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From: dbonilla
Date: Mon Jan  9 19:41:03 MST 2006
Subject: 1st (?) Episode

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eschhman: No Subject (1/19/06)

Karen: On protesting media stuff (1/19/06)

emily: interview (1/20/06)

dbonilla: Off the air (2/1/06)

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dbonilla: Off the air (2/1/06)
emily: interview (1/20/06)
Karen: On protesting media stuff (1/19/06)
eschhman: No Subject (1/19/06)

I thought I'd share with you a message that I emailed to chiefs at Mazda and Burlington Coat Factory, sponsors of "The Book of Daniel," a new TV show I hadn't planned to watch but I happened to tune in.
Please ask the producers to tone down the dysfunctionality of the characters in “The Book of Daniel” which you sponsor. I think it’s okay to portray Christians as people with the same struggles and bad choices that others have, but this show exaggerates the extent and frequency of these behaviors in us. The offensive part to me is the socio-political agenda behind it, i.e., that they’re trying real hard to misrepresent and discredit us.
If you choose to keep sponsoring the show, know that it makes us look more foolish than we are already believed to be; so the show’s credibility is at stake. It is very obvious to the viewer that the producers are being unfair in their portrayal of Christ followers in general.
On the positive side, I think it is good that Jesus is portrayed as a jovial and graceful fellow and that the pastor’s relationship with Him is so real. That’s how it’s supposed to be.
Sincerely,
Me

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From: eschhman
Date: Thu Jan 19 09:50:01 MST 2006
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Have not seen this show, but have heard about it and am responding, at least!! What network is it on? Most likely they are part of the Christians' enemy, the Illuminati-influenced world system. We may have problems as non-Christians but we are to take them to God and fight them against ole' slewfoot as I am going to do with my possible diabetes which I just recently found out upon my yearly physical at the ZLB Plasma Center. I do not accept nor want to deal with it except finding ways to eliminate it and praying that is not too bad for getting an extra source of income cut off for me via selling plasma. Waiting on my doctor's call about the A1C blood test that was done Friday.

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From: Karen
Date: Thu Jan 19 14:42:28 MST 2006
Subject: On protesting media stuff

I don't know whether or not the Book of Daniel is fair or unfair, because I just haven't seen it, not even part of it. But I doubt it's a good use of your time (or a good exercise of your Christian faith) to protest a show you haven't even seen.
Watch the show before you diss it or--if you suspect the show sucks--just find something better to do with your time ;-)
Take care, Dave...

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From: emily
Date: Fri Jan 20 11:12:38 MST 2006
Subject: interview

Jeff just heard and interview on KXCI with the writer or producer or something or other of this show. It does seem to be pretty controversial. We will probably be watching it soon just out of curiosity. Hopefully it won't kill us. I have high hopes since we're not cats. I'll try to post our review of the show later. Well, our review of watching one show anyway.
I'm always ambivalent about shows or books that directly portray Divine characters. While I think that telling stories is one way of "thinking about" things...they can also powerfully shape us. So I watch my kids playing pretend games. That's their way of telling/acting out stories of life. I always have to look away when they are playing "mom & baby". The "baby" has a great time being the brattiest, spoiled, whiney creature you've ever seen! The "mom" is running around being a slave to the child and the child is abusive to the mother. Or sometimes the mother takes on the abusive role. So the mother will say "I'm going to buy food so I'm locking you in the closet." And the child is very emotional but this time you kinda agree that its a good reason to cry.
But sometimes I have to interfere with imaginary stuff because I can't stand it. So my kids ended up with a Halo X-box game. I don;t mind the random killing of alien creatures (although I know it promotes us against them). I also don't mind the fake blood (they still tremble at the sight of blood on real scrapes) I don't even mind the swearing (sorry - you still get grounded if you say it to real people). But I CAN'T STAND SHOOTING YOUR OWN MEN TO UPGRADE YOUR WEAPONS! Can I be more clear about this? I don't care if its just a computer game. Its a story and I will not tolerate shooting of your own men! I banned the game for several months for that reason. The kids are probably getting some mixed message about how the computer blood is fake enough for me but killing your own men crosses some unseen line for me.
I wonder if "The Book of Daniel" will cross any of my unseen boundaries? We'll see.
EmilyMc.

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From: dbonilla
Date: Tue Jan 31 23:08:26 MST 2006
Subject: Off the air

Well it's too late: "The Book of Daniel" was taken off the broadcast waves of TV land! Apparently the sponsors decided to pull support of it or the producers were discouraged due to lots of complaints. I actually haven't tried to watch it again so don't know for sure, just going with what Don Wildmon's group reported. I think it was airing on Friday nights. I watched it once and didn't think it was that bad. I only wrote that email because a friend forwarded me a message from DW's group (AFA) which I read and then shortly afterward happened to tune in to the show near the beginning of the episode. They were encouraging letters to the sponsors. The two companies I wrote to weren't accepting emails from the AFA site, and only one of them got my message from Yahoo! email... the other came back as a "daemon mailer" or whatever it's called.
I'm with you on the killing of your own men though, Emily. I watched "Die Hard with a Vengance" and couldn't stand when the CIA agent killed the cook after eating the best pork dish in the world just "to keep things equal" or some trivial reason. This isn't "your own men" per se but nevertheless killing of an innocent human for entertainment is to me absolutely dispicable, and it encourages others (who have poor moral upbringing) to do the same. This just makes me so angry. It reminds me of why I don't watch much TV.

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