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The creator and director of The Chosen<\/em> says in a new interview that clickbait headlines too often drive the online debate about the series and that he wants fans and non-fans alike to be fair in their dialogue and to seek the truth “even if we disagree.”<\/p>\n Director Dallas Jenkins addressed various controversies about the series during the interview with host Allen Parr for Parr\u2019s show The Beat<\/em> and said he wants his comments to \u201cbring clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI don’t want them to not watch it because they’ve heard some ridiculous rumor.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201ctheology of the show,\u201d he said, \u201cis conservative evangelical.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI have a personal mission, my wife and I have a personal mission, we will always want to bring people closer to Jesus,\u201d he said, adding he affirms the inerrancy of Scripture. \u201cNow, the work of conversion is God’s work, the Holy Spirit’s work, it’s not our work. But we are hoping to introduce people to the authentic Jesus, we’re hoping to remove veils, hurdles and walls that have been put up, and we want people to come closer to Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n Jenkins, during the interview, discussed rumors about the series\u2019 ties to the LDS church, its allowance of an LGBT Pride flag on the set, and the use of actors and crew members who are not Christians.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI have a cast and crew of over 200 people when we’re filming the show,\u201d he said. \u201c… I’m not forcing them and I’m not forcing our organization to have the same exact mission that I do. \u2026 So our actors, I would say the majority — over half of them — are not traditional believers, [although] some of them have become so from working on the show. Same with our crew.\u201d<\/p>\n Last year, a photo of a small LGBT pride flag attached to a video camera on the set ignited a social media firestorm. The camera operator, Jenkins said, is gay. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe say we want the best people for each particular job,\u201d he said. \u201c…We have people on our cast and crew who come from multiple backgrounds, and our camera operator who is gay and who has a three-inch Pride flag on his own personal equipment, he is allowed to have his own equipment, he is allowed to express himself within the context of his equipment,\u201d Jenkins said. \u201cAnd we have a guy in the catering team who wears a MAGA hat — I don’t police any of those things.<\/p>\n\n