But, those are the best parts!
“I knew it wanted it. Whut with it’s layers and cream filling.”
“And pluck the hairs. And smear the cheese. And say the name.”
“Fck me! Fck me hard and call me Eva!”
“Anal Rampage”
Anyhoo, I’d have to agree with your friend. Though, not because God dies. At the conclusion of the first story arc, when Jesse talks to the angels, the books message is made clear- In the Preacher universe, God exists and is massively powerful. He ignores the suffering of his creation and only cares about humans feeding His massive ego. The obvious, but never explicitly asked, question is-Assuming God exists in the real world, how is he any different from the bastard in Preacher?
In Preacher-heap plenty spoilers-
God kills the SOK’s family and does horrible things to him in order to make him into the Saint Of Killers. The man had peace and happiness, and God took that away because it suited His purposes.
God started Satan’s revolt knowing which angels would be loyal, just because their display of loyalty stroked His ego.
He expells angels from heaven for doing things he’s made them do (Genesis’ father is the most obvious example)
He does his best to help Granma, Jodie and TC beat Jesse. Even then, he doesn’t cure any of Granma’s many afflictions, or make her young or strong. He tells her a few things and then has her say an Our Father because it gets him off.
The Grail have His blood descendents and weild vast power in His name. He doesn’t seem to care what they do.
He is shown over and over to be a conceited asshole without the slightest bit of compassion.