More than 20,000 people have a bone to pick with the new TV show 鈥淕ood Omens鈥 starring an angel and demon teaming up to stop the end of the world.
Christian group Return to Order created a addressed to Netflix to cancel the six-episode series, despite the fact the series is actually made by Amazon Prime.
The series, which was released last month, follows the story of the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley collaborating to stop the coming of the antichrist and the apocalypse. The pair are played by Michael Sheen and David Tennant, respectively.
Return to Order, an offshoot of the U.S. Foundation for a Christian Civilization, described the show as a 鈥渁nother step to make Satanism appear normal, light and acceptable.鈥
According to , the group took issue with not only how the show depicts God as female (played by actress Frances McDormand) but also how the antichrist -- the harbinger of the end of days in the Biblical book of Revelation -- was simply a 鈥渘ormal kid.鈥
CTVNews.ca reached out to Return to Order but they didn鈥檛 respond to our request by publication time.
The series was adapted from Neil Gaiman鈥檚 and late Terry Pratchett鈥檚 1990 fantasy novel. Gaiman, the showrunner who鈥檚 also written the book 鈥淎merican Gods鈥 and the graphic novel 鈥淪andman,鈥 couldn鈥檛 help but comment himself.
鈥淚 love that they are going to write to Netflix to try and get Good Omens cancelled. Says it all really,鈥 he . In , he added, 鈥渢his is so beautiful ... Promise me you won鈥檛 tell them?鈥
People online have joined Gaiman in poking fun at the group for mistaking Amazon Prime for Netflix.
One self-described theologically conservative pastor , 鈥淚 apologize for my ignorant brothers and sisters. Jesus said it best: 鈥楩ather, forgive them, they know not what they do.鈥"
Another person , 鈥淚 too would like to add my name to the list of 20,000+ complaints 鈥 the show was FAR TOO good and I binge watched and it ended far too fast.鈥
One Christian -- who didn鈥檛 sign the petition -- : 鈥淲e literally spent the first 20 minutes of bible study laughing about different episodes we watched.鈥
This isn鈥檛 the first time Return to Order has created a petition.
In April, the group also organized a petition calling on Walmart to stop selling the 鈥淪atanic鈥 Sweet Jesus ice cream.
