re: #134 freetoken

Let me take this opportunity to mourn, again, at the downward spiral of the documentary/science/natural history programming of the BBC the past couple of years.

The latest show to set off my alarm bells is Divine Women. I’ve only watched the first part of the first episode, but in that part the host/author presents a highly contorted, and IMO inaccurate, presentation of relevant information about Gobekli Tepe.

The truth of what that site was all about, both originally and how it changed over time, is a matter of heated academic discussion. But the BBC host paints the story in, shall we say, a typical feminist (dare I use that word?) historical revisionism.

IOW, the host appears to be on a quest to de-patriarch religion, to return religion to its matriarchal roots.

Now, no doubt the major Western religions are very patriarchal in nature, but that hardly gives one carte blanche to start making sweeping statements about the past in order to correct a perceived wrong.

I have noticed an overall decline in the qualtiy of British TV programming since I was first exposed to it in the early 90’s. But it’s still better than German TV programming.