It was the bashing of religion, saying that science and religion are in conflict, that got offensive. Bash Catholics, oh, throw in bad Protestants, too.
Carl Sagan was an atheist, but he didn’t get into the anti-Christian, socialist stuff nearly this badly on the original Cosmos.
I have to agree...I thought the show went out of its way to cast faith as anti-science and unjust. I wonder if future episodes will be as condemning of the lives lost in the pursuit of science.
You noticed the “Lutheran” reference, too?