Daily Show Takes on Noah’s Christian Haters

Here’s Jon Stewart’s bit from Tuesday’s Daily Show, addressing some of the sillier Christian critiques of Noah.

Interesting how most of the criticism comes down to the idea that the movie isn’t happy enough. This particular strain of Christian thinking—that everything should be uplifting and happy, all the time—really doesn’t line up with the content of the Bible. Or with the content of life, for that matter. And for that priest who said that the Bible only refers to God as “God,” Blue Letter Bible has this list of things that God is called in the Old Testament:

  • Introduction
  • El Shaddai (Lord God Almighty)
  • El Elyon (The Most High God)
  • Adonai (Lord, Master)
  • Yahweh (Lord, Jehovah)
  • Jehovah Nissi (The Lord My Banner)
  • Jehovah-Raah (The Lord My Shepherd)
  • Jehovah Rapha (The Lord That Heals)
  • Jehovah Shammah (The Lord Is There)
  • Jehovah Tsidkenu (The Lord Our Righteousness)
  • Jehovah Mekoddishkem (The Lord Who Sanctifies You)
  • El Olam (The Everlasting God)
  • Elohim (God)
  • Qanna (Jealous)
  • Jehovah Jireh (The Lord Will Provide)
  • Jehovah Shalom (The Lord Is Peace)
  • Jehovah Sabaoth (The Lord of Hosts)
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