Article III -
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Published on: 5/19/2006
Last Visited: 6/2/2008
In the ABC News Special, The Search for Jesus, Peter Jennings featured seven scholars, and according to Dr. Elizabeth McNamer, Adjunct Instructor of Religion and Philosophy, Rocky Mountain College, interviewed at an archeological excavation on the program, four of the scholars were a part of the Jesus Seminar. (Another source reduces the number of Jesus Seminar scholars to three.)
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McNamer said that she felt the program's lack of balance was somewhat her fault.She said she told Jennings's producer about one of the Jesus Seminar scholars without anticipating that ABC News would include so many of them.One of the scholars Jennings interviewed, she said, "makes no bones about the fact that he is out to destroy Christianity."
She said that there were plenty of reputable scholars who could have been interviewed to bring balance to The Search for Jesus.There are hundreds of scholars who have devoted their lives to the study of the historical Jesus and the faith Jesus.
McNamer expressed to me that she likes Jennings and his producer very much, and she hadn't understood the original intention for the special to be to present the most liberal view.
Not a conservative herself (as conservatism is generally understood in the United States), McNamer said that she believes that the Gospels are a reliable source of information about Jesus.Her view is not in harmony with the view generally reflected on the program concerning the Gospel writings.