Troubling underlying assumptions on this messageboard....

Indeed! And what did your Muslim friend make of episode 5? I'd love to know what Muslims thought of that. I bet they are glad that there's a drama and it's got Muslims in it and it's NOT pertaining to terrorism or racism. Much like this drama has a priest in it and it's not about paedophilia, or adultery or any of the other sexual sins celibate people are supposed to fall into.

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I’m loving this tv series for the plot, for the acting, for the mood, for pretty much everything.

I feel whoever hates this show on the grounds of his religion or lack thereoff is narrow minded and incongruent.

Look, I’m a non-practicing Catholic. I believe in the divine, but I don’t believe in organized religion, and I have read both books of the first episode. That is where we are shown some good points where the series deals with the issues raised quite well: “I’ve read these books too”. So have I, and many others. If the requirement to enjoy books that criticize a certain vision of the divine is to be an atheist, then the requirement for Einstein not to like Quantum Physics should be that he shouldn’t be bothered to read anything on the subject?

This show is great and it’s not passing any religious view onto the audience. Oh yes, it acts like the demons are very concerned about the catholic church’s exorcists, but that’s hardly religious preaching. Seriously, in the worst case scenario, demons possess people. In the best case scenario exorcism boils down to religious folklore, and this folklore is no different than Lord Of The Rings or cursed mummies. And I for one don’t believe Christians loathe movies with other religious customs, nor that atheists loathe movies who speak about gods.

Whoever does it, really has some deeper issues than what he believes or not. A priest fighting demons who fear his power is no different than some Amazonian Indian fighting demons on the eve of becoming the tribe’s shaman. Both cases are fiction, but this show at least calls into question what is faith, what are miracles, and a huge number of things that is worth thinking about no matter what your religion is or if you have one at all. After all, taking a stand is not a matter of your ignorance leaving you only with your option. It’s also to see what the other party has to say and chose if its arguments fit you or not.

And what would any atheist with a bit of intelligence have against the plot of this show or the convictions of its characters? Are atheists the kind of people who will boo at any actor on the streets because the guy played Jesus in some movie? Surely they realize that “demonic possession” predates Catholicism and Judaism and thousands of year old skeleton show trepanations to let the demons “out”? Using archaic religions just doesn’t carry the same punch as using the predominant religion in the target audience, regardless of Catholicism’s monopoly of demonic possessions and exorcism mambo jambo.

Cheers!

Thanks Greg!

That's right. It' very simple, and I'm going to saying it again: i don't believe in the abrahamic God and I'm against organized religions, but even so I really enjoy this show. Great cast, very good acting, good story, etc. In the same way I don't believe in UFOs or conspiracy theories but I loved The X-Files. Why? Because it's just entertainment: fiction.

So, about this show, I think some christians liked it, others not. And the same for atheists, agnostics, etc: some people liked it, others not. It's simple. There isn't a religious issue here.