Daniel causing quite a stir in East Tennessee
I had not even heard of the TV show “The Book of Daniel.” I guess I’ll have to see what the fuss is about. In the meantime here are some links to blogs around us talking about this.
FromNo Silence Here
“Daniel” to air in East Tennessee
WBIR management announced Thursday that “The Book of Daniel” will air as scheduled on Friday night despite hundreds of e-mails and phone calls from viewers asking otherwise.“Daniel” is an hourlong soap opera that depicts a pill-popping minister who has conversations with Jesus.
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TN blogs on the airing of “Daniel”From Cathy: Thank you for deciding against censorship of “The Book of Daniel”. Thank you for treating Knoxvillians like intelligent adults. Every television is equipped with an off button. Allowing us to make our own decisions what we do and don’t watch is the right choice.
From Evan Erwin: Let’s think a minute what this show is (a soap opera), what its purpose is (entertainment) and how people have freedom of choice (as long as Bush doesn’t take that one away too…because the terrorists could win with freedom of choice!).
From Frank Strovel III: Here in east Tennessee, WBIR-TV has displayed some sense for once and is allowing people to judge for themselves instead of retreating in fear of a few hundred negative emails (most from those kooky organized “family” groups who haven’t seen the show, of course). They have decided to air the program as scheduled. Relax, people. If the show stinks, it’ll be canceled like 90% of what NBC puts on the air these days.
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Boycott WBIR!
It pains me to officially call for all Christians of East Tennessee, Southeastern Kentucky, and Lee County, Virginia to boycott WBIR-TV. The reason for this boycott is because WBIR has chosen, over the objections of many and varying members of the Christian communities of Knoxville and East Tennessee, to air the blasphemous program The Book of Daniel, a show about an Episcopal priest who lives like a heathen and who has an unruly daughter and a sodomite son and who “talks” to Our Lord, the figure of which in the program is hardly like Christ. As the News-Sentinel reported, local religious leaders and other Christians are justifiably outraged. I am outraged as well.
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