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Well, points for at least having some show that has something to do with some part of something that happened in the past. \u00a0But the History Channel doing the Bible<\/a>? \u00a0To students of history, the History Channel is to historical studies what the National Enquirer is to quality journalism. \u00a0It wasn\u2019t always like that, but today I\u2019d rather go to ESPN to learn about physics than go to the History Channel today to learn about the Bible. If I\u2019m wrong, it\u2019s the channel\u2019s fault for teaching me not to trust what it has to say.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"