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BISHOPS' PRESIDENT BLASTS 'SOUTH PARK' EPISODE LAMPOONING MARY (Disgusting!)
Catholic News Service ^
| 12/19/2005
| Staff
Posted on 12/28/2005 1:12:12 PM PST by FerdieMurphy
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The president of the U.S. bishops blasted a recent episode of the cable television comedy "South Park" that he said showed Mary in "a tasteless and ugly fashion."
In a Dec. 14 letter to Tom Freston, co-president and chief operating officer of Viacom International, parent company of Comedy Central, the cable channel that shows "South Park," Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., said the channel showed "extreme insensitivity" in choosing to show the episode.
The episode, which first was shown Dec. 7 and had repeat showings in the week following, was titled "Bloody Mary." During the episode, a "South Park" character claims to have been sprayed with blood from a bodily orifice of a Virgin Mary statue.
When Pope Benedict XVI investigates in the show, he declares that she was merely menstruating. The episode's premiere date came the day before the feast of the Immaculate Conception, a holy day of obligation for Catholics.
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To: churchillbuff
Christianity is blasphemed, but not other religions. That is not surprising to me. No one I know is interested in toilet-bowl humor anyway.
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posted on
12/28/2005 2:08:34 PM PST
by
yellowdoghunter
(Thank you President Bush for Judge Alito!)
To: Texas Eagle
I think we can stand criticism, but about 90% of people hammering South Park here have never seen the show, or are lying about it.
242
posted on
12/28/2005 2:08:39 PM PST
by
oldleft
To: FerdieMurphy
South Park is meant for adolescents aged 50 and under. Adults need not concern themselves.
243
posted on
12/28/2005 2:08:45 PM PST
by
Antoninus
(Hillary smiles every time a Freeper trashes Santorum.)
To: Quick1
Was that episode REALLY making fun of Jesus, or was there a subtler point to it? Like maybe the fact that we've replaced Jesus with Santa
exactly... but remember... only Conservative Imbeciles get the subtle points and underlying messages in South Park... It's the 'smart' conservatives that don't.... go figure.
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posted on
12/28/2005 2:08:49 PM PST
by
fhlh
(Polls are for strippers and liberal spinsters.)
To: oldleft; churchillbuff
And mormons are "dum, dum, dum, dum, dum." Though they are the only ones to get into heaven.
245
posted on
12/28/2005 2:08:53 PM PST
by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: oldleft
Moses appears to Jewish children as a huge light, ala "Tron" Muslims speak in some incoherent tongue, "Hurka Durka""""
Neither of those is blasphemy, along the lines of the Virgin episode as described in this post.
To: churchillbuff
"Christianity is blasphemed, but not other religions."
Well except Judaism, buddism, islam, and (recently) scientolgy.
247
posted on
12/28/2005 2:09:32 PM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: balch3
no i consider those that haven't seen anything related to the episode or the show itself uptight.
And hypocritical.
To: Texas Eagle
Only imbeciles watch South Park You have that all wrong... Only morons DON'T watch it.
249
posted on
12/28/2005 2:10:00 PM PST
by
wireman
To: MikeinIraq
He is considered a mere man and is seen as weak.
But, because the show is hilarious, I don't care about that theological stuff.
250
posted on
12/28/2005 2:10:15 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
(http://www.xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
To: yellowdoghunter
That is not surprising to me.You have read 200 posts that fly in the face of what churchillbluff said, and still you agree with an out and out lie. Your agenda's showing.
251
posted on
12/28/2005 2:10:43 PM PST
by
Howlin
(Defeatism may have its partisan uses, but it is not justified by the facts. - GWB, 12/18/05)
To: churchillbuff
Since you have never seen the show, I will explain it. Since the beginning of the show Cartman has told Kyle that that Jews killed Jesus. Kyle refused to believe this. He finally went and saw The Passion of the Christ and was overcome with grief that yes, the Jews had killed Jesus, and worse, Cartman was right.
252
posted on
12/28/2005 2:10:45 PM PST
by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: FerdieMurphy
Thanks for posting this, it turned out to be very eye-opening for me. Not only because it reveals that the various media attack against Christianity is getting more blasphemous, vicious and bold, but because many of those who call themselves "Catholic" or "Christian" have become a major part of the problem themselves.
These are the same people who wonder why our faith is under constant attack and is being suppressed in America, yet are amused by this filth instead of feeling outraged and fighting back against it. I'm sorry that you're getting flamed by all these fine, conservative Christians in here. Maybe we're both learing a lesson today.
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posted on
12/28/2005 2:10:54 PM PST
by
TheCrusader
("The frenzy of the mohammedans has devastated the Churches of God" Pope Urban II ~ 1097A.D.)
To: Phantom Lord; Howlin
"Sir...step out of the car."
254
posted on
12/28/2005 2:11:04 PM PST
by
TheBigB
(Never banned or suspended even once! Ask me how!)
To: churchillbuff
How is making fun of people who worship bleeding statues blasphemy?
255
posted on
12/28/2005 2:11:09 PM PST
by
oldleft
To: churchillbuff
If you have watched the show, you would realize that Islam has gotten it a well.
The Jews get it all the time.
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posted on
12/28/2005 2:11:25 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
(http://www.xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
To: yellowdoghunter
This is really quotes from the show?Those are quotes from someone who replied to my post about the low-class nature of the show.
It wouldn't surprise me if those are direct quotes from the show. I wouldn't expect a South Park afficianado to come up with his or her own zingers.
257
posted on
12/28/2005 2:11:56 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
To: oldleft
How is making fun of people who worship bleeding statues blasphemy?We have a winner!
258
posted on
12/28/2005 2:11:57 PM PST
by
Wormwood
(Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
To: TheCrusader
" Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!" SO SAYETH THE SHEPHARD!!!
"So sayeth The Flock!
THUD!
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posted on
12/28/2005 2:12:16 PM PST
by
motzman
(God helps those who help themselves - B. Franklin)
To: Texas Eagle
you are the person calling those that watch South Park 'imbeciles'.
It appears that you are the one that can't take any sort of criticism.....
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