True, but I mean specifically with relation to Jesus as opposed to what humanism means more broadly. When you're talking about a humanistic Jesus, you don't mean an incarnation of god with the ability to perform miracles.

Nah I've heard of l'Engle but never read her. I know Ursula LeGuin was mistaken for her once apparently… that's about it.

Just goes to show: Never date a Twin Peaks virgin.

Laura Palmer's Theme is easily my favourite. The mixture of schmaltz and dread is just perfect, and the way it made you expect a dark twist coming right after this melodramatic scene like a Pavlovian response was great.

You had me at nephilim. I guess I'll have to look that up.

Ehhh. A lot of Christians would hold the Bible as the inerrant word of God, and Jesus as being God (typically via the Trinity) so it's not that far off.

Hannibal costs them very little money as the entire thing is made by Gaumont TV, who could just sell it to another network if cancelled.

The critics rave about Dominion:

'Human perspective' isn't ideal wording, but 'humanistic' is one with a precedent. Humanistic and historical readings of Jesus are pretty old hat really. Ever hear of Thomas Jefferson's Bible, where he took the gospels and cut out all the references to miracles?

And if you try to make it an Archer reference, you get:

It's probably chosen for its modern implications, but I'm guessing Aslan doesn't go for the 'Judas Iscariot was a Zealot' theory.

An openly Muslim president.

It was surprisingly ill-informed. All it takes is a quick google to find the significance of Jesus in Islam, which might have been a more interesting thing to question a practicing Muslim about his secular depiction.

Likewise you'd better have some fiery celebrations ready for Sunday. When people talk about worship on Sunday, what do you think they mean OTHER than the Sun?

And J.S. Bach is replaced by Irving Berlin.

I love that episode so much. It was interesting rewatching it this year not only how much of it holds up (and hey co-written by Richard Manning) but the subtle touches, like Picard using a female pronoun when describing a hypothetical primitive to the Mintakan leader.

Of all the Star Trek episodes to choose as an anti-Christmas statement, "Spectre of the Gun" is the most bizarre. Kudos, sir.

It's < s >.

It's about horrible people manipulating the hell out of people. Loved it, lot of great black comedy.

He could play Peralta's father or someone else Peralta knows for some reason.