10 Movies That Judged You At The End

2. God's Not Dead

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God's Not Dead may not be judging everyone watching by the end, but it sure as hell wants you to know what a bad, bad person you are if you happen to be an atheist.

It's no secret that the 2014 drama and its assorted sequels are pandering Christian propaganda, with the first film centered around philosophy Professor Jeffrey Radisson (Kevin Sorbo), whose claim that "God is dead" is challenged by an evangelical Christian student, Josh (Shane Harper).

The ensuing debate is of course painfully one-sided, Radisson painted as a hateful man who despises God, causing the rest of the class to turn on him and support Josh.

And to ensure the big, bad atheist is punished at film's end, Radisson is fatally wounded in a car accident, and a reverend who just so happens to be waiting at the nearby intersection tends to him as he dies.

In the painfully protracted exchange, the reverend begs Radisson to reconsider his stance on God, which he does. After Radisson effectively converts to Christianity in his dying moments, the reverend tells him, "In a few minutes you're gonna know more about God than I do or anybody else here does."

And because that's not insulting enough, the final scene is a Christian rock concert where the audience is urged to "join the movement" by texting "God's not dead" to everyone they know. Yuck.

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