kamiller42 Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 I was looking up some information on Susan G. Komen foundation's ties to Planned Parenthood. (Sad story for another thread.) I came across a blog entry that led me to some serious analysis of Protestant Heaven vs. Catholic Heaven. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RMzA82H-Qo&eurl="]Is this accurate[/url]? Debate is now open. :
Guest T-Bone Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 Catholic Heaven is fun, Protestant Heaven is boring. Catholics on Earth do fun things, Protestants do boring things. Everyone is happy.
cappie Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 [url="http://gkupsidedown.blogspot.com/2006/10/blonde-or-blue-hair-heaven.html"]http://gkupsidedown.blogspot.com/2006/10/b...air-heaven.html[/url]
cmotherofpirl Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 [quote name='kamiller42' post='1092793' date='Oct 16 2006, 03:29 AM'] I was looking up some information on Susan G. Komen foundation's ties to Planned Parenthood. (Sad story for another thread.) I came across a blog entry that led me to some serious analysis of Protestant Heaven vs. Catholic Heaven. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RMzA82H-Qo&eurl="]Is this accurate[/url]? Debate is now open. : [/quote] please do a post with the info about Komen foundation
HeavenlyCalling Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 I saw that, very funny! Oh course, I am a part of almost all the groups they showed in Catholic Heaven, so the fact that it looked an aweful lot like some of our family reunions didn't bother me at all! : : : :
homeschoolmom Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 [quote name='T-Bone' post='1092794' date='Oct 16 2006, 02:36 AM'] Catholic Heaven is fun, Protestant Heaven is boring. Catholics on Earth do fun things, Protestants do boring things. Everyone is happy. [/quote]
kateri05 Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 on the komen foundation thing, i had heard they gave lots of money to stem cell research.... any proof? ps. i think the actual topic of hte thread is kinda uncharitable
Budge Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 (edited) On the Simpsons... Protestant heaven.... Actually that looked like Presbyterian and Episcopalian heaven...with all the richies playing croquet... Ok Im just kidding... Edited October 16, 2006 by Budge
Guest T-Bone Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 [quote name='T-Bone' post='1092794' date='Oct 16 2006, 12:36 AM'] Catholic Heaven is fun, Protestant Heaven is boring. Catholics on Earth do fun things, Protestants do boring things. Everyone is happy. [/quote] [quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1092860' date='Oct 16 2006, 07:24 AM'] [/quote] What!?
Lil Red Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 [quote name='cappie' post='1092825' date='Oct 16 2006, 04:09 AM'][url="http://gkupsidedown.blogspot.com/2006/10/blonde-or-blue-hair-heaven.html"]http://gkupsidedown.blogspot.com/2006/10/b...air-heaven.html[/url][/quote]very cool blog :
homeschoolmom Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 [quote name='T-Bone' post='1093122' date='Oct 16 2006, 03:10 PM'] What!? [/quote] I'm not wild about the stereotyping of Prostestants as uptight, preppy bores... The Simpsons certainly wouldn't fit in that kind of Heaven either...
Budge Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 [quote]I'm not wild about the stereotyping of Prostestants as uptight, preppy bores...[/quote] Yeah in that cartoon where were all the fundies and Bible thumpers? I guess in Simpson's world we all went to the hot place.... actually a heaven with Riverdance would seem more like hell after awhile...
zunshynn Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 (edited) I've never liked the Simpson's. I've never understood why people never seem to care about how much they mock people of faith in general. That and it's just overall a pretty stupid show. I did smile when they showed all of the Mexicans dancing and Jesus jumping up and down. That was pretty cute. Although... that's so not what I imagine Jesus sounding like, lol. Edited October 16, 2006 by zunshynn
Guest T-Bone Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 The Simpsons doesn't mock people of faith as much as others would like you to beleive. Note Flanders: He's always protrayed as a positive, kind, loving person, who, while he may be a "little hung up on" God, is never a hypocrite, and is never protrayed in a bad light.
homeschoolmom Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 [quote name='T-Bone' post='1093233' date='Oct 16 2006, 04:37 PM'] The Simpsons doesn't mock people of faith as much as others would like you to beleive. Note Flanders: He's always protrayed as a positive, kind, loving person, who, while he may be a "little hung up on" God, is never a hypocrite, and is never protrayed in a bad light. [/quote] Yeah, the always do a good job of keeping Ned consistantly good. I like that. It's interesting though that he's just "generic Christian" -- whatever bent they want to give him. For example, as an Evangelical, Ned would never have a piece of the true Cross necklace or see the faces of saints in the oil spots of the church parking lot. But it's fun to see those kinds of things and say, " Ned would never say that..."
Budge Posted October 16, 2006 Posted October 16, 2006 (edited) Hey I think Flanders is cool, one of my favorite characters but really he is more a liberal neo-evangelical.... They gave him some depth giving him Beatnick parents and having him run a left-handed speciality store. One thing to warn you all about the media though, even though there is some funny humor, the Simpsons is going to impart the things of this world. Im sure even you folks had to be very unhappy with the pro-gay marriage episode where Homer starts marrying homosexuals. There are a lot of anti-Christian messages even in the Simpsons. Edited October 16, 2006 by Budge
kamiller42 Posted October 17, 2006 Author Posted October 17, 2006 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' post='1092841' date='Oct 16 2006, 08:28 AM'] please do a post with the info about Komen foundation [/quote] For those who don't know, the Susan G Komen foundation is a large not for profit organization that distributes money in "grants and programs related to breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment." The organization has been giving money to Planned Parenthood, lots of money. You can read about the numerous occasions and how much via a [url="http://www.google.com/search?&q=planned%20parenthood%20susan%20komen&lr=lang_en"]Google search[/url]. The Komen foundation even refers to Planned Parenthood locations as "health centers." The effort to legitimize Planned Parenthood continues. Why not give that money to [url="http://www.lifecall.org/shelters_cpc.html"]pro-life pregnancy centers[/url]? They really are concerned about the health of women unlike PP. Apparently the CEO of Curves fitness franchise, Gary Heavin, has been leading the campaign to inform the public on Susan G Komen's support of PP. [url="http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/curves.asp"]This touches on it[/url]. Back to the thread... Budge, I actually agree with you. I like the first 6 or 7 seasons completely. It gets more and more spotty after that. Always watch carefully as the writers do have a pro-gay agenda. It's blatant. The episode that clip came from was hilarious from beginning almost until the end. The end was a little bit of a cop-out.
Budge Posted October 17, 2006 Posted October 17, 2006 Glad you agree. I have to admit one thing that bugs me about the Simpsons is the protrayal of God--breaking second commandment and once, I believe it was on a show where they made fun of Revelation, they had such a blasphemous picture of Jesus, it actually made me flinch. They showed Jesus sitting on a swing looking forlorn and miserable, twirling around, and saying..."Dont make me go back down there Dad, look what they did to me last time!" {paraphrasing} I try to have a sense of humor, but that really really really bugged me. I think they cross a line when they "make fun" of God.
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