{"id":68032,"date":"2013-03-30T16:05:28","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T16:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=68032"},"modified":"2013-04-03T08:16:32","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T08:16:32","slug":"bbc-accused-of-provoking-christians-with-mary-magdalene-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=68032","title":{"rendered":"BBC accused of provoking Christians with Mary Magdalene documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction – March 30, 2013<\/h1>\n

\"\"<\/a>We’ve long had suspicions about Melvyn Bragg. On the surface the television presenter may seem no more than an arts aficionado, however a closer look reveals something a little darker.<\/h5>\n
The fact that he has admitted to having gone through numerous spontaneous ‘out of body experience<\/span>s<\/a>‘<\/span> when younger points to a background in esoteric disciplines, IF NOT IN THIS LIFETIME THEN ALMOST CERTAINLY IN A PREVIOUS ONE.<\/h5>\n
Moreover, the fact his first wife committed suicid<\/span>e <\/a>doesn’t augur too well either. Now we are not saying that Bragg had a hand in her death but taking a broad view these events point to the likelihood that Bragg was specifically incarnated to subtly guide public perception in ‘arts and culture’ for the illuminati.<\/h5>\n
Awarding arts prizes, presenting arts shows and writing has enabled Bragg to become something of an authority figure in his field. From this standing he can thereby help groom public awareness.<\/h5>\n
So it’s perhaps no coincidence that he was chosen to present a program about Christ. Now we are not here to argue the points it makes, only the overall intent, which was we believe to undermine the faith of the more traditional minded Christians.<\/h5>\n
The ideas presented by Bragg certainly won’t challenge the faith of more esoterically orientated Christians – who should take fasting, earth energies, spiritual beings and the harnessing of sexual energy for more than physical gratification as a matter of fact.<\/h5>\n
As always however, it’s the stupid and less aware who are most vulnerable. In this case the illuminati have targeted the more obtuse Christians and their chosen instrument in this respect is an authority figure in the realm of arts and culture, Melvyn Bragg.<\/h5>\n

BBC accused of provoking Christians with Mary Magdalene documentary<\/h1>\n

John Bingham – Telegraph.co.uk March 29, 2013<\/h2>\n

The Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the former bishop of Rochester, said the programme, presented by Melvyn Bragg would be \u201chugely offensive\u201d to devout Christians because it amounted to the \u201csexualisation of Christ\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He said it was all the more upsetting because it is being screened at midday on Good Friday \u2013 the moment the Bible says Jesus was put on the cross.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Last night one Christian group issued an alert to its supporters urging them to contact the BBC\u2019s complaints line.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lord Bragg, who describes himself as \u201cno longer a believer\u201d, argues that Mary\u2019s close relationship with Jesus was effectively airbrushed out of the accepted Biblical account by \u201cmisogynist\u201d Romans.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He points to a series of ancient writings known as the Gnostic Gospels which were not included in the agreed list of books which became the New Testament.<\/span><\/p>\n

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They include references to Mary being \u201ckissed on the mouth\u201d by Jesus, being his favourite and even, as one passage suggests, his wife.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The suggestion that Mary had a sexual relationship with Jesus lies behind the storyline of the Hollywood film The Last Temptation of Christ, which provoked a scandal, and more recently the Da Vinci Code, the best-selling novel by Dan Brown.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Writing in The Daily Telegraph last week, Lord Bragg said: \u201cShe was acknowledged by other disciples as his favourite and there is one taunting scrap of record which may well lead to the conclusion that she was his wife.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat then? What then for the celibacy which has led the organised Church into so many abuses and crimes and distorted lives?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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But Bishop Nazir-Ali accused the corporation of deliberately causing offense to Christians and questioned whether other groups would be treated in the same way.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Pakistan-born cleric, who was the fist non white bishop in the Church of England, added that the programme could cause particular problems for Christians in Muslim countries where they are already facing persecution.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He said: \u201cThis is going out at 12 o\u2019clock on Good Friday which is exactly the time that Christians are thinking about Christ on the cross, this highly provocative stuff that really encourages a sexualisation of Christ with references to him being kissed on the mouth by Mary Magdalene and it refers to her being his wife.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI am concerned about the misuses of very obscure Gnostic gospels to impugne the integrity of the Bible.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is highly provocative in terms of its content for Christians on Good Friday and it attempts to sexualize Christ in the most offensive way.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cBiblical Christians are not given any kind of response to this.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThey can say whatever they like on Good Friday and nobody it seems is going to put the Biblical point of view about who Mary was and what her relationship with Jesus was.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhy is the BBC doing this on Good Friday and why is it doing it in such a provocative way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThere will be huge offence, here must be some way of putting the other point of view across.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Last night the group Christian Concern emailed its supporters urging them to contact the BBC\u2019s complaints line and offering links to online complaint forms.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Andrea Williams, director of Christian Concern, said: \u201cNoon Good Friday is the precise time Christians are remembering Jesus’ crucifixion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cTo air a programme which questions the purity of Christ is at best insensitive and at worst offensive.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWho is making such bewildering decisions in the BBC’s religious programming department?<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cA programme redressing the balance based on sound scholarship – rather than pseudo-scholarship popularised by Dan Brown novels – needs to broadcast.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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