Sleepy Hollow

I recently saw a trailer for the new tv series “Sleepy Hollow” and was quite intrigued. I found a little time to watch the first episode. It was pretty good, except it got a little weird at the end when the book of Revelation from the Bible was being quoted as an explanation for what was going on in the show. Then I started the second episode, and the weirdness became genuine discomfort to the level that I felt I could not watch the rest of it. First of all, it was very sacrilegious. I realize that there are gray areas as far as what can be termed as sacrilegious. Here’s why I came to that conclusion. They take direct passages from the Bible to foretell the end of the world and explain the unnatural events that are occurring. However, there is absolutely no mention of God. Ever. How does it make sense to take a book that is commonly known as God’s word (even if one does not believe it), and base an entire television show on it, yet fail to mention this vitally important detail? Demons and dark magic abounds. Witchcraft is a good thing. Ichabod Crane is the destined savior of the human race. Yet he, as I am sure will be evident later in the series, is still just as human and fallen as the rest of us. There is something so presumptuous about the heart of this series that irks me. It operates on the belief that we, as humans, are capable of preventing the coming apocalypse, in spite of God laying down exactly how it is going to happen. I suppose it is a very human thing to want to do: change the course of the world. But God, ultimately, is the one in control. We can try to prevent it, but we are not capable of altering one iota of the plan he has set in motion. If the script had left the Bible out of it and based the story off of something else, this would be a completely different post. The storyline is intriguing and the idea new. I just cannot, in good conscience, continue watching this show. It literally makes me angry. How can good prevail when the author of good is absent? You cannot base a story off of the Bible and leave God out of it.