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Goblinmonger

(22,340 posts)
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 11:08 AM Dec 2014

Christian with Giant Stick Up His Ass Doesn't Like Family Guy

Beck Rips Family Guy for Jesus Episode, Calls SNL a ‘Group of Pussies’

Glenn Beck is really angry with Family Guy for its latest episode, “The 2000-Year-Old Virgin,” in which Peter Griffin tries to help Jesus get laid for his birthday.

Beck said that’s not courageous satire because “it is not brave to do the things that the elite and the powerful agree with.”

He was absolutely offended at how Family Guy (a show known for pushing every single boundary possible regardless of taste) “made Jesus a joke.” And Beck actually went so far as to say this might be on par with taking Jesus and recrucifying him before the eyes of a gawking public:

“Why not just put him up on the pillar again? Why not just whip him and beat him? Why not just publicly humiliate him? Why not just tear his clothing from him, spit on him, and when he asks for water we give him vinegar?”


At one point, Beck took a detour to also rip into the cast of Saturday Night Live for being “the biggest group of pussies on the planet.” He said they don’t try anything brave with their political satire to stick it to people in power.


I thought the episode was pretty damn funny, but I knew it was going to get some hackles up. So did MacFarlane (if you saw it, Peter gives the address to write to to stop the show).

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Christian with Giant Stick Up His Ass Doesn't Like Family Guy (Original Post) Goblinmonger Dec 2014 OP
Who watched Beck to know that his rant took place? Hoppy Dec 2014 #1
Glenn Beck is a Mormon. Did you not know that? cbayer Dec 2014 #2
Are you arguing that he isn't a Christian? Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #4
Change your headline to read Mormon, why don't you. cbayer Dec 2014 #5
Would you take their word for it? trotsky Dec 2014 #6
When I was Catholic, I had a lot of protestants Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #7
Whatever. If the headline had said that, then we wouldn't be having this discussion. cbayer Dec 2014 #10
Are you sure you are out of here? Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #13
So, why didn't you rip into the poster of the other thread... trotsky Dec 2014 #14
My thread title was no more inflamatory than any title of... stone space Dec 2014 #31
Please don't respond to me. trotsky Dec 2014 #34
The m-word? stone space Dec 2014 #36
Please don't respond to me. trotsky Dec 2014 #38
I have no idea what you are talking about. stone space Dec 2014 #40
Then just don't respond to me. trotsky Dec 2014 #41
Do you want such a mutual agreement or not? stone space Dec 2014 #43
Why do you get to demand terms when you don't allow that for others? trotsky Dec 2014 #44
I guess you weren't serious. OK. (nt) stone space Dec 2014 #46
I'm dead serious about you not replying to me. trotsky Dec 2014 #47
Then don't post to me any more. stone space Dec 2014 #63
No, I reserve the right to respond to you. trotsky Dec 2014 #68
Not talking about responses. I'm talking about... stone space Dec 2014 #69
STOP IT! trotsky Dec 2014 #71
I understand your objections to m@ney. stone space Dec 2014 #73
AIEEEE!! NO IT'S NOT "MONEY" BUT YOU JUST SAID IT!!! PLEASE STOP! trotsky Dec 2014 #74
What exactly is your problem? stone space Dec 2014 #75
You and your violent, abusive language! n/t trotsky Dec 2014 #76
You just accused me of having violent fantasies. stone space Dec 2014 #77
Honor my request! trotsky Dec 2014 #78
Why are you accusing me of having violent fantasies? (nt) stone space Dec 2014 #79
Honor my request! n/t trotsky Dec 2014 #80
Why are you accusing me of having violent fantasies? stone space Dec 2014 #81
Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #82
I have not been violent towards you. stone space Dec 2014 #83
You have used, and continue to use, VIOLENT language! trotsky Dec 2014 #84
How are you being attacked? Be specific! hrmjustin Dec 2014 #85
I wouldn't insert myself into that dialog Dorian Gray Dec 2014 #91
I have used no violent language anywhere in this thread. stone space Dec 2014 #86
Yes, you have! The m-word! Please stop! n/t trotsky Dec 2014 #87
Do tell us what the M word is? hrmjustin Dec 2014 #88
Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #89
... Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #42
No edhopper Dec 2014 #15
I had one point. To share the article. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #18
I would also contest your title edhopper Dec 2014 #26
You are correct. It could also be a corncob. trotsky Dec 2014 #27
Or he could say edhopper Dec 2014 #29
But if his name was included, folks would know who the thread is about. stone space Dec 2014 #32
The thread was about Beck edhopper Dec 2014 #48
Some folks aren't really interested in following Beck's latest antics. stone space Dec 2014 #62
that edhopper Dec 2014 #64
LOL trotsky Dec 2014 #35
I hope you can't feel that. I'd be uncomfortable to stand that close to him. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #59
I didn't mean feel like a edhopper Dec 2014 #67
So, explain why you didn't climb stone space's frame for this heap of shit? AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #58
If I thought that folks would recognize the minister's name, ... stone space Dec 2014 #65
You know they consider themselves to be Christians, right? Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #8
Do you know you aren't a host? Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #12
"Most people"? "Everyone"? skepticscott Dec 2014 #16
Christians are people who believe in the divinity of Christ jeff47 Dec 2014 #28
Church of JESUS CHRIST of latter-day saints. Reading is FUNdamental(TM) AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #57
Mormons think they are Christians. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #11
Many mainstream and especially fundy Christians don't think Mormans are Christians Major Nikon Dec 2014 #21
Whatever. They are Christians. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #24
Over 30,000 Christian sects in the world today safeinOhio Dec 2014 #25
If there is a hell and I (undoubtedly) go there, Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #33
I did not pillar him. SamKnause Dec 2014 #3
"... put him up on the pillar again..." rock Dec 2014 #9
Crazy Glen should't watch the show then. Kalidurga Dec 2014 #17
Seems like the easy option. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #19
Seems simple, doesn't it? trotsky Dec 2014 #20
Yep. And, fwiw, I think Beck is largely irrelevant overall. pinto Dec 2014 #22
I'm pretty sure it's just your bubble. trotsky Dec 2014 #23
I know people edhopper Dec 2014 #30
Yeah, I'm sure there are those as you've run into. Kinda mind boggling, in a way. pinto Dec 2014 #37
Beck? Dorian Gray Dec 2014 #92
Forbes on Beck. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #39
What a clever rewrite of the original headline! struggle4progress Dec 2014 #45
It takes a special person to even bang that out on a keyboard, "Giant Stick Up His Ass". NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #49
He's just following the basic editorial admonition okasha Dec 2014 #53
I would love to think that I coined that phrase Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #55
I did find that when I Googled. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #61
Well, this is a rancid little thread. rug Dec 2014 #50
Well, it is about Glenn Beck. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #60
Is it? I didn't know that until after I clicked on it. stone space Dec 2014 #66
I just checked edhopper Dec 2014 #70
I suppose I'd follow him more if I had cable. stone space Dec 2014 #72
Tremendously disappointed in this thread tularetom Dec 2014 #51
I put most of the entire article in the OP. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #54
Had Jesus been in the middle east during the Bush admin rurallib Dec 2014 #52
Glenn Beck is a giant right wing piece of shit, fuck him. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #56
I've not seen the episode Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #90
I love family guy Dorian Gray Dec 2014 #93
I can handle that Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #94
Yeah, that's all true Dorian Gray Dec 2014 #95
I loved supervillain Stewie Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #96
I miss super villain stewie T.T (nt) LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #97

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
2. Glenn Beck is a Mormon. Did you not know that?
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 11:18 AM
Dec 2014

In your enthusiasm to make this an anti-christian post, even though NO CHRISTIAN ON THIS SITE IDENTIFIES WITH GLENN BECK, you really put you foot in it.

Sorry for the screaming, but what you have done here is wrong.

 

Goblinmonger

(22,340 posts)
4. Are you arguing that he isn't a Christian?
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 11:22 AM
Dec 2014

Because he is. I know that it is randomly OK to bash Mormon's on here, but they are Christians. So how was my Subject line wrong? He is a Christian. He does have a giant stick up his ass. And he doesn't like Family Guy.

Also, please show me where I even hinted that ANYONE ON THIS SITE IDENTIFIES WITH GLENN BECK.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
5. Change your headline to read Mormon, why don't you.
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 11:24 AM
Dec 2014

You know perfectly well that most people consider these different categories, including Mormons.

What a bunch of shit this post is. A story worth noting ruined by your prejudice.

Beck is a total asshole that everyone here despises.

Are you on a mission? Do you have to pay penance for something?

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
6. Would you take their word for it?
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 11:28 AM
Dec 2014
https://www.lds.org/topics/christians?lang=eng

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unequivocally affirm themselves to be Christians. They worship God the Eternal Father in the name of Jesus Christ.


Go berate the Mormons themselves, cbayer.
 

Goblinmonger

(22,340 posts)
7. When I was Catholic, I had a lot of protestants
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 11:29 AM
Dec 2014

tell me I wasn't a Christian. That was false. It's also false to say a Mormon isn't Christian.

Just because some people here feel it is OK to single out Mormons as something "not Christian" doesn't make them right. Nothing in my subject line is wrong.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
10. Whatever. If the headline had said that, then we wouldn't be having this discussion.
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 11:47 AM
Dec 2014

It was your decision to make it intentionally inflammatory and aimed at him as a "christian" that is at issue.

IIRC, just recently there was an altered headline in which some people apparently thought "anti-christian" meant atheist. Even though it didn't meant that at all, the changing of the headline became an issue. Were you involved in that conversation?

You have made your point and it's glaringly obvious what it is.

I am sure this will go exactly as you have anticipated, but I am really disappointed and out of here.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
14. So, why didn't you rip into the poster of the other thread...
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 12:07 PM
Dec 2014

who clearly made his title intentionally inflammatory?

Why the double standard?

 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
31. My thread title was no more inflamatory than any title of...
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 04:35 PM
Dec 2014

...a thread about a minister getting death threats over performing church sacraments could be.

There's no nice way to write it.

It's the act itself that is inflammatory.



 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
40. I have no idea what you are talking about.
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 05:24 PM
Dec 2014

But if you would like to make an agreement not to post to each other, that can be arranged.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
41. Then just don't respond to me.
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 05:26 PM
Dec 2014

You have made that demand to others, I expect you to honor it. No questions asked.

 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
43. Do you want such a mutual agreement or not?
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 05:27 PM
Dec 2014

I already said that I am willing.

The real question is whether or not you are willing.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
68. No, I reserve the right to respond to you.
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 10:28 AM
Dec 2014

You just can't respond to me unless you promise never to use the m-word again. I thought I made that clear.

Please stop responding unless you promise.

 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
69. Not talking about responses. I'm talking about...
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 10:35 AM
Dec 2014

...how often you initiate contact with me.

But, of course, you knew that.

No, I reserve the right to respond to you.


If you don't want me to reply to your posts to me, then you should stop initiating contact with me.

You don't see me initiating contact with people who I don't desire contact with.

You just can't respond to me unless you promise never to use the m-word again. I thought I made that clear.

Please stop responding unless you promise.


I don't even know what the M-word is.

"Money"?

That is a religion for some.

Why are you so cryptic?








trotsky

(49,533 posts)
71. STOP IT!
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 10:37 AM
Dec 2014

I have asked you nicely! Don't make me use your violent language, figure out what the m-word is and promise me you'll never use it again with me!

 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
73. I understand your objections to m@ney.
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 10:53 AM
Dec 2014

I'm a bit of a militant socialist myself.

The worship of m@ney is a huge problem in our society.

STOP IT!

I have asked you nicely! Don't make me use your violent language, figure out what the m-word is and promise me you'll never use it again with me!

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
74. AIEEEE!! NO IT'S NOT "MONEY" BUT YOU JUST SAID IT!!! PLEASE STOP!
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 11:01 AM
Dec 2014

AND PROMISE ME YOU'LL NEVER USE THAT WORD WITH ME AGAIN! I do not want to be involved with your violent fantasies!

 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
75. What exactly is your problem?
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 11:04 AM
Dec 2014
I do not want to be involved with your violent fantasies!


And why are you accusing me of having violent fantasies?

There is no need to make unprovoked personal attacks against people here at DU.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
78. Honor my request!
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 11:16 AM
Dec 2014

Promise me never to use the m-word and I'll reply to your question! Otherwise, no deal!

 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
81. Why are you accusing me of having violent fantasies?
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 11:20 AM
Dec 2014

That is a totally unprovoked personal attack.

Response to stone space (Reply #81)

 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
83. I have not been violent towards you.
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 11:22 AM
Dec 2014
Stop the violence! Stop attacking me! n/t


This is yet another totally unprovoked personal attack.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
84. You have used, and continue to use, VIOLENT language!
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 11:25 AM
Dec 2014

Please promise me never to use the m-word again! That's all I ask! I cannot take any more of your attacks!

Dorian Gray

(13,469 posts)
91. I wouldn't insert myself into that dialog
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 08:07 AM
Dec 2014

(Though I am now!!! I'm terrible at taking my own advice.)

It's obviously a riff on Stone's insistence that another poster (Goblin?) not speak to him because he used a word Stone Space didn't like. I believe the word was used in as little of an offensive way as that pejorative racial insult could be used, and the poster was quoting something or saying how the use of the word was inappropriate, but Stone insisted that the poster never speak to him again until he denounced all use of the word, implying that the poster was throwing around racial slurs.

And the "M" word is militant.

Stone Space pulled the same schtick (earnestly? who knows), and Trotsky's just giving it back.

Though I can see why the insistence on the use of "Militant" atheist might read as parody and irk some of the atheists on our board.


But, yeah, not all those who we think are our friends on message boards are acting in good faith.

 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
86. I have used no violent language anywhere in this thread.
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 11:31 AM
Dec 2014
You have used, and continue to use, VIOLENT language!


This is a false personal attack.

Response to trotsky (Reply #87)

edhopper

(33,216 posts)
15. No
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 12:11 PM
Dec 2014

we objected to calling people who are obviously Christian, and probably in their warped minds think they are true Christians, Anti-Christians.

And whether you intended to or not, you appeared to defend the OP title in that other thread.

 

Goblinmonger

(22,340 posts)
18. I had one point. To share the article.
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 12:43 PM
Dec 2014

What has been made clear is that I don't need to use the headline in my OP Subject line. And I can use whatever I want when I do. You did not seem to care when it was done by someone else. Why by me? Either it is something we can do in here or we can't. And there is NOTHING in my subject line that is wrong. He is a Christian. He does have a giant stick up his ass. He does hate the show. Please tell me where any of that is wrong. To say that Mormons aren't Christian seems very prejudicial.

edhopper

(33,216 posts)
26. I would also contest your title
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 02:26 PM
Dec 2014

how do you know he has a stick up his ass? And giant? Have you measured it?
This is just editorializing on your part. You have know way of knowing.
It could be that his shit is so backed up, his eyes are brown.

edhopper

(33,216 posts)
29. Or he could say
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 04:30 PM
Dec 2014

"I feel Beck has a giant stick up his butt". Because then it is his feelings and we can't say if they are right or wrong.

 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
32. But if his name was included, folks would know who the thread is about.
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 04:40 PM
Dec 2014
"I feel Beck has a giant stick up his butt".


We certainly don't want that, do we?

edhopper

(33,216 posts)
48. The thread was about Beck
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 06:05 PM
Dec 2014

the description was the OPs, some here seem to have a problem with calling him Christian.

Though others who editorialize in the title that are left alone.

 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
62. Some folks aren't really interested in following Beck's latest antics.
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 08:28 AM
Dec 2014

If his name had been used, those folks wouldn't have clicked on the thread.

So the ploy worked, I suppose.



edhopper

(33,216 posts)
67. I didn't mean feel like a
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 10:28 AM
Dec 2014

Dr's examine, I meant feel as the other ways of knowing. That you had an inner sense that he has a giant stick up his ass. I understand the feeling is a lot like love.

 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
65. If I thought that folks would recognize the minister's name, ...
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 10:18 AM
Dec 2014

...I would have included her name in the thread title.

But I don't think that she has the name recognition that Glen Beck has, so it's not really a very good comparison.

 

skepticscott

(13,029 posts)
16. "Most people"? "Everyone"?
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 12:13 PM
Dec 2014

Why do you presume to speak for those other than yourself, cbayer? Especially when you regularly upbraid others for doing exactly that?

You frankly have no fucking idea what "most people" or "everyone here" thinks about these things. Stick to what you know.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
28. Christians are people who believe in the divinity of Christ
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 02:45 PM
Dec 2014

The denomination they belong to does not change that they are Christians. Catholics are Christians. Presbyterians are Christians. Baptists are Christians. And Mormons are Christians.

If you'd like to exclude Mormons, you're gonna have to start with the dictionary instead of DU.

 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
11. Mormons think they are Christians.
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 11:57 AM
Dec 2014

You might want to withdraw the feigned apoplexy.

As a non-believer why would you take this so personally?

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
21. Many mainstream and especially fundy Christians don't think Mormans are Christians
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 12:48 PM
Dec 2014

...since Mormons actually believe in 3 distinct gods and aren't monotheistic. The really funny part is that the only biblical reference to the holy trinity was a forgery added to the original gospels several centuries later, which means that even fundy Christians aren't really monotheistic either.

 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
24. Whatever. They are Christians.
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 01:10 PM
Dec 2014

Even if some other group of Christians think they aren't. Having a hissy fit over calling a famous Mormon a Christian is complete bullshit.

safeinOhio

(32,532 posts)
25. Over 30,000 Christian sects in the world today
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 02:15 PM
Dec 2014

and most have dogma that says the others are going to hell on a sled.

SamKnause

(13,043 posts)
3. I did not pillar him.
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 11:19 AM
Dec 2014

I did not whip him.

I did not beat him.

I did not humiliate him.

I did not tear his clothing from him.

I did not spit on him.

I did not give him vinegar to drink.

No one asked me if I thought any of these things were a good idea.

No one asked me if I wanted these things done.

I accept no responsibility for the torture of anyone.






rock

(13,218 posts)
9. "... put him up on the pillar again..."
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 11:46 AM
Dec 2014

That would be torture and we ...don't...do -- Say, what's that over there. It's bright and shiny!

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
20. Seems simple, doesn't it?
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 12:45 PM
Dec 2014

But many religious people want everyone ELSE to respect their special beliefs, too. With force if necessary!

pinto

(106,886 posts)
22. Yep. And, fwiw, I think Beck is largely irrelevant overall.
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 12:52 PM
Dec 2014

May be the "bubble" I live my life in but in my gut I really don't feel all that many people actually take him seriously. Some, sure. But in the big picture? Eh.

pinto

(106,886 posts)
37. Yeah, I'm sure there are those as you've run into. Kinda mind boggling, in a way.
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 05:08 PM
Dec 2014

Sometimes I wonder about listening to the rationale on his simplistic rants. But, no. He's better off left to his AM slot, imo.

(ed to add) LOL, have made at least two posts here about the guy. Should put my time where my keystrokes are and move on.

Dorian Gray

(13,469 posts)
92. Beck?
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 08:09 AM
Dec 2014

God, I'm glad I live in Brooklyn! I don't know one person who watches him (or at least they don't admit it!). Certainly nobody who thinks he's the smartest man around.

Pretty much the only time I see anything he writes or says is when people are outraged on DU about it.

struggle4progress

(118,041 posts)
45. What a clever rewrite of the original headline!
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 05:44 PM
Dec 2014

I suppose some cynics will claim you just wanted to pair "Christian" with "Giant Stick Up His Ass"

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
49. It takes a special person to even bang that out on a keyboard, "Giant Stick Up His Ass".
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 07:07 PM
Dec 2014

I Googled it and found that it's not that common a phrase.

I might be cynical.

:/

 

Goblinmonger

(22,340 posts)
55. I would love to think that I coined that phrase
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 12:44 AM
Dec 2014

but it's from Breaking Bad.

No idea why you would need to be cynical for that.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
61. I did find that when I Googled.
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 02:31 AM
Dec 2014

Didn't know if it was an inspiration or not.

I never watched the show and only recently watched some Sons of Anarchy, which is a bit addictive.

 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
66. Is it? I didn't know that until after I clicked on it.
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 10:22 AM
Dec 2014
Well, it is about Glenn Beck.


I guess that's a secret for those of us in the in crowd.

Folks who aren't interested in Beck's latest antics were tricked into clicking on it.

And folks who religiously follow Beck's every move don't even know that this thread exists.

edhopper

(33,216 posts)
70. I just checked
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 10:37 AM
Dec 2014

it took me 2.5 seconds to click on the thread and see it was about Beck.

You really are upset that you spent 2.5 seconds before you saw what the thread was about.

I click on threads all the time only to find I am not interested.

And if you are so uninterested in Beck, why are you even commenting?

 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
72. I suppose I'd follow him more if I had cable.
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 10:51 AM
Dec 2014

But I don't.

I generally run into Beck's name on internet boards like this.

Not on TV.

I click on threads all the time only to find I am not interested.


How do you even know to click on them?

There are many more folks who are actually interested in Beck who are totally unaware of the existence of this secret Beck thread than there are folks uninterested in Beck who accidentally wasted 2.5 seconds on their lives by clicking on this thread.

I'd worry more about the former than the latter.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
51. Tremendously disappointed in this thread
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 09:38 PM
Dec 2014

The title promised things that were never delivered. I hoped to learn what some idiot Christian found objectionable about a Family Guy episode about Jesus.

Instead I found that I had bumbled into a rhetorical argument about how many Mormons could dance on the head of a pin if their religion permitted them to dance with Christians.

I bailed before I wasted a huge amount of time on it but I feel I am worse for the experience.

 

Goblinmonger

(22,340 posts)
54. I put most of the entire article in the OP.
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 12:35 AM
Dec 2014

I think the objection Beck had to the episode was pretty clear.

Did you watch the episode? I knew as soon as it started that there would be a shit storm somewhere. Beck didn't pop into my head (generic Fox pundit did--which is pretty close).

My main question is if the reaction to the episode is the one that Seth wanted. I think he's good enough at what he does to tailor his work to get the intended response.

rurallib

(62,346 posts)
52. Had Jesus been in the middle east during the Bush admin
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 09:53 PM
Dec 2014

all those things Beck suggested may have been done to him by the CIA. ETA:
- without all the fanfare he got in the Roman days. Heck, Beck would even be cheering it on.

BTW - I just realized Jesus was just carrying on the family tradition of virginity. After all, his mom was a virgin. How many of us can say that?

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
56. Glenn Beck is a giant right wing piece of shit, fuck him.
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 02:09 AM
Dec 2014

These days he's pretending to be a libertarian, but he's still a red-shift right wing asshole.

Prophet 451

(9,796 posts)
90. I've not seen the episode
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 12:15 AM
Dec 2014

I find that Family Guy stopped being funny around season 5 or so, with less worthwhile episodes as the seasons went on. But Beck is just being stupidly hyperbolic. Even in the years I watched it, Family Guy took the piss out of pretty much every religion.

Dorian Gray

(13,469 posts)
93. I love family guy
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 02:49 PM
Dec 2014

but I have to admit that some of the religious ribbing and stuff makes me uncomfortable.

Prophet 451

(9,796 posts)
94. I can handle that
Wed Dec 17, 2014, 11:21 AM
Dec 2014

It's more that the show seemed to get more mean-spirited as it went on. Things like, you remember that there was a Jewish character, Mort or something? Well, at one point, jokes about him were mostly about his timidity. But as time went on, jokes about him shifted to be mostly about his Jewishness. And the Lois of teh early seasons was a Mama Bear about her kids. When a rich princess snubbed Meg, Lois made plans to ruin her (by sending Quagmire to her party, IIRC). But in the later seasons, Lois because as nasty to Meg as everyone else was. And Stewie went from being a would-be supervillain to just being a stereotype of a flamboyantly gay man.

Dorian Gray

(13,469 posts)
95. Yeah, that's all true
Wed Dec 17, 2014, 05:05 PM
Dec 2014

I hate that they're all mean to Meg. That bugs. And Stewie was better as a super villain.

I don't watch as much now as I used to, but that's only because my four year old has shown interest in it when it's on, and it's not appropriate for her. LOL.

Funniest line was the "I do not care for The Godfather. It insists upon itself." And the never-ending fight with the chicken. And all the 80s references. He does those things well.

Prophet 451

(9,796 posts)
96. I loved supervillain Stewie
Wed Dec 17, 2014, 06:19 PM
Dec 2014

I can understand why you're not watching as much these days. Do not let your kids watch the show!

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