Mysterious Ways
I'm still working my way through Mysterious Ways (is anyone else into this show? Anyone?) and just finished ep. 2.19, "A Man of God."
Which, hello show that actually does a religion-focused ep with a moral that doesn't have me gnashing my teeth!
Okay, so the solution was fairly obvious from the start. After the first healing, I went, "Take heed, that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven." (Admittedly, that's not what I literally thought, because I don't know Bible verses by heart that well, but the general chapter came to mind, yes.) Also bad was the woman playing an MS sufferer, who was a terrible actress. I'm not wild about the portrayal of the wife as symbol of Teh Ebil Faith either.
Even so, I'm not spoiled with sane religion on TV. The basic idea that if you're doing something good, you should do it for its own sake (and whether it's a miracle or not is really not the point). Sane, sound, Biblical advice.
I knew there were more reasons for me watching this than my deep, abiding love for its pretty, pretty main characters.
Which, btw, is deep. And abiding. And they're very pretty indeed. And I really, really wish some of you would see the show too, just so I can share that love. Especially the Heroes fans among you, because honestly? Going months without your Pasdar fix has to be as hard for some of you as it is for me. (Okay, so Declan Dunne has nothing in common with Nathan Petrelli and everything in common with a big fluffy puppy, but big fluffy puppies are good! As are supersmart, socially inept Goth girls and big-hearted, miracle-resisting psychiatrists.)
Not to sway your or anything (except totally to sway you and everything), but here's marcolette's lovely little picspam. It definitely swayed me.
Which, hello show that actually does a religion-focused ep with a moral that doesn't have me gnashing my teeth!
Okay, so the solution was fairly obvious from the start. After the first healing, I went, "Take heed, that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven." (Admittedly, that's not what I literally thought, because I don't know Bible verses by heart that well, but the general chapter came to mind, yes.) Also bad was the woman playing an MS sufferer, who was a terrible actress. I'm not wild about the portrayal of the wife as symbol of Teh Ebil Faith either.
Even so, I'm not spoiled with sane religion on TV. The basic idea that if you're doing something good, you should do it for its own sake (and whether it's a miracle or not is really not the point). Sane, sound, Biblical advice.
I knew there were more reasons for me watching this than my deep, abiding love for its pretty, pretty main characters.
Which, btw, is deep. And abiding. And they're very pretty indeed. And I really, really wish some of you would see the show too, just so I can share that love. Especially the Heroes fans among you, because honestly? Going months without your Pasdar fix has to be as hard for some of you as it is for me. (Okay, so Declan Dunne has nothing in common with Nathan Petrelli and everything in common with a big fluffy puppy, but big fluffy puppies are good! As are supersmart, socially inept Goth girls and big-hearted, miracle-resisting psychiatrists.)
Not to sway your or anything (except totally to sway you and everything), but here's marcolette's lovely little picspam. It definitely swayed me.