THE HOTEL Cortez
The premise of the fifth season of the show, Hotel, involves deranged serial killer and original owner and designer of the Hotel Cortez, James March. March, however, was more commonly known as the 'Ten Commandments Killer' as he would kill his hotel guests whom he considered to have committed sins. The irony in this, however, is that March despised religion, expressing his distaste for it to one of his victims before killing him, even going so far as to say that religion is "the worst thing in the world."
March's distaste for religion is made clear in the second episode of the season, in a scene which you can view below [4].
WARNING: Please do not watch if you are sensitive to graphic violence/gore. Instead, you can opt to read the transcript here.
This scene in specific shows March's direct opposition towards religion - it could not be more clearly said. March's opposition to religion becomes evident in his speech, and the victim's religious faith is made a mockery of. This is one of the most blatant oppositions towards religions from a character that the show has aired, and having said that, this episode received extremely mixed reactions. Some people praised the writers for their blatancy and daringness. However, it is scenes like this that have landed the show in hot water with conservative Christian religious groups. An article published by religiondiscpatches.org [5] talks about the backlash season five of American Horror Story saw from these conservative groups in which some groups saw the season as being "anti-Christian."
The divide between the show's fanbase lies here. While the majority of the fanbase believe that although the show does indeed portray harsh, gory, images of religion, this does not mean that they are propagating these beliefs onto their viewers. Religious/conservative groups, however, believe that scenes like the aforementioned one are essentially a direct advertisement to oppose religion. This group is definitely in the minority here. A Reddit thread [6] aimed at Christians watching the show demonstrates that the majority of the religious viewership is able to draw a line between what is fictitious and the beliefs that they hold to be true.