If you ever needed more proof that The Chosen is non-threatening and depicts a less-than-authentic Jesus, consider that The Chosen is now available on Disney+. This is not the first time The Chosen has made it onto a secular streaming platform. However, Disney has rarely licensed content for Disney+ as opposed to Hulu where The Chosen will also be featured. Much of the 20th Century Fox catalog is not to be found on Disney+, yet The Chosen is.
The company that lost a lawsuit to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis might be trying to rehab its image. Or they might agree with Amazon that the program is not a threat and its license is cheaper since it is free on the Come and See Foundation app. In any case, it’s odd that Disney would do this.
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I was in conversation with my fellow Christians in different denominations and they are really into the whole Choosen series. I said I can’t watch it because it violates the 2nd Commandment. So that means I can’t watch anything that depicts Jesus, no Passion of the Christ, or even the hyper Biblically accurate movies of the life of Christ. In the past as a baby Christian, I did watch some of these type of films.
I get this weird look from them, thinking I’m the crazy one for taking the time to criticality think about the issue of depictions of Jesus.
You’re not wrong. Even secular Hollywood didn’t dare to show the face of Jesus until “King of Kings” in 1961.