[diamond6]

Thinking I'm going to be writing some nasty letters tomorrow. GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

[NYer]

The ultimate insult!

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[diamond6]

NYer, you're up late?

[Happygal]

I dunno, I can imagine the situation was kinda funny.

And it's not as if they had been using consecrated hosts in the filming.

[xJones]

A Jew and a Protestant somehow went forward to receive communion and then played ignorant jokes with it? I've visited many a Catholic Church and they have to get up from their pews and go forward down the aisle to accept communion. You don't take communion by accident in a Catholic Church.

This was an incredibly insensitive anti-Catholic NBC program, and they wouldn't dare make such crude jokes about Judaism or Islam. They'd lose their jobs or receive death threats if they did.

[Salman]

I may be totally wrong, but I bet the author of this show is an ex-Catholic. And a liberal, of course.

[Casloy]

When was the last time you saw Judaism being poked fun at, or gays, or lesbians, or minorities. The only people who are fair game are Catholics and evangelical Christians.

[GeronL]

I've never even heard of the show

[topher]

I am very hostile to folks like NY Times and Wash Post. The NY Times actually posted something on abortion that they were fair to both sides -- instead of biased to the pro-abortion baby killing side.

I have enough righteous anger about reporting in Iraq that maybe I should intensify this, and make NBC my whipping boy.

For the sake of keeping people from being deceived by this Satanic non-sense, it is time for me to take off the gloves with Satan and his pals at NBC...

[jesusismyfriend]

The show was not bashing just Catholicism, but ALL Christians. For protestants, celebrating communion, the body and blood of Christ, is central to our worship as well, not just to Catholics. Catholics are Christians, and the protestant denominations are Christians, we all need to be standing together against these attacks and stop letting denominationalism and nomenclature stand between us. Conservative Jews should be standing with us as well, because they should know and understand that, at the very least, most evangelical Christians, are staunch supporters of them.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

The Pope may be near death and this is what NBC comes up with? Oh, yeah, this was a brilliant idea.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

I haven't heard of the show until just now but here are some of the things I'm going to do: 1.) e-mail NBC and explain politely that their ridicule of my church amounts to persecution and that such behavior cannot be ignored, 2.) discover the sponsors of this program and NBC's biggest sponsors, contact them and explain that I will not support their products in the future because of the blatant insult gratuitously given to me and my fellow Catholics through their support of this kind of programming, 3.)introduce an item into my local church bulletin explaining the situation and asking my fellow parishoners to join me in my action, 4.) contact the bishop of my diocese, explain the situation, and ask him to take whatever steps he deems necessary to amend the situation, 5.) ask my protestant and jewish friends to join my campaign for simple respect and justice. In the meantime, NBC is Xed from my controller until I discover elsewhere (perhaps on Free Republic) if they plan to do anything but snicker at what clever comedies they offer.

[Sabatier]

This is over the top bad. Any person with an ounce of fundamental decency will not find this funny.
I never heard of this stupid show until this and now I have. I guess that's the point. If you can't be known for being funny be known for being offensive.
I'd like to hear Michael Medved discuss this on his show. He's really succinct in his commentary on Hollywood. Christians and Jews alike will reject this attempt to trash faith.

[ViLaLuz]

The networks would never get away with a show like that ridiculing Islam or homosexuality.

[Russ7]

Anyboby have a list of sponsers? I will not buy one thing they make or sell.

This is beyond insulting.

[Future Useless Eater]

Father Frank's homily on Terri Schiavo

[AliVeritas]

Catholic Ping.

Thanks I am all over this.

[Republican Red]

I've never watched this show and will continue to watch it.

There is definitely a move in Hollywood/Media to bash Christians and anything Republicans. It has gotten to the point that you can;t turn on a tv show without some "social issue" being weaved into the plot. The Simpsons and Law & Order have turned into the DNC talking points show. ER has become unwatchable. ER should be a show about an ER in Chicago. Why in the heck are the plots centered on gay marriage and war in Africa? A few weeks ago an ER episode went to the extreme in their anti-Christian rhetoric in dealing with homosexuality.

It has gotten to the point where I am watching less and less tv because it is not entertainment. Reality shows get bashed by many but at least I don't have to hear politics from American Idol and The Amazing Race.

[yer gonna put yer eye out]

God bless all who have posted their indignation here.
These two women who have written for such mega-hits as "Ellen" and "Roseanne" are to be pitied.

I know...before you flame me, hear me out.

Even the small amount of script and dialogue available here indicates these two have absolutely the shallowest understanding of what they have maligned...

I doubt if either has spent an more time than necessary inside a church other than to gather just enough background to write their masterpiece.

Think this through with me...
These two will finally stand before God, and have to give an account to Him about how they willfully trivialized the painful, selfless death and disfigurement of His Son

Anything we mortals could do or say to them now would be insignificant to that moment......

[finnigan2]

If the two writers of the show, Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline, are running low on ideas for new episodes, I have two hot suggestions:
1) Paddie, an ignorant Catholic newly arrived from Ireland, lands a job as a servant in the home of a family of ultra orthodox Jews. Much hilarity ensues when Paddie mixes up the silverware and the menu and the family unknowingly dines on breaded pork using dairy knives.
2) Billie Bob, an ignorant evangelical newly arrived from Appalachia, finds a copy of the Koran accidentally left on a city bus. Unable to read the quaint script and unaware of the book's importance, much hilarity ensues when Billie Bob takes it home and uses it like his grandpa used to do with old Sears catalogs.