Monday, 25 October 2010
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According to the Vatican, Homer Simpson is Catholic
By Matthew at Jesus Needs New PRWell, there (or HERE) you have it, friends…
Homer is Catholic.
And it’s official. For the Vatican tells me so.
The newspaper acknowledged that Homer snores through the sermons of the Reverend Lovejoy and inflicts “never-ending humiliation” on his evangelical neighbour, Ned Flanders.
But in an article headlined “Homer and Bart are Catholics”, the newspaper said: “The Simpsons are among the few TV programmes for children in which Christian faith, religion, and questions about God are recurrent themes.”
The family “recites prayers before meals and, in their own peculiar way, believes in the life thereafter”.
It quoted an analysis by a Jesuit priest, Father Francesco Occhetta, of a 2005 episode of The Simpsons, The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star, which revolved around Catholicism and was aired a few weeks after the death of Pope John Paul II.
The episode starts with Bart being expelled from Springfield Elementary School and being enrolled in a Catholic school where he meets a sympathetic priest, voiced by the actor Liam Neeson, who draws him into Catholicism with his kindness.
Homer then decides to convert to Catholicism, to the horror of his wife Marge, the Rev Lovejoy and Ned Flanders. The episode touches on issues such as religious conflict, interfaith dialogue, homosexuality and stem cell research. SOURCE
But don’t Homer and Ned go to the same church?
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Comments (39)
Well they were catholic for one episode and that's it. The Simpson's spend more time mocking religion than embracing it, which isn't a bad thing.
D'oh!
Does the Vatican know that Holmer Simpson is a cartoon? Everyone wonders why all religions are a joke. It just makes Christians jobs a lot harder.
if the Simpsons are Catholic, i deserve to be canonized.
1. The Vatican is a collection of buildings, so The Vatican cannot make any statements about Homer. The correct term, if even that were right, would have been The Holy See.
2. This was a statement by one priest, reported on by the semi-official newspaper of The Holy See as a fun story. The statement carries as much authority as the priest who serves my res hall picking our football team to win this week.
I know I sound humorless, and I think the priest was just making a funny observation. It, I have to say, angers me when non-Catholics like Matthew Paul Turner write about the Church like this when it is, quite frankly, embarrassing how little he knows about how the Church works.
@looking_inside_me@xanga - my thoughts exactly.
Pretty pathetic.
That's not exactly a compliment/a good thing.
Amen.
Why is the Vatican concerned about whether Homer Simpson is Catholic or not?
@leftovers_for_lunch@xanga - because he's hoping to see Homer in heaven.
@looking_inside_me@xanga - agreed.
@Megan - @Rob_of_the_Sky@xanga - omgz intelligent commentz no waiz. The rest of revelife is on some strong crack.
@Megan - Exactly!
The priest was merely commenting on how the Simpson's is actually one of the few shows to deal with religion and take it seriously, even if in a humorous manner.
And yes, to the original blogger, this statement is not an infallible pronouncement. One would hope that in the future you might refrain from mocking something you don't fully understand.
i thought catholicism and christianity were the same thing. no?
it's articles like this that force me to avoid revelife. sigh.
@Megan - thanks for saying what needed said.
@Theophilus166@xanga - Someone forgot to teach him that cartoons aren't real people... poor poor man.
Theyre effin cartoons. Who cares if theyre catholic? Actually it kinda makes sense... they do shit without thinkin about the consequences but in the end, everything is always fine. Isnt that how catholicism works? Ya sin, confess, and are saved?
hmmm
lmao.
@gettin_skinnay@xanga - There are several different versions of christianity
@Theophilus166@xanga - I didn't know the Vatican was a living, breathing entity.
So.
Anyone that has watched the Simpsons knows that Homer's dad grew up strict Catholic.
@gettin_skinnay@xanga - O.O
@explosive@xanga - Obviously, I was referring to the priest who made the comments. But I guess if you're one of the internet types who like to nitpick over minor ambiguities and typos, go ahead.
@Theophilus166@xanga - Why can't you just have the humility to admit you mistyped? ah, the hubris of the defeated. You specifically responded to the comment mentioning "The Vatican" by referring to The Vatican as "he." If you were OBVIOUSLY referring to the priest, why was it nowhere in the original comment? It's not obvious if you don't establish what the noun is. That's the danger of using pronouns so liberally. The most recent noun was "The Vatican" in both the first comment and your own, and so it follows that the pronoun you use refers back to the original noun utilized.
@gettin_skinnay@xanga - They are. Catholicism is a form of christianity. Different denominations just practice different rituals but at their base they all believe in one sovereign God and that Jesus is the son of God.
The Simpsons is a cartoon for kids?
@explosive@xanga - and why does it bother you so much that I was ambiguous? Especially considering it was a joke about people hoping to see Homer Simpson in heaven.
Every time I see a typo or minor ambiguation on a blog, where everyone knows what was meant, there's always "that guy" that says 'I've never heard of a basketbakll game before" or "who's Bet Favre?" But I guess the internet must go on. May you find many more errors where everyone knows what was being communicated, yet take the time to point it out to the author.