TV: God Friended Me.

[ThePhoenixx]

Wondered if anyone else has seen this new show.

I'm actually enjoying it. It's fun watching a show that is all about helping people and feel good endings. Ratings are slowly improving.

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[Holden Caulfield]

I've heard the protrayal of atheism is very poor (stereotype bad things happen so god can't exist bs, not the much more common realization people have to come to atheism based on reasoning, logic, and evidence) so this is a hard pass from me.

 

[Elvis P]

...not the much more common realization people have to come to atheism based on reasoning, logic, and evidence) so this is a hard pass from me.

Nonsense. You can't prove God does or does not exist, therefore all atheists are unintellectual.

 

[Scott Stevens]

I have enjoyed this so far. It’s kinda cheesy, and I don’t hate that.

 

[RandV]

I've heard the protrayal of atheism is very poor (stereotype bad things happen so god can't exist bs, not the much more common realization people have to come to atheism based on reasoning, logic, and evidence) so this is a hard pass from me.

Eh isn't it like that with pretty much any TV show for whatever they're trying to portray?

What I'd say it's really doing is taking an atheist as the central character and making a 'feel good' story about helping people in a universe where god apparently does actually exist under the premise that god is speaking to him through social media. And note that the atheist guy is a genuinely good person, he's not doing good things because god is helping him.

I'm not selling it or anything but just saying that this appears to be what they're going for with the show. It's not something intended to portray atheists positively/negatively/accurately/etc.

 

[Jumptheshark]

touched by an angel with a twist
or highway to heaven if you like

 

[ThePhoenixx]

I've heard the protrayal of atheism is very poor (stereotype bad things happen so god can't exist bs, not the much more common realization people have to come to atheism based on reasoning, logic, and evidence) so this is a hard pass from me.

The show is much harder on religion than it is on its atheistic lead character. As was stated, he is a good guy who doesn't believe it is God behind the account. We as viewers certainly don't know.