Episodes

• The Gods Among Us

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  The Gods Among Us: Morgan Freeman explores how people make sense of the divine, as he meets a living goddess in Nepal and explores the story of the Crown of Thorns. (S3, ep 2)

• Visions Of God

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  Visions of God: Does God speak to us through visions? Morgan Freeman meets people from around the world who believe they've received a message from heaven. (S3, ep 3)

• Deadly Sins

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  Deadly Sins: Morgan explores how different faiths deal with sin, investigating Sin Eaters and self-flagellation, and meeting an executioner who's trying to atone. (S3, ep 4)

• Holy Laws

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  Morgan Freeman explores why many religions have a set of holy laws, and how those laws shape the lives of their believers. From the most ancient intact copy of the Ten Commandments to the rules that shape Confucian societies, to the wisdom passed down through shamanic traditions, Morgan learns about what these various rules have in common.

• Divine Secrets

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  Morgan Freeman goes on a journey to explore why religions keep divine secrets. From a monastery in the mountains of Nepal, to an ancient secret place of worship under the streets of Rome, to a Vietnamese temple that combines the teaching of many faiths - he will try to discover if divine secrets bring people closer to God.

• Heaven And Hell

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  NEW SEASON: Heaven and Hell: Morgan explores the way people around the world incorporate heaven and hell into their lives. From witnessing exorcisms in Ethiopia and the discovery of human sacrifice among the ancient Mayan to meeting a woman who's experienced her own heaven after a near death experience, this episode discovers heaven and hell are not just ideas but are part of us all, a part of what we yearn to escape and what we hope to become. (S2, ep 1)

• The Chosen One

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  NEW SEASON: The Chosen One: Morgan seeks out several religious figures leaders to ask, "How are they chosen? And what role do they play in their faith?" The journey takes him around the world, to meet a 9-year old boy in Minnesota who's the reincarnation of a Tibetan lama to Thailand to witness the extraordinary piercings endured by those willing to sacrifice themselves for the sins of others. We discover their goal is to get a glimpse of god's view of the world so they can teach the rest of us what that means. (S1, ep 2)

• Proof Of God

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  NEW SEASON: Proof of God: Has God been cut out of our modern lives? Or are there moments when His presence breaks through? Morgan goes on a quest to find those people who are convinced they have proof of God. Morgan meets a survivor of 9/11, who found God amid the rubble of the Twin Towers, and Ifa practitioners who use the sacred art of divination. The journey to find the divine takes us to the Namibian desert to witness the healing ritual of the San and to the convergence of nature and science to discover God's existence is somewhere between knowledge and doubt. (S2, Ep3)

• Creation

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  Creation: Morgan Freeman goes in search of the answers to two of humanity's biggest questions: Where do we come from? And what happened in 'the beginning'. (S1, ep 4)

• Who Is God?

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  Who is God? Morgan Freeman embarks on a worldwide journey to discover who God is, as well as how perceptions of God have evolved throughout human history.

• Why Does Evil Exist?

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  Why Does Evil Exist?: Morgan Freeman meets a serial killer behind bars and witnesses an exorcism in India as he asks the question: where does evil come from?

• The Power Of Miracles

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  The Power of Miracles: Morgan Freeman meets a man who fell 47 floors and survived as he questions the power and meaning of miracles.

• Apocalypse

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  Apocalypse: Morgan Freeman turns his attention to the apocalypse as he travels the world on a quest to determine how and when the world might end.

• Beyond Death

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  Beyond Death: Morgan Freeman embarks on a global search for the answers to some of humanity's biggest questions. He begins by asking, what happens after we die?