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Zombies vs. Jesus
Townhall.com ^ | April 5, 2013 | Bill O'Reilly

Posted on 04/06/2013 5:56:58 AM PDT by Kaslin

On Easter Sunday evening, a TV show about good and evil aired on the History Channel -- the final installment of "The Bible" miniseries in which Jesus is executed. AMC ran the season-ending episode of "The Walking Dead" -- the series where zombies try to eat the brains of human beings. One footnote: The world might have been a better place had the zombies preemptively gotten to the guy who thought up this series in the first place.

Anyway, the zombies won. They beat Jesus in the ratings, especially among viewers ages 18 to 49.

What lesson can be derived from Jesus losing to the walking dead? Well, it proves that about 12 million Americans want to see blood and gore. Wait -- there was plenty of that in the Bible's crucifixion scenes. Maybe the zombie viewers simply wanted cheap thrills. Yeah, that's it. Cheap thrills triumphed over a spiritual experience. Cannibalism beat baptism.

Base entertainment almost always beats highbrow stuff. But watching flesh-eating zombies on Easter does put a different spin on things, does it not? I mean, how soon can we digest dismemberment on television after eating our baked ham dinner? One hour? Two?

At least Jesus was in context. The New Testament says the son of God rose from the dead on Easter. The zombies rise from the dead whenever their makeup is finished.

Honestly, I have no idea what this zombie phenomenon is all about. Way back in the 1960s, I saw the first modern zombie movie: "Night of the Living Dead." Things were creeping along OK until a little girl turned into a zombie and tried to eat her mom. At that point, my entire group decided enough was enough, and we bolted out of the theater.

But today that scene would be tame. Now zombie kids will eat their entire families if given the opportunity. Depravity doesn't even begin to cover it. Apparently, we Americans have an unending appetite for gross behavior. Pun intended.

What must Jesus think? Here he is, being nailed to the cross by smirking Romans and getting trounced by TV zombies at the same time. The prince of peace preached that we all should love our neighbors as ourselves. I do not believe that Jesus would condone eating your neighbor even if you are dead.

Many folks who like this zombie business freely admit it's a low form of entertainment. "But so what?" they say. It's fun to envision yourself outsmarting zombies, blasting them to hell with shotguns and then escaping to some tattoo parlor. I guess that's fun in some precincts.

But not for me. I threw in with Jesus even though the guy who played him looked a bit like Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." Sure, I knew how the miniseries was going to end, but there are worse things you could do on Easter Sunday -- like watching man-eating zombies.

All I know is this: When Jesus appeared to the apostles after he died, thank God they did not have access to AMC.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: amc; easter; jesus; networktelevision; thewalkingdead
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To: Kaslin
recorded the Bible episodes and watched each episode after the recording was finished

I have not watched a single TV show live since DVRs came out, and I had one before Cable companies ever considered them. I have used EyeTV to record since the old 240 LPI days.

Before the election I would record Fox then watch it so I could fast forward past the BO bloviating. same with Shannity.

Have been FOX free since November 1st when I gave up on the dis-informatio age.

61 posted on 04/06/2013 9:30:29 AM PDT by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: cripplecreek
I'm no more enthralled with the RINOs than you are. Maine is crawling with them and I haven't supported them in years.

You don’t know how I voted now

Well you sure seem to be defending the "I didn't vote" crowd. You didn't vote against Obama. Did you?

do as Karl Rove tells you.

He can't seem to get his instructions through to me.

STFU

Right back atcha sweet-talker. What are ya, some kind of a fifty-third party freak?

62 posted on 04/06/2013 9:31:17 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Hey RATS! Control your murdering freaks.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
I'm no more enthralled with the RINOs than you are.

Yet you're still crying like a little baby over Romney's inevitable loss. Trust me, you'll be doing exactly what you're told next time as well.
63 posted on 04/06/2013 9:34:30 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: discostu

Well, I do not know what to say, except you are correct.


64 posted on 04/06/2013 9:37:20 AM PDT by svcw (If you are dead when your heart stops, why aren't you alive when it starts.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER; cripplecreek
He [Rove] can't seem to get his instructions through to me.

You didn't vote against Obama. Did you?

LOL! Your second statement belies your first.

65 posted on 04/06/2013 9:40:21 AM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
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To: Kaslin
In all fairness, everyone knew how the Bible was going to end. Unless the producers had some kind of revisionist plot ending like Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds where Hitler gets blown up in a French movie theater, Jesus was going to get crucified.
The season finale of the Walking Dead was rife with speculation about who would or wouldn't survive. It seems that more viewers were intrigued by the possibilities of the latter.
66 posted on 04/06/2013 9:41:54 AM PDT by Malone LaVeigh
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To: cripplecreek
Yet you're still crying like a little baby over Romney's inevitable loss.

I don't care about Romney's loss, I care deeply about Obama's win.

Had he lost, the economy would have righted itself the following week, none of this progressive crap would be happening.

The Low Information conservatives are just as to blame for this as the RAT election-thieves.

67 posted on 04/06/2013 9:45:17 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Hey RATS! Control your murdering freaks.)
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To: Malone LaVeigh
In all fairness, everyone knew how the Bible was going to end.

LOL My church lady grandmother said that on Easter when someone asked her if she was watching it.
68 posted on 04/06/2013 9:45:35 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: roamer_1

So you didn’t vote against him either.


69 posted on 04/06/2013 9:45:59 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Hey RATS! Control your murdering freaks.)
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To: Dudoight
Those who are irritated with his Bible-Thumping phrase obviously did not ‘get’ it.

Any Christian that can not say God or Jesus Christ on TV is neither a Christian or Consevative.

Maybe we could consult the deity as he often does.

Maybe you like him because he endorsed gay marriage with that scum Rosie? He also supports many of the democrat gun control policies publicly and I bet he supports all of them privately.

70 posted on 04/06/2013 9:46:26 AM PDT by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Keep throwing your little tantrum. I’m ignoring it from here on out like I would any other toddler.


71 posted on 04/06/2013 9:46:47 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek

You haven’t denied it...wear it with pride.


72 posted on 04/06/2013 9:48:19 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Hey RATS! Control your murdering freaks.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
So you didn’t vote against him either.

It is impossible to vote against anyone. Think.

73 posted on 04/06/2013 9:48:26 AM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
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To: cripplecreek
He’s like a gateway drug to liberalism.

Truth is stranger than fact. Call me at BR-549.

74 posted on 04/06/2013 9:48:44 AM PDT by itsahoot (It is not so much that history repeats, but that human nature does not change.)
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To: roamer_1

Flunked math didn’t ya.


75 posted on 04/06/2013 9:49:19 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Hey RATS! Control your murdering freaks.)
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To: itsahoot

>> “Any Christian that can not say God or Jesus Christ on TV is neither a Christian or Consevative.” <<

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Some may prefer the Biblical names Yahowa and Yashua, rather than caving in to Greek mythology (Christos being a mythjological pagan ‘god.’)


76 posted on 04/06/2013 9:50:48 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: itsahoot

He ranks right up there with Geraldo Rivera


77 posted on 04/06/2013 9:51:59 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER; roamer_1

Flunked Logic, didn’t ya!


78 posted on 04/06/2013 9:52:19 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: cripplecreek

>> “He ranks right up there with Geraldo Rivera” <<

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Somewhere between the Facultative and Septic layers of the sludge tank?


79 posted on 04/06/2013 9:54:23 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

No.

In the US, there’s two sides, not three or four or more.
In a fair voting scenario, the side with more votes wins.

If one side cheats, the other side has to out-produce them with turnout.

Looks like the Obama/RAT side did their job.

Something wrong with that?


80 posted on 04/06/2013 10:02:45 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Hey RATS! Control your murdering freaks.)
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