Posted by badhaircut on January 19, 2004, at 11:20:49
I was wondering what people of faith thought of the new TV show, "Joan of Arcadia." It's on CBS Friday nights.
It's about a teenage girl who's sort of lazy and unfocused. God appears to her in various human forms and gives her assignments that often make no sense at first but end up helping someone somehow. God tells her to respect her teachers and avoid drugs, but the show manages not to get too preachy or treacly. It's not prudish.
Joan keeps her visits from God a secret in part because her vice principal told her she'd be put on Thorazine if she said God talks to her!
I wondered how actual believers (I'm not, BTW) felt about it.
(I'm assuming posters will actually have *seen* the show...)
-bhc
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