Religious Big Brother....?
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Religious Big Brother....?
Trulyscrumtious | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 03:12 pm     RELIGIOUS BIG BROTHER CONTESTANTS WILL SACRIFICE GOAT AND FAST FOR A WEEK. Housemates in a religious version of Big Brother in Holland will be set tasks such as sacrificing a goat and fasting for a week. The programme, provisionally titled 'The Abbey', will bring 12 people of different religions together in an old abbey for 13 weeks. Producers told De Morgan the programme is intended to highlight the need for more dialogue between different religions. And they hope it will also encourage people to be more spiritual and seek a deeper meaning to their lives. Dutch station NCRV hopes it will be screened next year. There would be a weekly programme showing highlights from the abbey, plus brief daily updates. A spokesman says the participants will not be filmed 24 hours a day. "They will get some privacy. But they will have to perform some tasks such as the ritual killing of a goat and fasting for a week." Story filed: 11:08 Friday 11th October 2002 I'm speechless, lol. |
Kstme | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 06:06 pm     Truly...I'm with you! |
Joyful | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 06:15 pm     I do think the dialogue will be interesting but the killing of a goat I can pass on. I will pass on! |
Max | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 10:20 pm     Face-off! |
Trulyscrumtious | Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 09:08 am     Boggles the mind don't it Kstme, lol. Cute Max!  |
Crossfire | Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 09:39 am     How sordid, is it really necessary to kill animals to make a cheesy pretentious TV program? |
Breezy | Friday, October 18, 2002 - 01:56 am     Sound like they are using violence to up the ratings under the pretense of religion. |
What555456 | Friday, October 18, 2002 - 07:34 am     ROTFLMAO!!! They have GOT to be kidding! This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time! Imagine sacrifcing a goat and thinking that will spur understanding among religions! Yea, like the general public wants to watch theological debates going on! But wait -- how much you want to bet those chosen will not be theologians --and will not even be selected for their understanding about their own religion! They will be selected for their entertainment value and then portrayed as knowing something about religion. I can just see God sitting up there and rolling His eyes to heaven -- except I guess that would be hard for Him to do since He is IN heaven! But He has got to be thinking that this is one of the silliest things the human mind has ever come up with. |
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