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That\'s not what happened. That was Radisson\'s girlfriend texting him.


* MoralDissonance: [[spoiler: After Radisson dies, Joshua grabs the cellphone of his dead body to text "God is not dead" to everyone on his contacts list in a show of completely disrespecting someone who just died,]] and in a needless show of self satisfying attitude of 'I won.'

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** Radisson's only reason for his atheism and hating God is because his mother died of cancer.

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** Radisson's only reason for his atheism and hating is because he hates God is because his mother died of cancer.


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** Amy's boyfriend, is an atheist who admits has no morals and gloats about his perfect life.
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* NoHuggingNoKissing: It was actually pointed out by one critic that none of the good Christian characters engage in affectionate physical contact other that a small kiss in the cheek.
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* TheCameo: Willie Roberston from ''Series/DuckDynasty'' fame makes a couple of appearances in the film, he was presumably included after he caught the media's attention for his pro-Christian and anti-gay remarks after the main filming was completed

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* TheCameo: Willie Roberston from ''Series/DuckDynasty'' fame makes a couple of appearances in the film, he was presumably included after he the main filming was completed, when his father, Phil, caught the media's attention for his pro-Christian and anti-gay remarks after the main filming was completedremarks.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Near the end, after Radisson reads a letter from his late mother, he decides to try to reconcile with his girlfriend; but then he gets hit by a car and dies]].


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* TeacherStudentRomance: Radisson met his girlfriend when she was a student of his class.
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Compare and contrast with ''Film/TheLedge'', the polar opposite ideological equivalent film.
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* WholePlotReference: The story has a lot of similarities with the ''[[ComicBook/ChickTracts Chick Tract]]'' [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0055/0055_01.asp Big Daddy]].

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* WholePlotReference: The story has a lot of similarities with the ''[[ComicBook/ChickTracts Chick Tract]]'' ''ComicBook/{{Chick Tract|s}}'' [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0055/0055_01.asp Big Daddy]].

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* EasyEvangelism: [[spoiler: Raddison converts as he's dying]], mostly to push the insulting "There are no Atheists in Foxholes" message that, deep down, Atheists will believe in God when death is staring them in the face.

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* EasyEvangelism: EasyEvangelism:
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[[spoiler: Raddison converts as he's dying]], mostly to push the insulting "There are no Atheists in Foxholes" message that, deep down, Atheists will believe in God when death is staring them in the face.



* WholePlotReference: The story has ''a lot'' of similarities with the ''[[ComicBook/ChickTracts Chick Tract]]'' [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0055/0055_01.asp Big Daddy]].

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* WholePlotReference: The story has ''a lot'' a lot of similarities with the ''[[ComicBook/ChickTracts Chick Tract]]'' [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0055/0055_01.asp Big Daddy]].

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* HollywoodAtheist: Radisson, Radisson, Radisson. His only reason for his atheism and hating God is because his mother died of cancer.
** Also the left-wing blogger, Amy, who is snarky of religion until she gets cancer and at the end asks to "know God".

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* HollywoodAtheist: Radisson, Radisson, Radisson. His HollywoodAtheist:
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only reason for his atheism and hating God is because his mother died of cancer.
** Also the The left-wing blogger, Amy, who is snarky of religion until she gets cancer and at the end asks to "know God".
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* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: The film takes inspiration from a supposedly authentic, [[http://www.snopes.com/religion/einstein.asp but actually proven fictional]], story of a schoolboy Einstein humiliating his Atheist college professor who was arguing God doesn't exist.

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* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: The film takes inspiration from a supposedly authentic, [[http://www.snopes.com/religion/einstein.asp but actually proven fictional]], story of a schoolboy Einstein young UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein humiliating his Atheist college professor who was arguing God doesn't exist.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "How can you hate someone who doesn't exist?"



* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: The film takes inspiration from a supposedly authentic, [[http://www.snopes.com/religion/einstein.asp but actually proven fictional]], story of a schoolboy Einstein humiliating his Atheist college professor who was arguing God doesn't exist.



* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film clearly takes inspiration from the fictional story of a schoolboy Einstien showing up his Atheist college professor who was arguing God doesn't exist.



* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "How can you hate someone who doesn't exist?"]]
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* EasyEvangelism: Raddison converts as he's dying, mostly to push the insulting "There are no Atheists in Foxholes" message that, deep down, Atheists will believe in God when death is staring them in the face.

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* EasyEvangelism: [[spoiler: Raddison converts as he's dying, dying]], mostly to push the insulting "There are no Atheists in Foxholes" message that, deep down, Atheists will believe in God when death is staring them in the face.

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Mmmhhmm... that would be Moral Dissonance.


* MoralDissonance: [[spoiler: After Radisson dies, Joshua grabs the cellphone of his dead body to text "God is not dead" to everyone on his contacts list in a show of completely disrespecting someone who just died,]] and in a needless show of self satisfying attitude of 'I won.'



* WhatTheHellHero: After Radisson dies, Joshua grabs the cellphone of his dead body to text "God is not dead" to everyone on his contacts list in a show of completely disrespecting someone who just died, and in a needless show of self satisfying attitude of 'I won.'

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** The same goes for the Atheist blogger Amy, who converts when she finds that she has cancer.



* Whatthehellhero: After Radisson dies, Joshua grabs the cellphone of his dead body to text "God is not dead" to everyone on his contacts list in a show of completely disrespecting someone who just died, and in a needless show of self satisfying attitude of 'I won.'

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* Whatthehellhero: WhatTheHellHero: After Radisson dies, Joshua grabs the cellphone of his dead body to text "God is not dead" to everyone on his contacts list in a show of completely disrespecting someone who just died, and in a needless show of self satisfying attitude of 'I won.''
* WholePlotReference: The story has ''a lot'' of similarities with the ''[[ComicBook/ChickTracts Chick Tract]]'' [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0055/0055_01.asp Big Daddy]].
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* TakeThat: Generally against Atheists, but also against Liberal college professors.


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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film clearly takes inspiration from the fictional story of a schoolboy Einstien showing up his Atheist college professor who was arguing God doesn't exist.


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* Whatthehellhero: After Radisson dies, Joshua grabs the cellphone of his dead body to text "God is not dead" to everyone on his contacts list in a show of completely disrespecting someone who just died, and in a needless show of self satisfying attitude of 'I won.'
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* EasyEvangelism: Raddison converts as he's dying, mostly to push the insulting "There are no Atheists in Foxholes" message that, deep down, Atheists will believe in God when death is staring them in the face.
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** Also the left-wing blogger, Amy, who is snarky of religion until she gets cancer and at the end asks to "know God".
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* TheCameo: Phil Roberston from ''Series/DuckDynasty'' fame makes a couple of appearances in the film, he was presumably included after he caught the media's attention for his pro-Christian and anti-gay remarks after the main filming was completed

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* TheCameo: Phil Willie Roberston from ''Series/DuckDynasty'' fame makes a couple of appearances in the film, he was presumably included after he caught the media's attention for his pro-Christian and anti-gay remarks after the main filming was completed
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* AuthorTract: The film is a very good example of Christian propaganda as it's basically one huge straw man against atheism.

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* AuthorTract: The film is a very good example of Christian propaganda as it's antagonist is basically one huge straw man against strawman of atheism.
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* AuthorTract: The film is a very good example of Christian propaganda.

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* AuthorTract: The film is a very good example of Christian propaganda.propaganda as it's basically one huge straw man against atheism.
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* StrawCharacter: Raddison, the main antagonist of this film is an over-the-top atheist who's filled with hatred towards the perfectly decent Christian lead. As the movie progresses, he becomes more and more over the top. To add insult to injury, he turns out to be a HollywoodAtheist who is bitter about his mom dying. The film ends [[spoiler: with him getting hit by a car and converting as he dies]].

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* AuthorTract: The film is a very good example of religious propaganda.

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* AuthorTract: The film is a very good example of religious propaganda.Christian propaganda.
* TheCameo: Phil Roberston from ''Series/DuckDynasty'' fame makes a couple of appearances in the film, he was presumably included after he caught the media's attention for his pro-Christian and anti-gay remarks after the main filming was completed
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* [[TheAbridgedSeries The Abridged Version]]: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZZOlfaR4mk God's Not Dead in 5 minutes]].
* AuthorTract: The film is a very good example of religious propaganda.


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* HollywoodAtheist: Radisson, Radisson, Radisson. His only reason for his atheism and hating God is because his mother died of cancer.
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* WhamLine: [spoiler: "How can you hate someone who doesn't exist?"]

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* WhamLine: [spoiler: [[spoiler: "How can you hate someone who doesn't exist?"]exist?"]]
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* WhamLine: [spoiler: "How can you hate someone who doesn't exist?"]
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* ContrivedCoincidence: While it's possible, it's incredibly unlikely that Josh would be the only Christian, or the only person who believes in a God of any kind, in a classroom of 80.
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''God's Not Dead'' is a 2014 movie about Joshua, a college student who has joined a philosophy class with the firmly atheistic Professor Radisson. Radisson demands the students to write the words "God is dead" with their signature, in exchange for a portion of their grade. When Joshua refuses, he offers him the chance of having a debate about it, and is determined to humiliate him.

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''God's Not Dead'' is a 2014 movie about Joshua, a college student who has joined a philosophy class with the firmly atheistic Professor Radisson. Radisson demands the students to write the words "God is dead" with their signature, in exchange for to get a portion of their passing grade. When Joshua refuses, he offers him the chance of having a debate about it, and is determined to humiliate him.
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''God's Not Dead'' is a 2014 movie about Joshua, a college student who has joined a philosophy class with the firmly atheistic Professor Radisson. Radisson demands the students to write the words "God's not dead" with their signature, in exchange for a portion of their grade. When Joshua refuses, he offers him the chance of having a debate about it, and is determined to humiliate him.

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''God's Not Dead'' is a 2014 movie about Joshua, a college student who has joined a philosophy class with the firmly atheistic Professor Radisson. Radisson demands the students to write the words "God's not "God is dead" with their signature, in exchange for a portion of their grade. When Joshua refuses, he offers him the chance of having a debate about it, and is determined to humiliate him.

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''God's Not Dead'' is a 2014 movie about Joshua, a college student who has joined a Philospy Class with the firmly athestic Proffessor Radisson. Radisson demands the students to write the words "God's not dead" with there signature, in exchange for a portion of there grade. When Joshua refuses he offers him the chance of having a debate about it, and is determined to humilate him.

There are a few sub-plots too, such a Arabic girl Aiysha who is afraid of her Christain faith being dicovered by her father, a pair of missionaries suffering chronic car issues, Amy Ryan an asthestic blogger suffering cancer, and the girlfriend of the Radisson who's faith drives a wedge in there relationship.

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''God's Not Dead'' is a 2014 movie about Joshua, a college student who has joined a Philospy Class philosophy class with the firmly athestic Proffessor atheistic Professor Radisson. Radisson demands the students to write the words "God's not dead" with there their signature, in exchange for a portion of there their grade. When Joshua refuses refuses, he offers him the chance of having a debate about it, and is determined to humilate humiliate him.

There are a few sub-plots too, such a Arabic girl Aiysha Ayisha who is afraid of her Christain Christian faith being dicovered discovered by her father, a pair of missionaries suffering chronic car issues, Amy Ryan an asthestic atheistic blogger suffering cancer, and the girlfriend of the Radisson who's whose faith drives a wedge in there their relationship.



* EgocentricallyReligious: Joshua's girlfiend shows shades of this when Joshua states that he wants to to God's will, and she replies that God wants him to be with her.
* MyCarHatesMe: The missionaries' car does not start, neither do all there rental cars untill the end.
* OffingTheOffspring: Ayisha's father looks like he's ging to do this after throwing out his daughter, but ultimatley doesn't.

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* EgocentricallyReligious: Joshua's girlfiend girlfriend shows shades of this when Joshua states that he wants to to do God's will, and she replies that God wants him to be with her.
* MyCarHatesMe: The missionaries' car does not start, neither do all there their rental cars untill until the end.
* OffingTheOffspring: Ayisha's father looks like he's ging going to do this after throwing out his daughter, but ultimatley ultimately doesn't.



** Professor Radisson shows intellectual prowness during debates, but also shows a very large ego thretening Joshua education and career over his religon.
** Amy's boyfriend dumbs her when he learns about her cancer, and brags to his mother that he has a good life despite being cruel and she has dementia even though she was a kind person.

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** Professor Radisson shows intellectual prowness prowess during debates, but also shows a very large ego thretening Joshua threatening Joshua's education and career over his religon.
religion.
** Amy's boyfriend dumbs dumps her when he learns about her cancer, and brags to his mother that he has a good life despite being cruel and she has dementia even though she was a kind person.person.
* TearsOfRemorse: Ayisha's father cries these after throwing her out of the house.



* TearsOfRemorse: Ayisha's father cries these after throwing her out of the house.

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* TearsOfRemorse: Ayisha's father cries these after throwing her out of the house.
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''God's Not Dead'' is a 2014 movie about Joshua, a college student who has joined a Philospy Class with the firmly athestic Proffessor Radisson. Radisson demands the students to write the words "God's not dead" with there signature, in exchange for a portion of there grade. When Joshua refuses he offers him the chance of having a debate about it, and is determined to humilate him.

There are a few sub-plots too, such a Arabic girl Aiysha who is afraid of her Christain faith being dicovered by her father, a pair of missionaries suffering chronic car issues, Amy Ryan an asthestic blogger suffering cancer, and the girlfriend of the Radisson who's faith drives a wedge in there relationship.

!!This movie contains examples of:
* EgocentricallyReligious: Joshua's girlfiend shows shades of this when Joshua states that he wants to to God's will, and she replies that God wants him to be with her.
* MyCarHatesMe: The missionaries' car does not start, neither do all there rental cars untill the end.
* OffingTheOffspring: Ayisha's father looks like he's ging to do this after throwing out his daughter, but ultimatley doesn't.
* SmugSnake:
** Professor Radisson shows intellectual prowness during debates, but also shows a very large ego thretening Joshua education and career over his religon.
** Amy's boyfriend dumbs her when he learns about her cancer, and brags to his mother that he has a good life despite being cruel and she has dementia even though she was a kind person.
* VillainousBreakdown: Radisson has one after Joshua repeatedly presses if he hates God, declaring that he always hated him since his mother died.
* TearsOfRemorse: Ayisha's father cries these after throwing her out of the house.

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