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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 2125252" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p>So, how did they portray Lott? Did he tell the hooligans that if they let the angels go, they could have his virgin daughters to do with as they would?</p></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Iggy, </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">No, there was no offering of the young daughters. When the citizens of Sodom were banging on Lott's door, that is when the angels removed their cloaks to reveal armor and weapons. For those that are squeamish, it is a violent show in some respects, but that was the world of the Old Testament.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">SoonerATC,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Normally, I would agree with you completely about the issue of historians "spinning" biblical stories and events. However, Rona Downey and Mark Burnett are NOT historians. They happen to be believers as well as Hollywood people, so they know how tell the story as well as be "accurate." At one point in the show, my wife asked, "Did that really happen in the Bible?" It was the part of Abraham going to rescue Lott and his family from brigands. She looked it up and we both felt a bit of shame because we somehow missed that in our readings. In an interview with Glenn Beck, Glenn had mentioned that Samuel had "stabbed" the king that Saul should have killed along with all the rest of the citizens of that country. Mark Burnett corrected Glenn by telling him that the Bible tells that Samuel "hewed Agag" to pieces, not just stabbed.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">As I mentioned in my first comment, from what I saw last night, it appears to be pretty accurate for the budget they likely had to work with. After all, how does one pay in excess of a million extras to play the part of the nation of Israel, not to mention the time needed to show that many people crossing the Red Sea.</span></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 2125252, member: 7900"] So, how did they portray Lott? Did he tell the hooligans that if they let the angels go, they could have his virgin daughters to do with as they would?[/QUOTE] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]Iggy, No, there was no offering of the young daughters. When the citizens of Sodom were banging on Lott's door, that is when the angels removed their cloaks to reveal armor and weapons. For those that are squeamish, it is a violent show in some respects, but that was the world of the Old Testament.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]SoonerATC, Normally, I would agree with you completely about the issue of historians "spinning" biblical stories and events. However, Rona Downey and Mark Burnett are NOT historians. They happen to be believers as well as Hollywood people, so they know how tell the story as well as be "accurate." At one point in the show, my wife asked, "Did that really happen in the Bible?" It was the part of Abraham going to rescue Lott and his family from brigands. She looked it up and we both felt a bit of shame because we somehow missed that in our readings. In an interview with Glenn Beck, Glenn had mentioned that Samuel had "stabbed" the king that Saul should have killed along with all the rest of the citizens of that country. Mark Burnett corrected Glenn by telling him that the Bible tells that Samuel "hewed Agag" to pieces, not just stabbed. As I mentioned in my first comment, from what I saw last night, it appears to be pretty accurate for the budget they likely had to work with. After all, how does one pay in excess of a million extras to play the part of the nation of Israel, not to mention the time needed to show that many people crossing the Red Sea.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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