In the 2003 television pilot for “Joan of Arcadia,” a young man claiming to be God approaches teenager Joan Girardi (Amber Tamblyn). Once he convinces Joan that he is indeed the Almighty—he knows every detail of her history, including the private promises she made to God if he would let her older brother survive a car accident—the two walk together, and Joan blurts out, “I’m not religious, you know.”
“It’s not about religion, Joan. It’s about fulfilling your nature.”
