Everything about the show is strange. The stripped down, utilitarian sets, the weekly shots of everyone from the Lt. to the ADA crowded around Goren's desk breathlessly waiting the next pronouncement. It's creepy.
Yeah, that's why it's great.
And it's not anti-God; Goren, Eames, and Carver (not sure about the captain) all believe in Him.
I know. It's amazing that the producers have basically allowed D'Onoforio to think he is God.