Biblical Errors in The Chosen

[Ascetic X]

Many of what you call “problems” are not true problems.
You do realize that people have made verbatim dramatizations of scripture that include exactly what is in the Bible and add NOTHING that is not … few people watch them. The Chosen deliberately set out to do something different. It is a dramatization whose goal is to bring the PEOPLE and the SETTING and the EVENTS to life in a deliberately dramatic and relatable way.

What is your opinion of Ben Hur? (It contains inaccuracies.)

Biblical inaccuracies are indeed problems, which mislead people.

Few watch them? So if ridiculous fiction is added, distorting the gospels and falsifying the character of Jesus, they get more viewers?

Which films include what is in the Bible and nothing else?

So the gospels are not dramatic or relatable?

You have a very poor view of scriptural integrity.

 

[atpollard]

Which films include what is in the Bible and nothing else?

• The Lumo Project: Founded by Alex Proyas, this multi-film series uses unabridged, word-for-word Gospel text as its script, with narrators reading the scripture over acted, historically accurate depictions of Jesus’s life.
• The Gospel of John (2003): Directed by Philip Saville, this epic 3-hour film strictly adapts the Gospel of John, word-for-word, utilizing the American Bible Society's Good News Translation. It features Henry Ian Cusick as Jesus and narration by Christopher Plummer.
• The Gospel of Mark (Max McLean): On the theatrical stage, actor and writer Max McLean (founder of Fellowship for Performing Arts) performs a renowned one-man word-for-word dramatization of the Gospel of Mark.

The Gospel of John (2003)
Cost = $11 million; Box Office = $4 million [ $7 million LOSS]

The other versions were unable to obtain traditional funding and have no “Budget” or “Box Office” data since they never had a theatrical release.

Compare that to “The Chosen”:
Production Budgets

• Season 1: $10 million
• Season 2: $12 million.
• Season 3: $18 million
• Season 4: $40 million
• Season 5 (Last Supper): $48 million

Box Office ($140 million total)

• Season 5: Last Supper (2025): $60 million.
• Season 4 (2024): $40 million.
• Christmas Specials: The Messengers (2021) $13.3 million
• Season 3: $14.6 million

Vastly higher profit due to “crowd funding” of costs.
[Thanks to those MORMON media experts that they hired to get the word out on social media.]

 

[atpollard]

So the gospels are not dramatic or relatable?

Reading a book is not theatrical drama, no.
Portraying Jesus like a Puritain Minister sent to stamp out JOY is not relatable, no.

 

[atpollard]

You have a very poor view of scriptural integrity.

My view is irrelevant. You “real Christians” already voted with your dollars and “faithful” movies still attracted haters while losing their financial shirts. So, don’t shoot the messenger … you created the reality (I saw the bad movies to try and support Christian film makers).

 

[atpollard]

What is your opinion of Ben Hur? (It contains inaccuracies.)

 

[Ascetic X]

• The Lumo Project: Founded by Alex Proyas, this multi-film series uses unabridged, word-for-word Gospel text as its script, with narrators reading the scripture over acted, historically accurate depictions of Jesus’s life.
• The Gospel of John (2003): Directed by Philip Saville, this epic 3-hour film strictly adapts the Gospel of John, word-for-word, utilizing the American Bible Society's Good News Translation. It features Henry Ian Cusick as Jesus and narration by Christopher Plummer.
• The Gospel of Mark (Max McLean): On the theatrical stage, actor and writer Max McLean (founder of Fellowship for Performing Arts) performs a renowned one-man word-for-word dramatization of the Gospel of Mark.

The Gospel of John (2003)
Cost = $11 million; Box Office = $4 million [ $7 million LOSS]

The other versions were unable to obtain traditional funding and have no “Budget” or “Box Office” data since they never had a theatrical release.

Compare that to “The Chosen”:
Production Budgets

• Season 1: $10 million
• Season 2: $12 million.
• Season 3: $18 million
• Season 4: $40 million
• Season 5 (Last Supper): $48 million

Box Office ($140 million total)

• Season 5: Last Supper (2025): $60 million.
• Season 4 (2024): $40 million.
• Christmas Specials: The Messengers (2021) $13.3 million
• Season 3: $14.6 million

Vastly higher profit due to “crowd funding” of costs.
[Thanks to those MORMON media experts that they hired to get the word out on social media.]

You discern the value of a Jesus movie by how much money it made? You believe in relying on heretical Mormon media consultants?

 

[Ascetic X]

Reading a book is not theatrical drama, no.
Portraying Jesus like a Puritain Minister sent to stamp out JOY is not relatable, no.

Where do you get your warped ideas of our Savior!?

 

[Ascetic X]

My view is irrelevant. You “real Christians” already voted with your dollars and “faithful” movies still attracted haters while losing their financial shirts. So, don’t shoot the messenger … you created the reality (I saw the bad movies to try and support Christian film makers).

Who decides if a Jesus movie is bad? The box office? Mammonism is the judge? Money is the criteria?

Brainwashed lovers of Hollywood films get excited by fleshly qualities, not scriptural authenticity.

 

[Ben1445]

Do you agree that people have different perceptions of reality?

That is exactly what I was saying.
And each lives in their own perceived reality.

 

[Wesley Briggman]

That is exactly what I was saying.
And each lives in their own perceived reality.

Each person dies in their own perceived reality!

In the early 80's my employer required their employees attend a "New Age Thinking" seminar.

Their moto: "Truth is as you perceive it."

Truth is not a fluid concept as that statement states.

(Jhn 14:6 KJV) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
(Jhn 14:17 KJV) [Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

Please note that Jesus said He is THE truth - not A truth.

What is the New Age movement? | GotQuestions.org
"New Agers create their own reality. They believe they can create reality by what they believe, and, by changing what they believe, they can change reality. All moral boundaries have been erased. There are no absolutes because there is no distinction between good and evil. Nothing has reality until one says that it is reality or says that it is truth. If finite man can create truth, we are in desperate trouble in our society. Unless there are eternal absolutes from the eternal God, man will eventually be his own destruction."

(Jhn 8:44 KJV) Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

(2Th 2:11 KJV) And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

Their believe does not a lie into truth.

 

[Ascetic X]

First, they are making up stories about real people who once lived on this Earth. In other words, they are writing fiction but presenting it as if it’s real history (and claiming they are presenting the “authentic” Jesus). In some cases, what they present constitutes defamation of character. For example, having Peter constantly call John the Baptist “creepy John.” To have such a bad attitude toward somebody who Jesus loved and respected makes Peter look bad (not to mention how it makes John the Baptist look). Technically, if Peter was alive today, the producers of the show could be sued for slander because of that.

Quite apart from the problem of slander, it is morally wrong to present made-up fiction as if it is true because that is lying. And lying is so serious that one of the Ten Commandments forbids it. Commandment Nine forbids people to “bear false witness.” In addition, Jesus told us that the devil is the father of lies (John 8:44).

Second, some Christians think they can watch The Chosen as entertainment and not have it impact their faith. Unfortunately, that is not true. When we see things with our own eyes and hear them with our own ears, those things have an impact on us. And when it comes to TV shows, there is even more involved because some technical aspects of television make viewers highly susceptible to influence and suggestion as some studies have even shown.

Years ago, I was in a grocery store that has an area where people can sit to eat. A man was sitting there, reading a newspaper. I told him it was nice to see somebody actually read a newspaper these days instead of just depending on the TV news. That man told me that he was a psychologist. He said that television flickers in a way that puts many people into a hypnotic state which makes them very suggestible. He said for that reason, he never watches TV. I’ve read that some people are more susceptible to that problem than others are. But even people who are less vulnerable still need to be very careful about what they watch on television.

Third, in Matthew 24:24, Jesus warned us that there would be “false Christs” who would deceive people. Normally these will be real live people. However, because the Jesus presented by The Chosen is so different from Jesus Christ as presented in the gospels, I believe their version of Jesus could qualify as being a “false Christ.” He is certainly deceiving many of the viewers by giving them ideas about Jesus that go against what the Bible says about Him.

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[Ben1445]

Each person dies in their own perceived reality!

In the early 80's my employer required their employees attend a "New Age Thinking" seminar.

Their moto: "Truth is as you perceive it."

Truth is not a fluid concept as that statement states.

(Jhn 14:6 KJV) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
(Jhn 14:17 KJV) [Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

Please note that Jesus said He is THE truth - not A truth.

What is the New Age movement? | GotQuestions.org
"New Agers create their own reality. They believe they can create reality by what they believe, and, by changing what they believe, they can change reality. All moral boundaries have been erased. There are no absolutes because there is no distinction between good and evil. Nothing has reality until one says that it is reality or says that it is truth. If finite man can create truth, we are in desperate trouble in our society. Unless there are eternal absolutes from the eternal God, man will eventually be his own destruction."

(Jhn 8:44 KJV) Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

(2Th 2:11 KJV) And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

Their believe does not a lie into truth.

so my point was that there is no benefit in presenting a loose version of Christ. People’s perception is what they live by. It is their own reality. I have met people who read some book, agreed with it and now believe that Jesus was just one of the guys hanging out at bars and watching women. There is no basis for this. Just some book someone wrote that is now some people’s perceived reality.
People can be wrong. It is not a good idea for Christians to downplay the holiness of Jesus Christ in His own behavior and in reality.