{"id":13461,"date":"2018-07-25T11:42:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T15:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=13461"},"modified":"2018-07-25T11:53:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T15:53:30","slug":"first-look-new-cbs-drama-god-friended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/07\/first-look-new-cbs-drama-god-friended.html","title":{"rendered":"First Look at New Uplifting TV Series &#8216;God Friended Me&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If God asks you to be his Facebook friend, would you\u2026A) Confirm or B) Ignore?<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;God Friended Me&#8217; is a new uplifting TV series coming to CBS this fall. The show is about an outspoken atheist whose life is turned upside down when he receives a friend request on social media from God, and unwittingly becomes an agent of change in the lives and destinies of others around him. 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