion. I certainly won't watch another episode, just a complete waste of time. And i suspect many others will react the same way.

Revelations gets the :bootout: and a big :thumbsdow from me

PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:48 pm
by ChristianKitsune
I saw the prevs for it and i was like O.o ok..
Was that baby they showed Jesus? Or the Antichrist.. cuz i am pretty sure that Jesus won't be coming back as a baby.. O.o and what happened to all the Christians being taken?

I went to church instead of watching this show..Church is SOOOO much better..

PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 3:45 pm
by Sesshoumaru
Wasn't exactly blasphemous, but I actually enjoyed. The satanist I believe may actually either be the Anti-Christ in disguise or merely one of Satan's pawns

PostPosted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:29 am
by uc pseudonym
I certainly wasn't impressed by what I saw on their website, and it takes quite an exceptional show to make me actually go to the effort of seeing it, so it is highly unlikely I'll see any of this.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:09 pm
by CDLviking
ChristianRonin wrote:O.o and what happened to all the Christians being taken?

The rapture is not a part of Catholic doctrine. Since the show's main characters are "Catholic" there probably won't be a "rapture."