WEB-WATCH DOCTRINE OF D'OH
Charlie Sweatpants of the sycophantic Simpsons blog Dead Homer Society nicely asked the Vatican's newspaper (The Vatican Plain-Dealer) for an unabridged copy of the story where Pope Ratzinger personally declared himself to be the world's biggest Bart fan and they tried to charge him eight whole euros ($800 American) for the privilege of reading an untranslated article. Has the Catholic Church adopted Rupert Murdoch's pay-for-news business model? [Dead Homer Society]
Charlie Sweatpants of the sycophantic Simpsons blog Dead Homer Society nicely asked the Vatican's newspaper (The Vatican Plain-Dealer) for an unabridged copy of the story where Pope Ratzinger personally declared himself to be the world's biggest Bart fan and they tried to charge him eight whole euros ($800 American) for the privilege of reading an untranslated article. Has the Catholic Church adopted Rupert Murdoch's pay-for-news business model? [Dead Homer Society]
Labels: GABBIN ABOUT GODS, WEB-WATCH
posted 12/28/2009 | permalink
Pope Praises Simpsons...???
DOCTRINE OF D'OH
VATICAN CITY (AP) - To put it as the devout Ned Flanders would, the Vatican's newspaper thinks "The Simpsons" are an okely dokely bunch.If you're making a supposedly subversive show and the Vatican praises it, you are doing something wrong [Chicago Tribune]
L'Osservatore Romano on Tuesday congratulated the show on its 20th anniversary, praising its philosophical leanings as well as its stinging and often irreverent take on religion.
Labels: GABBIN ABOUT GODS
posted 12/24/2009 | permalink
Donut-Wielding Homer Peeves Pagans
GABBIN' ABOUT GODS
posted 16 July 2007 source the sun, by way of boing boing
Those crazy Pagans are at it again, complaining just because an image of a giant-donut-wielding Homer Simpson was painted next to an ancient 17th century image of the Cerne Abbas giant, a symbol of fertility. Don't have a cow, man!
posted 16 July 2007 source the sun, by way of boing boing
Those crazy Pagans are at it again, complaining just because an image of a giant-donut-wielding Homer Simpson was painted next to an ancient 17th century image of the Cerne Abbas giant, a symbol of fertility. Don't have a cow, man!
Labels: GABBIN ABOUT GODS
posted 7/16/2007 | permalink
Church of England Attempts To Reach Out To The Young People
DOCTRINE OF D'OH
posted 25 June 2007 source the money times
posted 25 June 2007 source the money times
Called "Mixing it up with 'The Simpsons,'" the new book will be sent to youth advisers across the nation to give them a modern example of the church's teachings in a more entertaining format, The Sunday Telegraph said.
Among the activities included in the book is determining whether teens can resist temptation by showing them a plate of doughnuts labeled "don't touch."
The book also compares Christians' patient wait for the return of Jesus Christ to the antsy nature Bart Simpson displays toward an upcoming Krusty the Clown show.
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"Jesus was a great storyteller -- as are the creators of 'The Simpsons' -- and the power of a good story lies in meeting people where they are, making them laugh and then giving them something to think about afterwards," said the Rev. John Pritchard, the Bishop of Oxford.
Labels: GABBIN ABOUT GODS
posted 6/25/2007 | permalink
