TV Writers Don't Know Religion

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Yes, I can see why protestants would consider an image of Jesus as idolatry.

We must forget what Jesus did for us. That cross, a graven image, represents

what he chose to do, and now that image is an embassament, right?

People should take down all crosses, they have Jesus written all over them.

 

I have a photograph of me and my first car, but I took the image of the car out

because it was an embassament. I hide behind the story of how much I loved

that car, and then again, maybe not as much as I thought?

 

As a matter of fact I'm going to burn all the pictures of my children and

loved ones, no need for idol worship. I wonder if I could have an image

of my wife but not Jesus? Yeah, that would satisfy society's never ending

criticism of what some people don't understand, but worst would be the

ones that convince themselves they do know and know all there is to know.

Those lucky people have nothing else to learn and have all the free

time to build on their hate. Hate feels good.

 

Hate smells good, it smells like fear and taste like ignorance, lap it up.

 

Iv

 

Wow invictus, where was the hatred in his post?

I don't think it's necessarily that they are unfamiliar with religion, but rather they're unfamiliar with Southern traditions.

 

The South has it's own unique customs and traditions that are absent from other parts of the country. Since I grew up Southern, I didn't realize these differences until I started traveling to places outside the South.

 

We have our own American way of life, so we're all pretty much the same on the surface. However, it's little details like the fact that most Southerners are Protestant and not Catholic and small Southern churches have their own unique customs.

 

So when some West Coasters and Yankees try to set a Southern Church, they're bound to screw it up. Not only that, but the grass in the graveyard was very well maintained for having been abandoned for so long. In a Georgia summer, it would have been knee high.

 

Other than that, I thought the show was awesome. I'm even willing to overlook a zombie with deduction skills in the RV. Best show on TV, next to Breaking Bad.

The anti-idolatry charge would date from the schism that separated the church of England from the Catholic church during the reign of Henry VIII.  Hardly, a southern tradition!  The passion of Christ is sometimes depicted on Protestant stained glass windows -- its the statues of saints, Mary and Jesus that are considered idolatrous by some. 

 

Personally, I consider some of the statues examples of great art and some examples of the artisan who was not trained as an artist, but passionate about his belief.

 

Who could not view the Pieta with awe and reverence -- for the superb artistry and the sublime depiction of a mother's sorry.

 

My post was on the separation of the main stream from Hollywood to such a degree they have lost all connection with most of the people. 

On the other hand, you can also say what are the odds of there being a small Catholic church in rural Georgia.  It's a show with zombies in it, pointing out all the inaccuracies and such is kind of pointless. 

The church sign stated it was baptist.  I, a Methodist, grew up one block from a Catholic Church in Sheffield.  The priest's residence is still standing.  My mother attended the Catholic school there for grammar school.  I was given a St. Christopher's medal by a parishioner before i went to Nam.  Lost the medal over there, but came back mostly whole.

 

Agreed good show and I shall continue to watch.

Ahhhhh!!  For heaven's sake folks, it's TV.

"My post was on the separation of the main stream from Hollywood to such a degree they have lost all connection with most of the people."

 

@ interventor - its your disconnect with what is mainstream and followed by most people that is the problem. get a broader perspective before whining about others lack of perspective.

Gnu,

 

About 75 percent of the US identify themselves as Christians.  By definition, they, not the scripwriters, nor you are the mainstream.  My comment was on the ignorance of the scriptwriters on even the basic tenets of the difference between Protestants and Catholics, its simple really.  Its not as it they misstepped upon Sephadics and Asken*azis.  Perhaps, a study in logic might broaden your perspective.  if you detected a whine, it wasn't from me.  Mayhaps, a gnu stepped upon its tail. 

I can't recall ever seeing such a crucifix in a Baptist church around here and I was in a lot of churches in my early years. Now, I have seen them in Holiness, Pentecostal and some interdenominational churches. I don't think Baptist would go for such showy things in the church sanctuary though. I may be wrong though. I dunno.

Just my 2 cents.

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How many of those 75% are small-town Southern Baptists? (as you stated in your original post were misrepresented) NB is right, "The South has it's own unique customs and traditions that are absent from other parts of the country". The way the South does religion does not represent most religious people in the US, or is it even considered mainstream. The differences between Protestants and Catholics in the South, are not the same elsewhere either. You're right about Hollywood not caring about what small-town Southern Baptists think though and it's because their audience is so much broader. I hate to break it to you but to most of the country, Southern Baptists are the oddballs.

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Answer: Nowhere. Interventor was not critiquing the Catholic Church or anything else other than the fumbling incompetence of the scriptwriters.

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I didn't see the program, but agree that it would be highly unusual to see a life sized crucifix in a small country 'Baptist' (that covers a gazillion denominations, but still agree) church.  Of course, odd is normal for TV writers....sooo...

Most show writers are fairly intelligent, and do plenty of research when scripting a show.  The image of the crucifix is a powerful one, and was needed for that particular scene.  They were using imagery to invoke emotion.

 

I'm pretty confident the writers knew that most, if not all, Baptist churches don't have life-sized crucifixes in them, but a decision needed to be made:  put a Catholic church in a rural area in Georgia, or put the crucifix in a Baptist church.

 

I think they made the more believable choice.

So a catholic church in GA is less believable than say  ..... St. Michael's in St. Florian?

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A more believable choice would be a Catholic church in Ga.

 

A Baptist church isn't going to make that mistake, I'm not sure

about all protestant churches.

 

The crucifix / passion of Christ is Catholic.

 

If religious people understood religion, they wouldn't be religious.

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Well done, Crusty!  

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I was thinking the same thing...wow.

But don't feel too badly if they did get it wrong.  Just listen to or read the news now and you will hear/see horrible grammatical errors, misspellings, and syntax errors.  It isn't only what church they are in that is incorrect, but medical shows as well....I guess it's just tv and we can shake our heads at them..lol.

Incompetence? When did television start having to be accurate or even true? Incompetent scriptwriters can always find employment at Faux News.

Protestant churches have a bare cross at the altar to signify that Christ arose. He is no longer dead on the cross, but alive and sitting at the right hand of God the Father.

 

Catholic churches have the crucifix with the broken body of our Lord still on it, to emphasize the great love He had for us, that He was willing to suffer and die for us.

 

Both are beautiful, and both are reminders to the faithful, of the great gift God has given us.

 

The fact that TV writers got it wrong doesn't surprise me. TV is a complete and total waste, in my opinion. I threw mine away decades ago.