The Age of Commercialism

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

One of the most imbecilic programmes ever to come out of the US. Women speaking in what the Americans think is English as spoken by angels, Also for those who bother to read the bible, all the Angels are male. There was never a female angel. Basically, the entire programme always assumes that there is only Christianity. It's one of hundreds of religions and one of the two most fictitious and plagiarised fictions of all time. It's clearly intended to be watched by bored housewives who believe anything they are told without question. In two words, PERNICIOUS DRIVEL. If I could have scored it a zero, believe me I would have done so.

Like a lot of viewers, I was initially put off by the positioning of the show, and avoided it. Then, channel surfing one day I caught a fragment of one of the mid-series episodes, and was hooked. A friend had the whole series on DVD and I watched it beginning to end. The quality was not always consistent, they changed characters every now and then, but the bottom line is that the good episodes were fine and the great episodes were spectacular. Important to remember that TV, the medium, started with shows that highlighted the small everyday problems of small everyday people. Like Route 66. As the medium evolved, it forgot its roots, and the plots became formulaic to the point of insanity. This show basically gets rid of all the "noise" and tells a new simple and compelling story from week to week. Della Reese, and Roma Downey (who, before this show, played sexy roles in obscure B-movies), more or less become family as you watch. There is even an episode that covers a TV producer whose career is coming undone until he greenlights a religious series with no gimmicks, just faith and hope. Sound familiar? (Seinfeld did a self-congratulatory episode also, where the boys pitch a major studio about a show based on "nothing.") Even with these quibbles, I gave the series a top rating, not only for delivering entertainment of a kind that no one else dared to, but for consistency. The last two episodes, I WILL WALK WITH YOU parts 1 and 2 are the best but -- here is the catch -- you have to watch the whole series to really appreciate them.

This show meant so much to me, God is the real Producer and Director of that show and He deserves credit. I believe He wanted people to learn about Him (It doesn't have to be perfect even if it's on TV or from a certain book). When I watched the shows so many times, I learned from it that religion, appearances, behavior, etc. doesn't matter to God or Jesus at all, because He will always love us and forgive us when we mess up with things and wants us to move on and not look back. I have made friend's with God. I love God very much; He has always been a father, a counselor, a guide, a true friend to us even me. My family and I are Catholic, American, Irish, white(please forgive me) and/or drink coffee a lot. So what, it doesn't matter because God still loves me and so does Jesus for what we are and who we are.To tell the truth, I'm afraid of reading the bible because some of the passages scare me somewhere and I tend to misinterpret everything in word-for-word like "salvation", "taking my eye out" or "cutting my hand off"; even some websites made me buy into things that are posted on them, until I had help from my mother, brother and grandparents that the websites are a no-no for me and to ignore the garbage that people get strict about trying to persuade people into their beliefs, instead of helping like how Monica, Tess and Andrew tell people when they feel worried and scared of the future until they tell them that there's nothing to fear and that we can't change the past, but we can change where we're going in the future. Whenever I feel held back or worried, I always listen to Al from "Out of the Darkness". The episodes I find helpful are "Into the Light", "Out of the Darkness", "Redeemable Love" "The Invitation" and "Two sides to every angel".I wanna be in heaven when the time comes and I believe it is more beautiful then I'll ever imagine. Don't you wanna go?God Bless Us all, I Love You and May Peace Be With You, Amen

Touched by An Angel is a wonderful, uplifting show. It's ecumenical. It's universalistic, embracing other religions in addition to Christian. It does not claim angels or God for one select group on the earth. If you watch each episode of all the seasons, you will discover that according to the angels, God loves all of his creatures, human as well as wayward angel. It's good that the angels aren't portrayed as "fixing" everything that goes wrong. They do not over ride free will and are well aware of their free wills. It's good to have hope. It's good to think there is some intelligence, heart and even magic in our earthly realm. This show is suitable for all ages, definitely a family show.