Lebanese TV stations scrap Jesus show

From the Jerusalem Post:

Controversial program describes Jesus from an Islamic point of view.

BEIRUT  — Two Shiite Muslim television stations in Lebanon canceled a controversial program about Jesus on Friday, saying they do not want to stir up sectarian conflict in the country.

The 17-episode program, which was produced in Iran, describes Jesus from an Islamic point of view. Muslims believe Jesus was a prophet and a teacher, but not the son of God.

The cancellation is supposedly out of respect for Lebanon’s “religious diversity”. There is a much better reason: the contention that Jesus was merely a great prophet and teacher is illogical and clearly untrue. Either Jesus was who he claimed to be – God incarnate – or he was a nut case. C. S. Lewis said it best:

I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: “I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.” That is the one thing we must not say. A man who said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to

2 thoughts on “Lebanese TV stations scrap Jesus show

  1. Absolutely agree. The Islamic contention about Jesus is ludicrous. But then they view our Scriptures as “perverted” and one of their main tenets is “Allah has no son”, which makes it sound like a religion built in reaction to another….

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