Although I enjoyed this episode very much, and there was a really tense scene near the end involving, the boys, Castiel, Uriel, Anna, Alastair and Ruby, I would like to talk about something else.
It's regarding the Christianity aspect of this show in response to other viewers who were offended by the inaccuracies.
Speaking as a born again Christian, I once felt like that.
Then there are others who ignorantly think that this is how Christianity really is, and have even stated that the series story about Angels, God, Lucifer etc. is from the Christianity angle.
Um not really.
Although the show loosely follows certain elements from the Holy Bible, it is often a distorted and made up view of God and Christianity.
At first this bothered me, being a Bible based Christian myself, but when I realized the show is NOT to be taken seriously regarding the ideas and plots concerning the Bible or Christianity and remember it's simply FANTASY and entertainment then there's no problem.
I mean come on now, God is not really how they portray him, nor are angels, Archangels or Lucifer.
In the series they're portrayed like flawed humans, power hungry and who have mental issues for the most part. Heaven in reality is a HOLY place without sin not some horrid battleground with political agendas.
That could never happen. Even the final battle of Armageddon that will take place in the future, between God, Satan, and Michael is not in Heaven.
The Archangels, Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Balthazar and the others in the show, the way they are portrayed, you'd think they were working for Satan not God. Simply put, the angels are missing the "holy" factor in the series. The only Archangel of any merit is Castiel though he was tempted and erred in judgment as well. At least he is basically good. The only other angel I thought was good was Anna.
And to suggest God is dead or missing too which comes up in later episodes, is plain ludicrous. That was a real stretch for me.
Lastly if you remember this is nothing but entertainment, fantasy at it's best, it's easy then to take. It's a show with great imaginative writing as well as terrific acting by all the actors involved. And still even with the distorted religious view it's basically nothing more than a battle between good and evil and I appreciate it on that level.
It's regarding the Christianity aspect of this show in response to other viewers who were offended by the inaccuracies.
Speaking as a born again Christian, I once felt like that.
Then there are others who ignorantly think that this is how Christianity really is, and have even stated that the series story about Angels, God, Lucifer etc. is from the Christianity angle.
Um not really.
Although the show loosely follows certain elements from the Holy Bible, it is often a distorted and made up view of God and Christianity.
At first this bothered me, being a Bible based Christian myself, but when I realized the show is NOT to be taken seriously regarding the ideas and plots concerning the Bible or Christianity and remember it's simply FANTASY and entertainment then there's no problem.
I mean come on now, God is not really how they portray him, nor are angels, Archangels or Lucifer.
In the series they're portrayed like flawed humans, power hungry and who have mental issues for the most part. Heaven in reality is a HOLY place without sin not some horrid battleground with political agendas.
That could never happen. Even the final battle of Armageddon that will take place in the future, between God, Satan, and Michael is not in Heaven.
The Archangels, Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Balthazar and the others in the show, the way they are portrayed, you'd think they were working for Satan not God. Simply put, the angels are missing the "holy" factor in the series. The only Archangel of any merit is Castiel though he was tempted and erred in judgment as well. At least he is basically good. The only other angel I thought was good was Anna.
And to suggest God is dead or missing too which comes up in later episodes, is plain ludicrous. That was a real stretch for me.
Lastly if you remember this is nothing but entertainment, fantasy at it's best, it's easy then to take. It's a show with great imaginative writing as well as terrific acting by all the actors involved. And still even with the distorted religious view it's basically nothing more than a battle between good and evil and I appreciate it on that level.