QUESTIONS - What Do You Think About “The Chosen” TV Series?
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🗓️ 23 June 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Katherine D. asks, "What is your opinion on Christian entertainment like the Chosen TV series/depictions of Jesus violating the 2nd commandment? Recently I heard the stance that any visual depiction of Jesus is a violation of the 2nd commandment, and I'm trying to think through this issue. Also, would you be wary of any play/movie based on a Bible story even if it didn't include Jesus?
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| 0:26.2 | Our Catherine D. She writes this, what is your opinion on Christian entertainment like the chosen TV series, depictions of Jesus violating the Second Commandment. |
| 0:32.9 | Recently, I heard the stance that any visual depiction of Jesus is a violation of the Second Commandment, |
| 0:39.8 | and I'm trying to think through this issue. |
| 0:42.6 | Also, would you be wary of any play-slash-movie based on a Bible story, |
| 0:48.3 | even if it did not include Jesus, an image of Jesus? |
| 0:51.7 | Great question. |
| 0:52.4 | Thanks, Catherine. |
| 0:53.6 | I'll do my best to answer it. So, |
| 0:55.9 | full disclosure, I have not seen the chosen series. I've not seen a single episode. I think I've |
| 1:01.5 | seen a clip or two as it's circulated on the internet. I'm just not really interested. |
| 1:07.1 | I don't know. I know that a lot of people like it. Maybe I should watch it eventually one of |
| 1:11.6 | these days just so that I can address questions like this one. I have a few people reach out |
| 1:17.2 | and ask, but typically I just don't really watch films or shows or things like that that |
| 1:25.9 | are narrations trying to illustrate Bible stories, |
| 1:30.7 | you know, like the Noah movie that came out. |
| 1:32.9 | I think it was with Russell Crow. |
| 1:34.8 | I never watched it. |
| 1:36.6 | So I'm just not interested in those things, primarily because I think they're usually done |
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