Technically, I have long convinced myself not to take seriously how the media or any fictional story represents religion, any religion, because as with any issue there will be the positive along with the negative, although I do give due thought to some of the points raised. However, I am a huge fan of Supernatural, and that is probably why my emotions came into play with respect to the development of the show’s religious storyline, especially in season 4. Personally, I choose to view Supernatural’s approach to religion as general, since it is the same general points that occur in many religions, at the very least, the issue of doubt versus faith is universal enough.

These are just some of my opinions and I mean no offence to any party. I’m just a fangirl

I've held the show at arms' length since they made the idiotic decision to have Dean and a demon discuss the idea that Dick Cheney is, if not a demon, at the very least hellbound.

Oh C'mon, the actual discussion was:
"Cheney, one of yours?"
"No, but he has a parking space reserved down there."
Which no further outside a good natured ribbing that even conservatives put Cheney through.
http://www.imao.us/index.php/2009/05/myths-and-fa...

For one, the implication of the show is that what the angels are doing is not sanctioned by God. (I was glad that the throwaway line in the finale "He's left the building" was thrown in.) So they are acting of their own violation. Considering how highly He is shown to be prizing freedom in the bible (indeed, how could Satan rebel if he wasn't free to do so) this seems quite reasonable.

Also, the show is quite realistic in portraying that things aren't always black & white (though I like that they frequently have clear black & white lines) but a difference in goals. Zach & co aren't evil per se, they want to end Lucifer permanently (which is good no?). The catch is that they aren't concerned as much with what that will do for humans. Thus the brothers are attempting to representing the human interest. Imagine the angels as Godzilla attempting to defeat demons (King Gidorah) while the Winchesters are trying to keep humans (Japan) from being trampled in the cross fire. Just because 2 sides are both good doesn't mean they can't have conflicting goals.

Also, why would God's absence lessen His omniscience? There is a wide line between knowing what's happening and doing something about it. He works in mysterious ways doesn't He? In fact, I think Supernatural represents a far more accurate depiction of God (especially under the Patronage model) than a great many shows (Yes I'm looking at you Touched By An Angel) and find His portrayal to be fairly positive. (See episode: Houses of the Holy) In fact, compared to some of the heroes in the Bible itself, the Winchesters almost come off as saints.

Castiel is pretty much single handedly responsible for the surge in this season's ratings. Unfortunatly the character's popularity might have morphed into something real bad recently. He was supposed to stick around for only six episodes but they wrote new story lines after the favorable fan response, most of which have been pretty awful. Cas is getting turned into an angsty woobie along the typical Hollywood a-religious doubting format, espicially with the awkwardly painful episode "The Rapture". Snooze. Please bring back the hardcore, demon-kicking, righteous angel we liked in the first place.

But let's be honest, it's worth watching just for Castiel's trench coat.

The recent swearing is pretty off-putting, even if yeah, it's in character for Dean. Still. Kripke really seems to like the idea that "their angels are different" in the sense that they're jerks and like to remind us of it frequently. Thus the fun with swearing. I could do without it.

The political comments are annoying, yeah. But it's still Hollywood–what'd you expect? They're mostly ignorable.

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My main wonder is how is Kripke going to film next season on a CW budget.

The introduction of Angels has been phenomenal and the Christian overtones has had me thinking "did they just say that? HOLY!!!"

Great show