Below, watch the trailer for Nat Geo‘s The Story of God with Morgan Freeman TV series, premiering Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 9:00pm ET/PT. Freeman, Lori McCreary, and James Younger executive produce for Revelations Entertainment. Michael J. Miller executive produces for National Geographic Channel.
Nat Geo says The Story of God with Morgan Freeman is a quest to uncover the meaning of life, God and all the big questions in between. The series travels the globe, exploring different cultures, religions, world views and understandings of the divine.
Watch The Story of God with Morgan Freeman TV show trailer, from National Geographic Channel.
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Here is how Nat Geo press materials describe the series:
Who is God? Where did we come from? Why does evil happen? What happens when we die? Every human being on earth has asked themselves these questions at some point, and most likely each person has found a different answer. […]
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman premieres Sunday, April 3 at 9/8c on the National Geographic Channel. It will air globally in the spring on National Geographic Channels in 171 countries in 45 languages, and in Spanish on Nat Geo Mundo.
As a whole, The Story of God with Morgan Freeman seeks to understand how religion has evolved throughout the course of civilization, and in turn how religion has shaped the evolution of society. Although in our current geopolitical landscape, religion is often seen as something that divides, the series illuminates the remarkable similarities among different faiths, even those that seem to be in staunch contrast. This is a quest for God: to shed light on the questions that have puzzled, terrified and inspired mankind, not to mention Freeman himself.
“Over the past few months, I’ve traveled to nearly 20 cities in seven different countries on a personal journey to find answers to the big mysteries of faith,” said Freeman. “I’ve sung the call to prayer at a mosque in Cairo, taken meditation lessons from the Buddhist leader of the oldest line of reincarnating Lamas, discussed Galileo with the head of the Papal Academy of Sciences and explored the first instructions for the afterlife rendered in hieroglyphs inside the pyramids. In some places I found answers, and others led to more questions. The constant through it all is that we’re all looking to be part of something bigger than us. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that we certainly are.”
Each episode of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman is centered on a different big question about the divine:
- Creation – Are there similarities among the religious creation stories from around the world? How do they compare with the scientific theory of the creation of the cosmos and the dawn of civilization?
- Who Is God? – How has the perception of God evolved over human history? Is God just an idea, and if so, can we find evidence of a divine presence in our brains?
- Evil – What is the root of evil and how has our idea of it evolved over the millennia? Is the devil real? The birth of religion may be inextricably tied to the need to control evil.
- Miracles – Are miracles real? For many believers, miracles are the foundation of their faith. Others regard miracles as merely unlikely events on which our brains impose divine meaning. Belief in miracles, however we define them, could be what gives us hope and drives us to turn possibility into reality.
- End of Days – Violent upheaval and fiery judgment fill popular imagination, but was the lore of apocalypse born out of the strife that plagued the Middle East two millennia ago? The true religious meaning of the apocalypse may not be a global war, but an inner revelation.
- Resurrection – How have beliefs in the afterlife developed, and how has our reaction to the afterlife changed the way we live this life? Now that science is making such rapid advances, we may soon be confronted with digital resurrection. What will that do to our beliefs?
To explore each of these topics, host and narrator Freeman went on the ground to some of humanity’s greatest religious sites, including Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall, India’s Bodhi Tree, Mayan temples in Guatemala and the pyramids of Egypt. He traveled with archaeologists to uncover the long-lost religions of our ancestors, such as those at the 7500 B.C. Neolithic settlement Çatalhöyük in Turkey. He immersed himself in religious experiences and rituals all around the world, and became a test subject in scientific labs to examine how the frontiers of neuroscience are intersecting the traditional domain of religion.
“As we put this series together, we sought answers to some of mankind’s biggest questions, but in the end what surprised us most was to find how personal those answers were for each of us,” said executive producers Lori McCreary and James Younger. “There is no wrong answer when it comes to God or what you believe, and we hope The Story of God will help open an interfaith dialogue about ideas and values that we all share, not that we disagree on.”
For more information on The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, visit www.natgeotv.com.
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman is produced by Revelations Entertainment for National Geographic Channel. For Revelations Entertainment, Morgan Freeman, Lori McCreary and James Younger are executive producers. For National Geographic Channel, Michael J. Miller is executive producer; Kevin Mohs is vice president, production and development; Alan Eyres is senior vice president, programming and development; and Tim Pastore is president, original programming and production.
What did you think of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman trailer? How do you like the sound of the series? Do you plan to tune in for the premiere? Let us know, below.
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Have the pics of the event, Dr’s in Mission Hospital Ashville NC said it was a miracle saved
By God,,,told me to go back.
Looks like monkeys in Borneo to me. Where is Morgan Freeman?
I am hoping to stream this since we don”t have TV. Please keep us informed.
I plan to watch The Story of God! Very excited about it. Hopefully, I get home in time to see it from visiting my mom. Forgot to record it. Hope you have another showing in case i don’t get home in time
Really looking forward to it – wish I.could have been on the actual journey with Morgan.Freeman – love the topic & love Morgan Freeman. Thanks so much.
First point: I don’t agree with the TV ads where Morgan Freeman says that even atheists also pray from time to time. I am an atheist and I’ve never prayed in my life. And I have no intention to pray in the future. I’m sure, that I’m not the only one who never prayed in their life. So, the advertisers, who wrote that ad, are incorrect. Second point: Morgan Freeman also says that “a religion is an instinct”. This is a complete nonsense. 🙂 People came up with religions in order to explain to themselves how the nature works. That’s… Read more »
I’d like to tell you that I’m an unhappy person since my mother died three months ago and my doubts intensified about the meaning of life. I work in an academic and scientific circles that also helps me getting away from religion. However, I’m struggling for the sake of consolidating my faith. Yesterday I was walking in the square and met a spirit friend who underwent cancer surgery recently and she could stand run (she is 15 years older than me). She’ll start her chemotherapy this week, while I just walked listlessly. Another friend in addition to losing her mother,… Read more »
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Yes, I plan to watch, looking forward to the show and Morgan Freeman, who has an astounding ability to handle just this type of show/narrating. You got the perfect person to tell the story and the perfect subject!
Thank you for your great programming.
I am very excited, anticipating watching this program.
I have been looking forward to this since I saw the first commercial for it. I have already programmed my PVR to record the whole series. it looks so interesting. I also posted the information on my facebook page, so I hope at least a few more people will watch it as well. The search for God is THE most important quest on which a human can embark whether one believes or not. Nothing else means as much and nothing else requires as much on the part of the seeker. I was a born seeker and having been seeking since… Read more »
I would love to this, but don’t have a tv. I hope you find a way to stream it. It looks important and fascinating.
I want to watch it because I’m anti-religion. I’m always looking for actual proof that religions aren’t cults, and that they actually exist to not be completely self serving .
If the sky, earth, water, rain, winds, humans, planets, stars, animals,…etc. are not enough prove of God existence. Then, Morgan won’t convince you.!!! May Allah Guide you, try to read Quran.
I’m really intrigued by this show and will watch at least the 1st one. I will though watch it with a very big grain of salt, not because of the subject, because of who is the commentator is….Morgan Freeman. I think he is a brilliant actor and love the majority of his movies, from other shows he has done on this subject I feel he is maybe anti-God and Religion. I could be wrong and he is only reading what is in front of him.