User blog comment:Mgdodl/"The Gamblers" Discussion/@comment-3045936-20200203051307/@comment-98.115.189.149-20200207185613

I have no confusion about my beliefs vs a fictional TV show with characters. I can recognize that art can be a means of exploring philosophical and religious ideas, which Supernatural does. They draw on real world materials for inspiration, and make changes to make their own story. Drawing a  line between reality and fiction could be part of why they have Chuck want to be called Chuck. They are far from the first to do this kind of thing. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is recognized to be an allegory about Christ (Aslan the Lion). In Supernatural's case, they chose to use terms like God and angel and demon and anti-christ, not aliens or robots, or animals. They put the ideas in the open.

Exploring the themes in the show is interesting. Thinking about the sources the writers have drawn from could even give clues of places they might be headed. Where the writers will eventually lead all this remains to be seen, as does their conclusions about the themes they deal with in the show. I think Twilight Despair 5 made an interesting observation.