{"id":14032,"date":"2019-03-01T13:16:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T18:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=14032"},"modified":"2019-03-01T13:16:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T18:16:35","slug":"new-tbs-comedy-featuring-daniel-radcliff-mocks-god-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2019\/03\/new-tbs-comedy-featuring-daniel-radcliff-mocks-god-christianity.html","title":{"rendered":"New TBS Comedy Featuring Daniel Radcliff Mocks God and Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TBS\u2019s new comedy <em>Miracle Workers<\/em>, which premiered on February 12, has proven yet again that secular Hollywood is out of touch with the true meaning of Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the novel <em>What in God\u2019s Name<\/em>, by Simon Rich, the show stars Harry Potter\u2019s Daniel Radcliffe as the anxious, overworked angel Craig who is solely responsible for answering the world\u2019s prayers in the corporate world of Heaven called Heaven, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Buscemi (<em>Boardwalk Empire<\/em>) plays a lazy, cursing, insecure version of God who doesn\u2019t seem to wield much knowledge or power. A<em> Vanity Fair<\/em> article supported that by describing the character as, \u201c\u2026a jaded failure of a God who\u2019s also more than a little dim-witted,\u201d and \u201cinspired by the Book of Genesis\u201d because \u201che\u2019s incredibly needy:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>God is portrayed as someone who swears, drinks beer, eats snacks and wears a white undershirt in his penthouse with a baby grand piano and butler. He\u2019s egotistical, but his outlook towards humanity is pessimistic with dialogue like, \u201cit\u2019s way too late to fix Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A parent&#8217;s advocacy group is warning advertisers to stay away from the new show. According to Monica Cole, director of <em>OneMillionMoms<\/em>, the show is no laughing matter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They have God&#8230;making irrational decisions, not caring about his people or earth,&#8221; she lists, &#8220;and [how he] has plans to blow it up because he&#8217;s just tired of not getting the respect he used to receive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s extremely sacrilegious and blasphemous how the network is portraying God Almighty,&#8221; she continues. &#8220;It&#8217;s a mockery of God by having him say and do things that are extremely uncharacteristic of God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cole spoke with <em>OneNewsNow<\/em>, hoping her message would be spread further.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re asking the network to cancel the show and [urging] the advertisers to discontinue their sponsorship just because of the crude jokes and the foul language that&#8217;s also being used in this program,&#8221; says Cole.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the full episode here.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2jcvU607KCM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TBS\u2019s new comedy Miracle Workers, which premiered on February 12, has proven yet again that secular Hollywood is out of touch with the true meaning of Christianity. 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