The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) will present a program this fall that says the Old Testament is made-up of stories that never happened.”The Bible’s Buried Secrets” says the Bible is not true. It is scheduled to air on November 18, 2008.
Producer Paula Apsell said: “…It’s (The Bible’s Buried Secrets) designed for intelligent people who are willing to change their mind. …it will give intelligent people who want to read the Bible in a modern way a chance. If we insist on reading the Bible literally, in 25 years, nobody will read it any longer.”
Among highlights of “The Bible’s Buried Secrets”:
• The Old Testament was written in the sixth century BC and hundreds of authors contributed.
• Abraham, Sarah and their offspring didn’t exist.
• There is no archaeological evidence of the Exodus.
• Monotheism was a process that took hundreds of years.
• The Israelites were actually Canaanites.
• The Israelites believed that God had a wife.
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