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Why Hollywood Gets the Bible Wrong - Part 1

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Hollywood always seem to twist and distort Biblical and faith-based movies. Are there reasons why they get the Bible message wrong?

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[Gary Petty] We just finished doing a Beyond Today program on three ways Hollywood gets the Bible wrong.  We talked about how Hollywood movies, many times, twist and distort the Bible message, and there's reasons for that. Why do they get the Bible wrong so often, it seems like?

[Darris McNeely] Well, I think there's a bias against the Bible. I think there's a bias against God. And it's openly admitted by many of the directors and producers that will bring out these movies that have come out, atheistic leanings, and they just are not interested in getting the biblical story right because of some innate biases that are there against God and religion.

[Steve Myers] And then you've got to think of, why are they doing the movies, anyway? What's the purpose that they make the movies, is that there's money in it. You know, there's a religious audience out here that they can take their money and put it in their pockets, so I think that's really the premise that it begins with is that, okay, it's just entertainment, they're not trying to get it right, but they're trying to make a profit. 

[Gary Petty] And the problem then of course is that over time, they distort the Biblical message. And as they distort that message, we end up with a culture of Christian agnostics – people who claim to be Christian but really don't understand what the Bible says. It's time to get into your Bible.

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Steve Myers

Steve is the Operation Manager for the Ministerial and Member Services department of the United Church of God. He is also an instructor at Ambassador Bible College as well as a host on the Beyond Today television program.  Together, he and his wife, Kathe, have served God and His people for over 25 years.

Darris McNeely

Darris McNeely works at the United Church of God home office in Cincinnati, Ohio. He and his wife, Debbie, have served in the ministry for more than 43 years. They have two sons, who are both married, and four grandchildren. Darris is the Associate Media Producer for the Church. He also is a resident faculty member at the Ambassador Bible Center teaching Acts, Fundamentals of Belief and World News and Prophecy. He enjoys hunting, travel and reading and spending time with his grandchildren.

Gary Petty

Gary Petty is a 1978 graduate of Ambassador College with a BS in mass communications. He worked for six years in radio in Pennsylvania and Texas. He was ordained a minister in 1984 and has served congregations in Longview and Houston Texas; Rockford, Illinois; Janesville and Beloit, Wisconsin; and San Antonio, Austin and Waco, Texas. He presently pastors United Church of God congregations in Nashville, Murfreesboro and Jackson, Tennessee.

Gary says he's "excited to be a part of preaching the good news of God's Kingdom over the airwaves," and "trusts the material presented will make a helpful difference in people's lives, bringing them closer to a relationship with their heavenly Father."

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