Avoid -- I can't believe that christians have not viewed this show as a more serious threat. Christian faith and values are constantly a viciously targeted at every turn. The show is filthy and subversive. It only gets away with it because it's a cartoon and knows how to occasionally act as if its mocking tone is playful. Anyone who believes otherwise needs to see such episodes where Homer has a crayon removed from his brain thus rendering him a genius. One of his many revelations that follows is his proving the God does not exist. He presents this finding to Ned Flanders and Ned has to agree that he is correct! This is not playful on any level. Avoid the Simpsons at all costs.
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One of his many revelations that follows is his proving the God does not exist. He presents this finding to Ned Flanders and Ned has to agree that he is correct!
THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A JOKE. If you're so insecure in your beliefs that even the possibility of their untruth mentioned as a joke in a fictional story can upset you, you're in trouble.
More than picking out the Simpsons to harp on, that episode? There's worse. I wonder if these people realize that if they don't get their panties in a twist over ever little thing, people will stop mocking them.
"I wonder if these people realize that if they don't get their panties in a twist over ever little thing, people will stop mocking them."
I won't stop mocking them until they stop with the crazy-talk. Getting "their panties in a twist" is just icing on the cake.
The Simpsons provides some very intelligent social commentary. Certain characters were "intelligently designed" to goose the reactionaries.
The operative concept involves an ironic sense of humor. If that is what you lack, please purchase an Acme ClueBat and use it on a daily basis, following the directions carefully.
Soon, you will be the envy of the neighborhood by being able to imitate Krusty's laugh precisely.
If you can't control what you yourself watch, that's your problem. If you want to live in a fluffy, bubble wrapped, insincere Disneyland world be my guest but don't assume to know what's best for everyone else asspipe.
"I can't believe that christians have not viewed this show as a more serious threat."
That's rediculous. Christians view teddy bears as a serious threat. I can't believe no fundie has explained how the Simpsons are satanic before now.
What the diddly!
John you're 20 years old, it's time to stop being brainwashed.
It's just a parody; it wont hurt you or your god. Promise!
If people are stupid enough to take this show seriously, than perhaps he's right, the Simpsons is a threat to the Christian faith.
Or maybe he just needs a crayon removed from his brain.
It's a joke....
And if God exists, would not that God have a sense of humor?
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The series means to be a joke and it mocks believers and non-believers in equal terms. In fact, he will never demonstrates that God doesn't exist, it's just a joke and you're the living proof of that.
Let's see...
It's fun.
Fundies hate it.
Situation normal.
I have a few things to say to this:
D'oh Don't Have a Cow Man! (although I'm not sure if Bart ever said that on TV)EAT MY SHORTS! I don't even believe in Jebus!
Besides God's cool with it. He visited Homer in a dream and told him that he'd sometimes rather watch football on Sundays. Also, in some ways, the Simpsons is the most religious show on TV. For example, Marge becomes the Listen Lady and helps Rev. Lovejoy get back his faith. Homer once owned the church building, and if it wasn't for the Christians setting him straight, God would have killed them all. Institutional Christianity is portrayed negatively in the show, but the religion itself is given a good deal of respect. Likewise other religions exist in Springfield. Apu is an open Hindu, who has the respect of most of his friends. Krusty has rediscovered his Judaism, and the family respects Lisa's hybrid christo-buddhist beliefs. Except for Flanders, Springfield has no fundies, but even Flanders is too nice to be on this board. The Simpsons RULE!
"but even Flanders is too nice to be on this board. The Simpsons RULE!"
Yeah, Flanders is just a little nutty, but it mostly protrayed as a good semaritan. If anything Christians are protrayed as good people on the Simpsons.
Sadly, FOX actually forbade The Simpsons from putting a 'fake news crawl' on their show because they thought the viewers would think it was real.
People are as dumb as you fear, and even dumber.
Yeah, avoid "The Simpsons" at all cost. Let the rest of us enjoy it.
You might as well wrap yourself in a blanket and hide under your bed while you're at it. Real Life is obviously too much for you if a CARTOON threatens your faith.
@Rowenn
Of course god has a sense of humour - he has a particlularly well developed sense of humour...
Look at the DB playtpus, for a start - and then there is the average fundie, source of a million laughs.
BTW, the previous 'Jack Bauer' comment wasn't from me - I know how to spell 'samaritan' - it was from some form of Jack Bauer pretender, a JB wannabe who has probably only killed a few terrorists, maybe not more than thirty or forty...
Ned Flanders is usually portrayed as an extremely sympathetic character and is genuinely likable, even if he's over-the-top, fundiewise.
John Walker really needs to pay more attention.
"The show is filthy and subversive”
“It only gets away with it because it's a cartoon and knows how to occasionally act as if its mocking tone is playful.”
"This is not playful on any level”
Flanders and Lovejoy are Christians and portrayed positively. It's people like Helen Lovejoy that can arguably be seen as negative and even then, for time, she was reflection of the stereotype. As a Pagan, I've seen Christians ridicule my beliefs, others, atheists so being ridiculed is just karma3
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