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Attack On Easter
Mar 24, 2008 | 3:25 AM
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I was especially insulted by some things I saw on television over the weekend. Easter and the few days leading up to it are the holiest days on the Christian calendar. So why is it that some networks decided to run shows/movies like: The Real Story about Jesus and The Da Vinci Code? (the latter couldn't have been more precisely timed: right on Easter Sunday.) You don't have to believe that Jesus is your Lord or Savior. You don't have to acknowledge any faith if you don't want to. This is America. We have the freedom to practice any religion or not practice at all, but there is a time and a place for everything. Questioning if Jesus ever had sex or running a  movie that the Vatican condemned is equivalent to running stories questioning whether the Holocaust happened on a Jewish high holy day... or like running that cartoon about Muhammad that has infuriated his followers on a Muslim holy day. The networks made their point. I'll make mine by never watching anything on those channels again.
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ghostdog1 read my blog
Mar 24, 2008 | 8:14 AM

You are absolutely right Kathy! However, the networks probably run these controversial stories because religious interest peaks during Easter, Christmas and other holy days, so more people would be inclined to watch these other stories as opposed to any other day when they would be watching other TV shows like American Idol.
gertrude1945 read my blog view my photos
Mar 24, 2008 | 8:31 AM

I completely agree, Kathy. It's a form of discrimination...just because there are a lot of complacent Christians out there doesn't mean it's okay to disrespect the holiest time of our calendar. Some Christians actually do take their religion seriously.
randythib read my blog view my photos
Mar 25, 2008 | 1:57 AM

overkill, kathy.
wnywkathy read my blog view my photos
Mar 25, 2008 | 2:03 AM

overkill, really? i'm glad you're not offended. wish i could say the same. like gertrude said, it's a form of discrimination.

and ghostdog1, you're absolutely, right, too... it's perfect timing from the networks' perspective.
SamIam read my blog
Mar 25, 2008 | 10:49 AM

Kathy,

With all due respect to the television industry(I make such a discalimer because you work in television), this is BY FAR not the first time a network made an insensitive choice about programming.

You already know, and have implemented, the only consequence: viewer abandonment of the questionable network.

S
scottythecomic read my blog view my photos
Mar 25, 2008 | 11:50 AM

The biggest scam of all time was when Satan convinced people he wasn't real.
wnywkathy read my blog view my photos
Mar 26, 2008 | 7:18 AM

Viewer abandonment hurts more than some people might think.

I also question further whether it was simply insensitive programming or an attempt to make a statement? Was it really just an oversight to run a piece about Jesus having had a romantic relatioship on Easter Sunday? That's no mistake. It's an attack.
scottythecomic read my blog view my photos
Mar 26, 2008 | 7:32 AM

I agree, Kathy. But heathens will be heathens!
Sanctus read my blog view my photos
Mar 26, 2008 | 7:49 AM

Interesting discussion. I definitely see your point Kathy, although I do not agree that showing any of those programs is an attack on anything. If so, what exactly is being attacked and how effective is the attack? None of those programs contained any information that has not already been around for thousands of years. Besides, any show claiming to be the "true story of Jesus" is full of fertilizer. Any story would simply be conjecture, deduction and yet another version of the life of Jesus. Such shows prove nothing other than that a lot of people will watch such programs precisely because they are "controversial." Again, I can see how you could feel the way you do, but I look at it as a pretty tame retelling of the same old story (nothing new or compelling) and, if it is an attack, an extremely lame one!

Daniel
wnywkathy read my blog view my photos
Mar 27, 2008 | 4:47 AM

It's definitely the same old story... and the networks have the right to air the story, but my anger is directed strictly at 'when' it aired. Easter is the day Christianity began. It's the day - Christians believe- Jesus rose from the dead. It shouldn't have run that day. They have 364 other days to do it. As far as why I find it offensive, well, I guess that comes from my knowledge of working in this industry. Nothing - like what program to run- is a random thing... someone was clearly aware it would be Easter the day those stories aired. .. and that person or persons didn't care who they offended.
Minister_G read my blog
Mar 27, 2008 | 2:48 PM

Sanctus, you do not see that running a show about Jesus having a romantic relationship on Easter is not attacking anything. How about the attack of who Jesus is and that is the Son of God. It attacks the heart of the Christian faith. if Jesus is not risen but just a wise man from Palestine like the movie suggests then we are all in trouble you, me, wnywkathy and everybody else because we would still be in our sins without a hope because there was no payment for our sins. You see if Christ did not rise from the dead as the movie suggests then he was not the son of God and that means we will have to pay for our own sins on the Day of Judgment. The laws we broke like the ninth commandment thou shall not lie, or the seventh thou shall not lust. we will have to pay for and the bible says that all liars not just the ones that hurt people but ALL LIARS will have there part in a lake of fire. so you see But you see Jesus is who he claimed to be. He was born of a virgin lived a completely sinless life, showed us who he was by the miracles he performed like healing the sick giving sight to the blind and raising Lazarus from the dead after 4 days Then He finally let the Pharisees and the Romans Crucify him but then he did what finally was the last thing to prove he was God in the flesh he rose from the dead himself and was seen buy hundreds of people even the Pharisees tried to hide this by trying to pay off people to say that his body was stolen. but over 500 people saw him ascend into heaven and he is now at the right hand of the father still interceding for you and I and all one ha
Minister_G read my blog
Mar 27, 2008 | 2:49 PM

has to do to have life is to confess and repent (turn) from you sin but then you must put your faith and trust in the one who was raised from the dead for it is only through the risen savior that we can have eternal life.

So is this an attack on God and his Gift Jesus absolutely and yes it does make a difference in what you believe and who you put your trust in and that is the one who said I am the Way the Truth and the Life NO MAN comes to the father accept through me.
If he was just a wise man then our belief is in vain but if he is who he claimed to be then it is the most wonderful gift God could have ever given his creation

JESUS IS LORD, GOD IN THE FLESH, THE ALPHA AND OMEGA AND THE BEGINING AND THE END

GLORY BE TO GOD ALMIGHTY HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LAMB

GOD BLESS
gertrude1945 read my blog view my photos
Mar 27, 2008 | 5:56 PM

Thank you, Minister G. That was a wonderful post.
wnywkathy read my blog view my photos
Mar 27, 2008 | 6:27 PM

Thank you to everyone who has posted a commnet. And by no means does this mean stop here. I find we've developed an interesting conversation.
Sanctus read my blog view my photos
Mar 27, 2008 | 9:39 PM

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I completely understand how anybody would view the airing of such programming as an attack, I just don't think it's a very damaging one, if it's an attack at all. Free will insists that some may seek other explanations than those that please you or I. Besides, Jesus not only welcomed attacks, but he said that to be persecuted for his sake was a great thing for his followers. So, I don’t personally think it’s a problem, but I appreciate the opposite view. There's no danger of Christianity or the story of Jesus being defeated by some fictional television show. As to Kathy's point that there is always a reason in the TV business as to why things are done, I agree. The networks were counting on the controversy surrounding the subject matter to garner more viewers. This is the same thing that happened in the case of the DaVinci code. The more people complaining, the more books and tickets sold. It’s a tradition older than the Christian Church. In show business, there really is no such thing as “bad” publicity.

Daniel
ANGELRUBY read my blog view my photos
Mar 28, 2008 | 6:16 AM

Daniel, you are right as I see it. I do not understand why people give energy/power/thought to the negative.

I enjoy going to any church. I have learned Something in each.

I just find it amazing that when you research the root of each dogmatic practice Each one says to love unconditionally, including yourself. Not to judge another but discern what you like/dislike. Then choose the faith that fits you and FOLLOW IT. The embellishments of man sure changed each faith.

If 10 people stood around a lake and wrote the TRUTH of what they saw, you would have 10 truthful VERSIONS.

I am so glad that we have so many channels on
TV to watch and don't need to put on the shows that we don't like.

You would not believe what I went through as a child having a foreign name! I learned that their taunts were just that, their opinions, so what, became my motto, and I got busy on things important to me. I laugh now at how names have changed. Pop was just 30 years in the future. I learned tolerance and release. Thanks, Pop,

Aili
gertrude1945 read my blog view my photos
Mar 28, 2008 | 10:45 AM

Aili's a nice name. Is that Finnish?
puravida read my blog view my photos
Apr 1, 2008 | 8:49 AM

Dear Kathy:
I know how you feel,you feel insulted because those are your beliefs,you grew up with them a that means something to you,howver,It will be wise to investigate the real origin of this holiday called easter,you'll be awe stroke to find out that JC an early christians did not celebrate such of holiday.As far as JC stories are concern,accept only the biblical account
JC
wnywkathy read my blog view my photos
Apr 1, 2008 | 9:05 AM

You're right. There was no easter celebration before Jesus because Easter is a celebration of Jesus' resurrection. That's the real origin.

I'm not suggesting that everyone should believe in Jesus, in fact, I couldn't imagine a world without many and varied religions. Also, easter is clearly a Christian holiday. Jesus was not raised a Christian he was a Jew.

Getting back to my original point, it's an insult to question the holiday on the holiday.
puravida read my blog view my photos
Apr 1, 2008 | 2:19 PM

Hi Kathy:
Thank you for replying,but with all due respect I have to correct you on the real originof Easter..."Easter—What Are Its Origins?"

BY MANY Easter is considered to be Christendom’s chief religious festival. Early on Easter morning large numbers throughout the world meet together for the Easter sunrise service. Everywhere the churches are filled with worshipers, some even several times, and thousands crowd into the square of St. Peter’s Basilica on that day to hear the pope give his Easter blessing. Great throngs of pilgrims also flow into the old walled city of Jerusalem to make their Easter pilgrimage.

But Easter also has another side to it. During the Easter season bakeries display hot cross buns, and candy counters feature butter-cream eggs and chocolate rabbits. There are also Easter music, Easter perfume, Easter jewelry, Easter clothing for men and women and Easter dinners. And not to be overlooked is the Easter parade, in which hundreds of thousands parade on New York City’s Fifth Avenue alone, to be seen or just to see. In the United States the Easter festival may be said to come to an end on Monday with the egg-rolling contest on the presidential White House lawn, which in times past was a decorous affair but of late appears to have deteriorated into a boisterous egg-throwing affair.1

The ostensible purpose of Easter is to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. This being so, it may well be asked, What do hot cross buns, eggs, rabbits, new clothes, and so forth, have to do with Easter? Little, except that both for long have been
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Kathy Carvajal is a producer for Fox 5's website MyFoxNY.com. She began her career in television news as a producer in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. After nearly two years down south, Kathy returned to the New York City area to work as a producer at NY1 News. Her first taste of the news business came as a desk assistant and tape editor for WCBS 880 AM in New York. Kathy is a graduate of New York University and has a degree in Journalism. She's a member of the Zeta Sigma Phi sorority, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and she volunteers at the International Center in New York. She loves to travel, practice yoga and play the piano. Kathy is fluent in Spanish and is learning Italian.

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