Explain why some religious believers might not approve of religious documentaries?

Answer 1

It makes you question things.

Answer 2

If the documentary is made for television then it has to run the politically correct guantlet, for one. Then there's the worldly agenda behind it which takes spiritual discernment to be able to see. But the biggest factor is that faith doesn't rest on anything but it's having been given as a gift, but invariably the documentary ends up suggesting that there is something that eventually will prove that God exists to everyone whether they believe by faith or not and this leaves people believing that one day God will do what they deny that he's already done.

Answer 3

Hey Great Question! As a Born Again Christian who believes the Bible to be the Authority for Mankind and especially Christians according to Jesus saying so in Luke 4:4 and Matthew 4:4.

I have watched Many of the History Channel programs and some of them on the Networks about Christmas and religious holidays.

In most EVERY Circumstance there is an Underlying Agenda to Discredit the Holy Scriptures and Poke Fun at those that believe them. Most of the "Pseudo Authorities" = DO NOT BELIEVE the Holy Scriptures, SO HOW IS IT THAT THEY ARE ASKED AN OPINION ABOUT THE BIBLE?

Need I say more! IF you don't believe in Pink Elephants WHY WOULD YOU BE ASKED TO BE AN AUTHORITY ON THEM?

Do you see my Point? And before you ask, NO, Christianity, THAT IS TRUE CHRISTIANITY is Not the same a Pink Elephants!

Thanks, RR

Answer 4

A miracle is defined as something that can't be explained scientifically. So when people ask for an explanation, they're generally failing to grasp the concept. Non-believers also have a tendency to set human limits on what God would be able to do, and say, in various words, 'he wouldn't be able to do that' - a nonsensical statement for a being who, more or less by definition, can do anything.

Answer 5

Because a documentary, by defintion, should be an open examination of facts.

Open and honestly frank discussions of specific theological or dogmatic claims is not what most religions want, since reason, science and logic will invariably contradict those religious claims.

People don't want to hear they are wrong, and most don't even want to hear facts that indicate they are wrong. They'd rather just live in perfect naiveity. It's unfortunate, but true.

Answer 6

Because many of the writers and producers don't present the whole truth on the Christianity. When you misrepresent you cause a lot of people to believe untruths.

It would be like me trying to make a documentary on what atheism is all about. I would probably not get it all just right.

Answer 7

documentaries reveal cultures and history, and do not speak of those cultures or histories as universal truths. they reveal human events, reactions, and psychology... religious documentaries do not speak in "we" or "us" form... if they are speaking about christians, for example, it is "their" beliefs, and not "our". valid and quality documentaries provide unbiased and non-bigoted information on a culture, history, area, or people. if religious believers were to support or accept a documentary on their own faith, they would require bias and absolute word as spoken on the part of the narrator.

Answer 8

Because they cannot agree on a lot of aspects of the myth. As Laptop Jesus said, documentaries present facts and these tend to confuse christians

Answer 9

Because they are not accurate and true to the Holy Scriptures. The So-called experts distort the truth and change the meaning of Scriptures.

Answer 10

Because a lot of documentaries are opinion, not fact.

Answer 11

Sometimes documentaries have a lot of facts in them....