I don't remember South Park ever making fun of Jesus. Can you provide some examples?
How about Jesus vs. Santa
post 60?
No, but as you probably remember, they did rip Tom Cruise and Scientology pretty good.
The very first episode is Jesus vs. Santa Claus in an all out battle over Christmas. Jesus even has his own talk show! South Park lampoons everything, left, right, religious, atheist, hippie, conservative etc...and in as poor taste as possible.
But as the saying goes, if you don't like it, the TV comes with a switch that changes the channel and another one that TURNS IT OFF!
The episode: The Spirit of Christmas (Jesus vs. Santa)
http://www.tv.com/south-park/the-spirit-of-christmas-jesus-vs.-santa/episode/185965/summary.html
Santa vs. Christ deathmatch
Jesus vs Santa over Christmas
Fight between Jesus and Satan. Everybody bet on Satan - who then lost becuase he took a dive after betting on Jesus
The episode where Jesus's miracles couldn't match David Blaine's
All seemingly acceptable, but let South Park mock people who believe in magical statues and WHAM!
Well, while it's not making fun of Jesus, they certainly don't treat him with respect. On the other hand, I think that's exactly why they're doing it, as a view on how society is treating Jesus.
Let's go back to the early episodes... Jesus is a local TV talk show host on local access cable station... And he keeps getting pre-empted! That's more a slam on society than on Jesus.
And then there was the episode where Jesus is going to fight satan in the ring... I won't reveal what happened, but again, while they didn't really treat Jesus with a lot of respect, they certainly slammed everyone else!
Mark