Ya know, that's a funny thing, by the way.
As an Atheist, I actually don't get offended by Religion
Just so long as they're not in your face, sure. But many of them still think you're going to hell.
And here's the kicker. The ones who are polite and mind their own business, don't really care enough to try and save you from hell. It is only the obnoxious do-gooders, the ones who actually do care enough, who are willing to risk public censure and your annoyance in the attempt to save you.
God's Not Dead is offensive precisely because it cares. It seeks to change you and
that is offensive.
The converse is true. Obnoxious turbo-atheists are true non-believers who wish to save people from oppressive fairy tales about places like hell. They want your life to be better, so they're also do-gooders and they harass religiosity wherever they find it in the attempt to make the world a better place. Polite atheists don't really care that the theist is in the position of twisting themselves into knots over an afterlife that isn't waiting for them.
This is not unique. The basic message of all marketing is that you're not young enough, smart enough, rich enough, strong enough, pretty enough, happy enough, etc., to live your life without this brand soap. There is always this sort of accusation in advertisements. You are offended because of the implicit insult in the marketing (you believe you already have this bit of your life sorted out well enough, thank you very much).
the way so many religious people seem to get offended by any questioning, or even perceived questions or slights of, their religion.
That's just the same thing moving in the opposite direction. They have that part of their lives sorted out well enough in their own estimation, that they don't want to see ripples in this part of their pond. I mean, you're only talking about some of the most intense attitudes, beliefs, and values in people might partake, right?
The only thing I ever get offended about is people acting like my beliefs are not relevant or deserving of respect because I don't believe in something.
Yeah, I guess that actually does oftend me.
So I would probably find GND offensive as I have read it's incredibly dismissive to the beliefs of Atheists.
There is no way to be a theist and NOT be incredibly dismissive of the beliefs of atheists. How can you think that people are passing up paradise and/or risking hell and NOT be dismissive of the "acceptability" of that stance? The theist makes claims about reality which are not consistent with your own. To the extent that they really believe it, they really dismiss your viewpoint (and vice versa).
The only way to avoid this problem is to not care enough to have intercourse with those you believe are headed for disaster or suffering unnecessary pain. To do this, the film would have to be titled
What if God wasn't dead?
or,
God's Dead, but Wouldn't it be Nice if He Weren't?
or,
"God's Not Alive in Any Way that Would Require You to Change Anything Significant About Your Life."
But for the "He Is Risen!" crowd this not only doesn't quite cut, it is, by their lights, also a lie.
If you go see a personal trainer, she might tell you that you're fat and lazy. Now, we can call that fat-shaming, we can give her a listen, or we might ask why we spent time and money to listen to her if we knew that she might insult us.
A Godsploitation film's chief weakness is its earnestness. They're so bad because they're trying to be good. This is not the faux-earnestness of Sharknado or some post-modern winking annoyance. No, these are those rare unicorns of earnest badness. And this is what makes them hilarious.