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Why I chose not to watch The Chosen
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Kate Orson2023-07-25T08:30:00
Writer Kate Orson gives her reasons for boycotting the popular Christian TV show The Chosen.
"Have you seen The Chosen?" a new Christian friend asked me and then looked shocked and stunned when I said I hadn’t. A couple of weeks later when I mentioned I was reading the Bible with a few family members she looked even more aghast that I hadn’t introduced them to the Netflix series. I don’t have plans to watch the series anytime soon, or recommend it to my non-believing family, and that seems to surprise some Christians.
I have a few reasons, and firstly I have concerns that it’s not biblically accurate. I know the show’s website says that it sticks close to scripture and then "uses artistic license to fill in the many blanks where the text does not go into detail". However, I think sometimes the license goes a bit too far.
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