John Safran vs God - Season 1

John Safran vs God - Season 1

Season 1

In his most ludicrously ambitious project yet, world-famous media hooligan John Safran scours the world in search of God... AND FINDS HIM.... Or, at least, a lot of folk who believe they have.
Network
Episodes8
DatesAug 30, 2004 - Oct 18, 2004

Episodes

Fatwa
Season 1Episode 130 min

Fatwa

How difficult is it to get a fatwa placed on someone? John travels to the UK Shariah court to find out - and he chooses an unlikely Australian rival as his proposed fatwa-ee. Next John takes a spirit walk in Arizona with the Peyote Way Church of God, and ingests the sacred Peyote drug in an attempt at divine insights into the universe. And what would be of our favourite Channel 9 shows if Jamie Packer was to become a practising Scientologist?
Aug 30, 2004
Buddha
Season 1Episode 230 min

Buddha

John enlists the help of some indigenous Australians to broker a land rights deal with some well-intentioned Melbournians. Next, while traveling in Japan, John is confronted with a koan and attempts to "become nothingness" at a zen Buddhist monastery. Finally, back in Melbourne, John asks a local Freemason, 'is Freemasonry linked with Satanism?" - and is shocked by what he finds.
Sep 6, 2004
A Jew in the KKK
Season 1Episode 330 min

A Jew in the KKK

Can a Jew join the Ku Klux Klan? In Episode Three, John travels to Orange County, California to meet the KKK Grand Dragon - and puts forward a convincing case. Back in Melbourne, local Catholic priest Bob Maguire introduces John to the principals of Catholicism Father Bob style. Finally, John muses on his automatic right to Israeli citizenship and offers to share this citizenship with some of his Palestinian friends. But there's a catch...
Sep 13, 2004
Mormons
Season 1Episode 430 min

Mormons

Sep 20, 2004
More Mormons
Season 1Episode 530 min

More Mormons

John journeys to Sicily to meet with a priest. But not just any priest, Father Pino - who he met on Race Around The World. And John has something to confess... Back in Salt Lake City, John exacts his revenge on Mormon door-knockers then fires to India to find himself a spiritual guru.
Sep 27, 2004
Israelis and Palestinians
Season 1Episode 630 min

Israelis and Palestinians

Oct 4, 2004
The Bible Code
Season 1Episode 730 min

The Bible Code

Encouraged by Australian soccer legend Johnny Warren, John travels to Mozambique to lift the thirty year curse on the Australian soccer team... but will he be successful? Next, back in Salt Lake City, John uncovers the secrets of the Mormon magic underpants. In Sydney, John meets a local expert mathematician and asks, did the bible predict the September 11 tragedy? Finally, John navigates the complex domain of the religious boycott.
Oct 11, 2004
The Exorcism
Season 1Episode 830 min

The Exorcism

Oct 18, 2004

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