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"The Last Days of Christ" is typical PBS religious trashBy Gabriel GarnicaAs we approach Holy Week, I fondly remember what television used to be like during this time of year way back in ancient times, say 1968 to 1972. In those days, you could see "King of Kings" or "The Robe" on the ABC's 4:30 Movie in New York during Holy Week and really get into the mood of a special time for Christians. This memory reminds me that respect for traditional Christianity in American media still remained 45 years ago. Let us recall that "Song of Bernadette" won four Oscars in 1943 including Best Actress for Jennifer Jones and was a financial and critical success. Also, remember the era of the religious epics such as "Quo Vadis," "The Robe," "The Ten Commandments," "Ben Hur," and the aforementioned "King of Kings" in the 50s and early 60s.Contrast the above classics with the trash that I just saw last night. Hoping against hope, I turned on "The Last Days of Christ" to see how the subject was dealt. Needless to say, I was disgusted by the experience. Claiming to contain the story told by "leading scholars" of history and religion, the documentary basically depicts Christ as a brave religious zealot with connections who became a political pawn between Rome and the Jews and was sacrificed to ease tensions erupting when the second most powerful Roman on earth, Lucias Aelius Sejanus, was revealed as a traitor to Tiberius and executed.Gone is any reference to Christ's divinity, his resurrection, and the Last Supper as the first mass. We are told by these so-called experts that Christ entered Jerusalem six months before his death, held the Last Supper as a political strategy meeting, screamed at a disillusioned Judas as Judas left the Last Supper in disgust with Christ's failure to prove his worth, and basically prayed in the garden having no clue of his fate. The ultimate target, of course, are the Gospels, which are once again presented as fables with a pragmatic, biased strategy written by who knows who.Continued: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/garnica/170406
