![]() ![]() Marr (Medical College of VA) and Doron Nof (Florida State University). ![]() Cargill (UCLA), Peter Williams (Cambridge University), Colin Humphreys (author of “The Miracles ofĮxodus), Dr. The guest commentators featured in the documentary were, Robert R. For instance, why were no conservative Christian or Hebrew scholars included as commentators to Time factors indicated in the Bible and who it failed to include in the interviews for commentary. The key to detecting the documentaries trickery and deception is in what it fails to mention that is in the biblical narrative, its failure to acknowledge the It was nevertheless an attack on the Bible and anyone could see the deception if they knew what to look for. It’s like picking someone’s pocket and telling them that youĪre actually doing them a favor by relieving them of their money.Īfter viewing the program several times I was convinced that it was the usual Bible bashing propaganda wrapped in a non-confrontational presentation to disarm anyĬomplaint of foul play from the Jewish and Christian community. Truth, to present such naturalistic explanations is to undermine the biblical claim of the miraculous move of God’s judgments on Egypt. The documentary addresses the ten plagues as scientifically explainable and pretends to be substantiating the biblical story by such explanations when in Not be as authoritative as it should be, but it would serve in some measure albeit small, to offset the disrespect shown to the Bible by the creators of the documentary.Īnyone with information about a more scholarly rebuttal to the program is encouraged to forward such information to me. I eventually decided that rather than waiting to fine material that refuted the documentary, I should start preparing my own. Right words to use in my search than there being negligence among Christian Scholars. This concerned me, but I am sure that it has more to do with my not knowing the I even exhausted my list ofĬhristian apologetics and scholarly web sites but was unsuccessful in finding anything on the documentary. But to my surprise, I was not able to find anything after using a number of search titles. Sure that there would be a good selection of refutations online by now. However, I decided then that I would investigate the program and find whatever material by Conservative Christian scholars was available about the documentary. After I explained to him the common goals and tactics of such programs and pointed out a few holes in the program’s explanations, he seemed to He too seemed fascinated by the apparent reasonableness of the “scientific”Įxplanations given and also a bit concerned. Then recently a Christian disciple of mine approached me about the same documentary. ![]() Since I had not seen the program yet I was limited in my ability to engage him on the subject and as time passed I eventually forgot about the incident. Possible answers but that they seemed reasonable. To the professor about the “scientific” explanations given, he immediately became aware that there were problems with the explanations and proceeded to emphasize the point that they were only Without having seen the program I could perceiveįrom what he was sharing with me, that the program was careful to avoid any comments that would cause the viewer to critically examine the explanations being given. The professor and I had lunch and he again shared with me several of the explanations that the documentary presented. History Channel, BBC, PBS, The Science Channel and the Discovery Channel, so I was quite familiar with the general approach used by such programs to deflate or discredit the Bible. That all seemed to change after he saw the documentary, and the enthusiasm with which he relayed to me the “scientific” explanations presented in the film was quiteĪt the time I had not seen the documentary, but I had seen my share of other supposed “scientific” explanations and refutations of the Bible so often presented on the While he was not willing to call that intelligence the Judao-Christian God of the Bible, he was willing to discuss the possibility that the Biblical God was a We had often had conversations about God and after much debate, he was willing to concede that there had to be something intelligentīehind all life here on earth. That the Bible miracles could be scientifically explained. He was so excited about the content of the documentary because, though no longer an all- out atheist, he did believe Some time ago a science professor friend informed me about a documentary that he had seen on the Discovery Channel called “Biblical Mysteries Exposed: Exodus”Ī documentary claiming to scientifically explain the plagues of Egypt. ![]()
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