MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA (ANS) -- Was Jesus buried in a tomb as the Bible says he was or was he eaten by wild animals? Is it true that Jesus was drugged with a plant on the cross and then revived by his disciples in the tomb? Did Jesus rise from the dead or were his post-tomb appearances the result of dreams by his mourners?

Can you and your family members defend the Resurrection and other biblical accounts from today’s TV Bible Skeptics? Do you depend on television and Hollywood to inform you about your faith? Disney, CBS, NBC, FOX, The Cartoon Network and multiple other entertainment networks hope you are tuning in. Why? So that you can be force-fed an unhealthy, daily dose of skepticism, mockery and mythology about the Bible.

Rick Dack

Rick Dack, founder and director of the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based apologetics ministry A.D. Communications, asks these and other related questions of anyone who will listen to sound reasoning and faith in the Bible's veracity.

Dack's family has a long history in the New York theatre and in Hollywood. Rick Dack is a relative of the late Broadway and Film Director George Abbott. Mr. Abbott worked with Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz and the Marx Brothers. Jerry Lewis, Carol Burnett and Bebe Neuwirth (CHEERS, Frazier) have also worked in productions associated with Mr. Abbott.

In an interview with ASSIST News, Dack said that Bill Maher’s Religulous (Ridiculous) hits theatres in 2008.

He commented: "Bill Maher is a comedian who has hosted a number of programs on HBO, ABC and The Larry King Show touting his hatred of the scriptures with farcical abuse."

According to Dack, in August of 2008 Babylon A.D. will also be released in theatres. He says this film is about a mercenary and a cultish, genetically-modified Messiah. Resurrection, by Filmmaker and screenwriter Lionel Chetwynd, will be released in 2009. Chetwynd has had associations with A&E and FilmRoos, Dack says.

Dack explained: "Both A&E and FilmRoos have made Bible documentaries with glaring biblical inaccuracies and biases when it comes to the Bible's historical reliability."

Dack said this contempt for the Bible has come in many forms, such as cable documentaries about the Bible on the Discovery Channel and History Channel.

"Bible themed films such as SAVED and The Nativity Story re-invent history concerning Jesus’ birth. Even the seemingly innocuous animated series’ South Park, The Simpson’s, Family Guy and Lil’ Bush mock the Bible under the guise of satire," he said.

"These animated series’ teach that God is a drunk, evil, pervert who sleeps around (Family Guy, FOX); that Abraham was a serial killer (American Dad, FOX); that the Blood of Jesus is delicious (Lil’ Bush, Cartoon Network); that Jesus was a drunk who faked miracles (Family Guy, FOX) and also that 'Jesus Dyed Eggs For Your Sins,' a mockery of the Resurrection on a Church sign (The Simpson’s, FOX). Sexual contact with Jesus is even alluded to on Comedy Central’s South Park," he said.

Dack added: "Disney-owned cable networks (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel, A&E etc;), though not as blatant as the animated series are just as toxic."

He went on to say: "The aforementioned networks broadcast the belief that the Bible stories are mythical (Eden, Noah’s Ark, Sodom, Jericho, The Resurrection, Paul), and that the Bible came about via dark conspiracies (The Da Vinci Code).

"Another belief is that pagan stories were stolen by Moses to write the first five books of the Bible and that New Testament authors did the same. Liberal scholars, not identified as liberals, are typically featured on cable documentaries and those interviews are edited into programming for the naïvely-trusting public to consume," said Dack, adding: "Bible documentaries on television overwhelmingly feature Liberal, Progressive Scholars over Conservatives at a ratio of 85 percent liberal to 12-15 percent Conservative."

The organization Dack founded, known as A.D. Communications, "provides affordable 'live' presentations to thwart today’s television skeptics who impose themselves onto an uninformed, biblically illiterate society."

Dack started the ministry known as A.D. Communications Multimedia Bible Archaeology in 1997 to train High School Students, College students and Church attenders on how to defend their faith against influential Bible skeptics on television with easy-to-understand multimedia presentations.

"These 'live' presentations include virtual walk-throughs of a tomb of a biblical Pharaoh, 3D animations of artifacts, flyovers of Noah’s Ark and historical evidences that Churches and Schools rarely discuss," he says.

He added that A.D. Communications also provides information about Bible Skeptics (Celebrities, Musicians, Animators, Writers, Academics etc;) and quality alternatives to today’s television programming choices.

For more information about this ministry visit the web site www.defendingthebible.com . If you would like to invite the ministry to your Church and School call Founder and Director Rick Dack at 952-933-4770.

** Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent of ANS, is an international British freelance journalist who was formerly a reporter with a London newspaper and has been a frequent contributor to UCB Europe, a British Christian radio station. Michael's involvement with ASSIST News Service is a sponsored ministry department -- Michael Ireland Media Missionary (MIMM) -- of ACT International at: Artists in Christian Testimony (ACT) International. His weblog appears at: Michael Ireland Media Missionary.