This just in from the Vatican’s daily broadsheet: “Few people know it, and he does everything he can to hide it, but it is true: Homer J. Simpson is a Catholic.” “The Simpsons are among the few TV programmes for children in which Christian faith, religion, and questions about God are recurrent themes,” writes L’Osservatore Romano. The Simpson family even “recites prayers before meals and, in their own peculiar way, believes in the life thereafter.” [%comments]
Homer Simpson: A True Catholic?
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*The Simpsons* doesn’t pull many punches, but I remember they had to refer to *Jebus* on the show where Homer goes to the South Seas as a missionary.
Gosh Almighty, and Jeez, what’s up with that?
Imagine a new Saint for our time: St. Homer Simpson. Overweight clumsy loud ham-handed alcoholic idiot. Patron Saint of TV, NFL, Beer, All You Can Eat Buffets, and Head Injuries.
If he is a Catholic, I dare the Pope to cannonize him.
REMINDS ME OF CHARLES SCULTZ’ PEANUTS
Which to a large extent was a parable of the Christian Bible. Especially Lionel’s philosophy. Lucy was always selfish and Charlie Brown was representative of everyman — confused.
The Simpsons and King of the Hill both portray families that include your average household faith as a part of everyday life. The only other show I can remember doing that was 7th Heaven.
AaronS: Did you read the article? There is a specific episode where Homer and Bart convert to catholicism, permanently. It’s not just prayers before meals.
There is specifically an episode where Bart gets tempted to join the Catholic church by a priest played by Liam Neeson, attracted to it via its crazy rules and violent stories.
Marge, Homer, and Reverend Lovejoy then set out to stop the brainwashing.
Religion is for the Homers of the world. Atheism is for the Lisas, who know better. Duh.
Aww…he thinks he’s papal.