The Bloody Mary Episode - Tonight 9.30 - C4

[Paul in NZ]

Roman Catholicism is a 'denomination' (if you will) of Christianity. Protestants (and their break-off group Anglicans), the x-Orthodoxies (Russian-, Eastern-, Oriental-, etc), J.W.'s, Mormons, Unified Chruch, Assyrian Chruch, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal Chruch, Adventist, Lutheran, Pentecostal, etc... are all Christians. (bloody oath, this list goes on and on - you get the point, I'm not adding any more!).
Additional = "The last U.S. survey" (1995 Census) listed over 150 different groups identifying themselves as Christian.

High Priest:- But those other groups are wrong! To have any hope of redemption, we better burn them all.... ALL you hear me! BURN them in the purifing white hot flames of gods wrath on earth so that all the rest may be saved from sin!

Low Priest:- Um, Didn't God tell us not to commit murder?

High Priest:- Look, I'm the HIGH Priest right, God talked to me last night and said it's OK, it's NOT murder, its - um - a mercy killing right! We are actually doing them a favour before they do anything else to upset God... Trust me, you don't want to upset the almighty!!

Now, we will start with the groups that have the most land and...

Low Priest:- But didn't we object to abortions and euthenasia (sic) last year? Some of those were justified as mercy killings... And didn't God request us not to covert our neighbours possesions??

High Priest:- (sigh) Look, we need that land as collection centres, erm I mean heavenly bases to carry out Gods work OK.. God said it's OK to mercy kill 'them' and to do that we need the land and therefore its sort of our promised land OK... It's really VERY Holy and bit's of it are in the Holy Book and we learnt all about it at High Priest school so don't concern yourself with the big questions, it's a leap of faith! OK...

Low Priest:- That doesn't make any sense...

High Priest:- It makes PERFECT sense you idiot! Look, God talks to me all the time! In fact hes talking to me now and it looks like we have a change of plan! We will NOW start with the disbelievers in our OWN ranks that don't believe in our mission.... What do you think Mr low Priest....

Low Priest:- Burn them all sir! I'll find the matches...

High Priest:- Good lad.... Now come and sit on my knee...

[Clockwork]

High Priest:- .....
Low Priest:- .....

Why did the voice of the High Preist (in my head) sound like Basil Faulty?

[Paul in NZ]

Why did the voice of the High Preist (in my head) sound like Basil Faulty?

Mental telepathy! I broadcast secret instructions into my writing... You see... I AM genuinely omnipotent.... or impotent or something but hey! I'm working on it...

Of course the real question is... Why did I write that?

Tink I'll go lay down for a spell...

[justsomeguy]

Can't be arsed reading 4 pages of gobeldy gook, I just hope those bastards don't kill Kenny and Cartman gets ten million dollars.

[Holy Roller]

Ie believing that an inanimate object could 'cure' your lack of self discipline...

Human nature looks for the "easy" way, self discipline is hard.
I was working so didn't see the programme don't watch it anyway. These shows that lampoon an aspect independant of the whole, while sometimes are truely funny to those to whom it is relavent or have some meaning, protrays a simplistic generalised account of that being lampooned that tends to reinforce the sterotype one commonly holds of the group or idea being lampooned.
Sometimes one does requires some outside intervention to help start on the way of self discipline. Support groups, patches or gum, a supernatural experience, faith. These things gives one the framework to be able to become self disciplined many do not require any outside help at all but some do.

Humor after all is making fun of our idiosyncrasies, differences and quirks though sometimes when a little close to home it ceases to be humor

[Slingshot]

ps - I really enjoyed the 'Classic Album' show afterwards - Dark Side of the Moon - excellent doco, I'd buy that series on DVD!

I've got it on DVD if you want to borrow it sometime...I'm waiting for the long awaited Pulse to be released though, now rumored to be September 06.

[Finn]

There's an article in the NZ Herald. C4 said this episode attracted 6 times it's usual audience which isn't surprising at all.

The opposers should have kept their mouths shut.

I liked their piss take on AA. Those guys are very clever.

[Jackrat]

Agrees with PF re SouthPark, but I WILL be interested to see how the Catholic community reacts, compared to the recent Islamic blasphemy...

I'm gonn'a come round an burn down your,,,,,,
Nah,can't be bothered,,,