"Also, the people getting their panties in a knot miss the whole point of the episode. It's not making fun of Catholics, it's making fun of people who worship "miraculous" idols. There have been plenty of stories recently about people worshipping images of Mary, in grilled cheese, or weeping statues, and people flock to them."
Sorry, wrong answer. It WAS mocking the Mother of God, it was mocking the most revered Saint in the Communnion of Saints. It WAS ugly and nasty and if you found humor in it, you either clearly have no understanding of the Catholic culture, or you clearly have a perverted and bigotry riven sense of humor.
Sorry, wrong answer. It was mocking people who worship inanimate objects. People who pay $12,000 to buy a grilled cheese sandwich relic on eBay in order to feel closer to God should be taunted.
As far as South Park goes, if they redo the episode, and substitute a golden statue of a calf for the plaster statue of Virgin Mary, you probably won't be offended, nor will you notice the irony.
>>Sorry, wrong answer. It WAS mocking the Mother of God, it was mocking the most revered Saint in the Communnion of Saints. It WAS ugly and nasty and if you found humor in it, you either clearly have no understanding of the Catholic culture, or you clearly have a perverted and bigotry riven sense of humor.<<
Actually, I would have much less of a problem with this episode if it had not been aired on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Timing means everything.
Society has gotten cold and crass. I am not surprised by any attack on Catholics. I may not like it, but I'm not surprised. I can tell you this, sure as I sit here, no matter how many we win, there will be more coming.
And I also will say this, as people continue to display their statues as bending their heads or grilled cheese and Cinnabons as objects of veneration, some of it is warranted.
"A chick bleeding out her vagina is no miracle. Chicks bleed out their vaginas all the time." -- Pope Benedict XVI
"It WAS mocking the Mother of God, it was mocking the most revered Saint in the Communnion of Saints. It WAS ugly and nasty and if you found humor in it, you either clearly have no understanding of the Catholic culture, or you clearly have a perverted and bigotry riven sense of humor."
No, it was mocking the ignorant fools who worship statues.