Protestant vs. Catholic heaven
First a disclaimer. I have never been an apologist for The Simpsons. In fact, I have never even watched one episode. If anything, my view would be that The Simpsons have had a negative impact on our culture. Nevertheless they represent an influential media phenomenon.I found this bit of pop-culture theologizing to be interesting. For what it is worth (probably not much)--here is The Simpsons take on Protestant vs. Catholic heaven.
Anyone want to do a little cultural exegesis?
posted by Brian Miller @ 3:50 PM
7 Comments:
At 8:34 PM ,
Fr Longenecker said...
Terrific! The Catholics living life to the full and the Protestants in a country club...I love it, and have linked to it on my blog.
At 10:04 PM ,
Gecko Girl said...
Anyone know the trick to getting the clip to run? I downloaded 2 different Adobe video things and I still get the message that I either have JavaScript turned off (which I have no idea how to know if I do or don't) or need to download something. Or do I need to log-on to youtube???
At 10:13 PM ,
Gecko Girl said...
By the way, an excellent Bible professor my husband and I had in college used to use the Simpsons a lot in his ethics and apologetics courses. Those were the only episodes I think I really ever watched. Maybe our prof would say that the Simpsons have had a negative impact on our society, but I suspect he would be more apt to say the Simpsons are a window into the mentality embedded within in our culture???
At 5:23 AM ,
Brian Miller said...
Perhaps registering with youtube (free) is the key to being able to run clips. Not sure.
At 5:54 AM ,
Ted M. Gossard said...
ha ha, Brian. There is some truth there.
At 6:21 AM ,
Fr Longenecker said...
gecko girl. You have to run out and buy a new computer...
At 6:34 PM ,
Anonymous said...
Do you suppose that the Mennonite heaven would have dancing? It looks like the Catholics are having a whole lot more fun!
Audrey
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