So CBS is going to air a series about an atheist who “friends” God on Facebook and gets all Joan of Arcadia’ed. *Jesus Christ *does it look godawful! I’d rather watch a block of New Magnum, New Mcguiver, New Lethal Weapon and New Heathers.
And worst of all, I’m sure that the theme song won’t be a parody of the old hymn Love Lifted Me.
It’s win/win for the propagandists tho: if it finds a viewership at all, that’s a sign of support; if it fails that’s a sign of how much such a show is needed in the first place.
I think I’ve seen this before, in the form of Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, Eli Stone, Early Edition and probably several others.
God, the Devil, and Bob both dealt with it and pissed off the fundamentalists, starting when it showed God with a can of beer.
My favourite depiction of (apparently) God was in one of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books - the indecisive old man puttering around in his house.
I’ve seen a couple of episodes now, and it is about as deep and meaningful as all its predecessors. Do Christians actually like this kind of video Pablum, which seems to put the lie to a central tenet of most Christian sects: Blind faith over evidence-based faith?
God sent me a dick pic.
Was he hung like this?
Did this trend of “Miracles happening so often they are actually boring” shows start with “Touched By An Angel”, or were there earlier examples?
My only thought (when I see ads for it) is that the title instantly sounds dated, like “God Has a MySpace Page” or “God is Haunting My Beatle Boots”.
Isn’t Highway to Heaven the granddaddy of all these shows?
That was actually the show I was thinking of.
Or Here’s Boomer, although that was actually “Dog Friended Me”…
All right-Who here was supposed to screen for dyslexics?
I missed this thread the first time around. Thanks for the earworm, dammit.
From what I could google up, reviews, both secular and religious, seem to be mixed, though some critics seem to be saying it’s better than they thought it would be based on the title/premise.
Before Highway To Heaven, there was Oh, God! As long as you’re not insisting on an explicitly Christian God.
Evidence-based faith is a contradiction in terms. Faith by definition is not evidence-based.
Christians “like” the video Pablum in the same way that diet-crazed people “like” certain terrible foods; it makes them feel virtuous for watching it, and virtuous for NOT watching “all the other immoral stuff on TV these days”.
Here’s Grandma then: The Flying Nun
Arent you curious if he was circumsized, or not?
Also in this genre is Joan of Arcadia (which I rather liked)
Brian