I understand there's an episode of "the Simpsons" where there's a big fight between religious groups, which is settled by Bart. Then, in a flash-forward, we find that in the future, people are worshiping Bart. If anyone knows where this episode can be found, I'd like to know.
By the way, I'm glad that Father Guido Sarducci is still working for L'Osservatore Romano. He's my favorite theologian. Also, the Pope can't abolish Limbo. That's where we live. On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Dan Scanlan <[email protected]>wrote: > A few years ago the current Pope lowered the bar on Limbo and declared it > non-existent. Now he has declared non-existent people (except in cartoons) > real Catholics. As a child in Catholic grammar school, I was expected to > bring my dimes to school to buy pagan babies. Now I wonder what happened to > my purchases. Perhaps they're working in film labs coloring cartoon > overlays. I think the Pope's wrong -- there sure as hell is a Limbo, but it > has a very low mass. > > Dan > > ---------/-------- > > Homer Simpson may love beer and skips church in favor of football, but the > Vatican has declared the doughnut fan and his family to be Catholics. > JILL SERJEANT > Reuters > > "The Simpsons" just got a blessing from the Vatican. > > The official Vatican newspaper has declared that beer-swilling, > doughnut-loving Homer Simpson and son Bart are Catholics — and what's more, > it says that parents should not be afraid to let their children watch "the > adventures of the little guys in yellow." > > "Few people know it, and he does everything to hide it. But it's true: > Homer J. Simpson is Catholic," the Osservatore Romano newspaper said in an > article on Sunday headlined "Homer and Bart are Catholics." > <http://g.msn.com/0AD00001/1677431.1??PID=7860151&UIT=M&TargetID=23619999&AN=1379091429&PG=USSM01> > > > The newspaper cited a study by a Jesuit priest of a 2005 episode of the > show called "The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star." That study > concludes that "The Simpsons" is "among the few TV programs for kids in > which Christian faith, religion and questions about God are recurrent > themes." > > The middle class U.S. family prays before meals, and "in its own way, > believes in the beyond," the newspaper quoted the Jesuit study as saying. > > It's the second time the animated U.S. TV series, which is broadcast in 90 > countries, has been praised by the Vatican. > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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