As they do every year, the cartoon show: The Simpsons released a special Halloween episode. This year’s Halloween special, “Treehouse of Horrors XX” poked some fun at Christianity.
He’s the plot: The story entitled “Don’t have a Cow, Mankind” dealt with a burger that turned people into zombies after they ate it. Bart was able to eat the burger without being affected. Since Bart is immune to the effects of the zombie-burger, he is referred to as “The Chosen One,” the remaining humans take Bart to a safe zone to create an antidote.
They arrive at the safe zone and the following exchange takes place:
Guard: “Welcome, son. To survive, all we must do is eat your flesh.”
Marge: “Hold it right there, Bub! What kind of civilized people eat the body and blood of their savior?”
Reverend Lovejoy: [Groan]
Personally, I found the comment rather innocent. It’s just a funny remark about a goofy belief. Other cartoons have poked fun at religion more directly and been mostly ignored. (Jesus is a reoccurring character on The Family Guy)
Bill Donohue and the Catholic League disagree. Bill thinks the cartoon has gone too far:
“Last year, when they poked some gentle fun at the Apostle’s Creed on the Halloween episode, we said nothing. That’s because it didn’t cross the line. This year is different: mocking the heart of any religion always crosses the line, and mocking the Eucharist does it for Catholics.”
Sorry Bill, all religion is fair game, including yours. No one else is obligated or expected to respect silly superstitions just because you do.
(Of course it wouldn’t be so easy to make fun of if it wasn’t such an absurd belief.)
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Tags: Apostle's Creed, Bart Simpson, Bill Donohue, Catholic League, Christianity, Family Guy, Marge Simpson, Simpsons
I attempted to post a reply here: my beliefs about the eucharist. Have they been disallowed? I would like to express the catholic belief, since it is being ridiculed.
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No, your post was definitely not disallowed. I was having trouble with the new comment system I was using. It was marking every comment as spam and making me approve them all individually. I changed the settings and it continued to do the same thing. So, I went in, approved everything, then removed the program. I didn’t realize it until you posted this comment, but it appears to have taken several of the comments with it when it was uninstalled. It took your comment, and my reply – along with my replies to several of your comments on an earlier article.
This was DEFINITELY not my intention. I apologize.
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