As of 2016, 25 percent of Americans said they had no religious affiliation, and that number is even bigger in Europe. We assume this is in no small part thanks to the efforts of religious filmmakers, who work night and day to make their own faith look both silly and low-budget. That's not what they're trying to do, but failing extravagantly is still an accomplishment ... in its own way. Especially when you fail as hard as ...

5 God's Not Dead, But He Will Kill You

God's Not Dead is possibly the most successful Christian movie ever, thanks to the sheer unapproachable star power of both Kevin Sorbo and Dean Cain. Both! The casting alone must have cost thousands of dollars. The film focuses on the conflict between an atheist philosophy professor, played by Sorbo, and a Christian student named Josh Wheaton. (No relation. They're not even spelled the same. What is wrong with you?)

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On Wheaton's first day in the clearly evil professor's class, Sorbo forces his students to sign a declaration that "God is dead," promising them a failing grade if they refuse. Wheaton objects, not on the grounds that it's totally illegal and he's rightfully worried about wasting time on this class when the professor is probably already fired, but because he's a Christian. The professor challenges Wheaton to a philosophy duel, because nobody involved with this movie has ever even thought about a real college, and the pair spend the next three classes making their respective cases for and against the existence of God. The power-mad professor leaves it up to the rest of the students to decide if Wheaton passes or fails, presumably because he has a much better position waiting and desperately needs to get fired, like, yesterday.

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Ultimately, Wheaton wins the debate, accomplishing in a mere three short lectures what the world's greatest philosophers have failed to do for centuries, and passes his class. Never mind that God tends to frown on people who insist on proof of His existence. Oh yeah, and the evil professor is immediately hit by a car, because this movie was written by a drunk toddler.

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Having come to fear God in a "knife-wielding maniac" kind of way, you better believe that professor converts as he lay dying. That's the lesson of the movie: Eschew faith all you want, but you better at least pay lip service to God, because He is a murderous lunatic.