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John Safran vs God is an eight-part television documentary series by John Safran which was broadcast on SBS TV of Australia in 2004. It has been described in a media release as "John Safran's most

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Season 1

  • Fatwa
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    Fatwa

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/30/2004

    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?

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  • Buddha
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    Buddha

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/6/2004

    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.

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  • A Jew in the KKK
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    A Jew in the KKK

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/13/2004

    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...

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  • Mormons
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    Mormons

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/13/2004

    John learns about a blossoming new cinema niche market, Mormon Films. So he travels to Mormon heartland, Salt Lake City to get a piece of the action. Next, he and his crew travel to political hot spot Haiti and get caught in the cross-fire while John participates in the day of the dead voodoo ceremony. Then, In L.A, John shoots the breeze about political issues with a gun-toting rabbi.

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  • More Mormons
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    More Mormons

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/27/2004

    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.

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  • Israelis and Palestinians
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    Israelis and Palestinians

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/4/2004

    John tries to promote world peace to Palestinian and Israel activists by bringing in Sara-Marie from Big Brother to throw around her 2 cents in the issue to try to solve it.

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  • The Bible Code
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    The Bible Code

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/11/2004

    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.

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  • The Exorcism
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    The Exorcism

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/18/2004

    In the final episode, John faces his demons, undergoing a Christian exorcism by preacher Bob Larson.

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