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Specific Examples of Religious Satire in South Park |
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Red Hot Catholic Love |
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In this episode, the parents of South Park become athiest because they believe that Priest Maxi will molest their children. Meanwhile, Priest Maxi travels to the Vatican to fight the problem of molestation in the church, only to find that all of the Catholics are having relations with their children. Priest Maxi then must go on a journey to find the Holy Document of Vatican Law and change it so that Catholics no longer have to molest children. |
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Bloody Mary |
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Stan's father is suffering from alcohol abuse and seeks a bleeding statue of the Virgin Mary to cure his problems, to only find in the end that it was him all along helping himself and not the statue. This episode stirred much controversy in the Catholic community because the Virgin Mary was bleeding from the rectum. They deemed it blasphemous and requested that it be taken off the air and pulled from future DVD releases. As of this year, 2006, Comedy Central have reran the episode. |
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Christian Rock Hard |
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Cartman and Kyle have a $10 bet that their respective bands will reach platinum before the other. Cartman assembles a Christian rock band with Butters and Token to not spread the message of Jesus, but to make money. In the end, after selling one million albums, Cartman finds that there is no gold and platinum records in Christian rock, but only gold, frankincense and myrrh. This outrages Cartman who says, "OH FUCK JESUS." This episode turned heads in the Catholic community because the lyrics of the songs Cartman wrote were about physical love for Jesus. Also the above comment made by Cartman, made at the end of the episode, was not well-liked by the Catholics.
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"Whenever I see Jesus up on that cross/I can�t help but think that he looks kinda� hot" - Cartman (singing) |
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All About Mormons? |
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The kids of South Park are greeted by a new kid named Gary. After a near-fight at the hands of Stan, Gary invites him over to his house. Gary's "perfect" family tell Stan about the story of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon religion, which eventually leads to Stan's family becoming Mormons. Stone and Parker poke fun at the sterotypical Mormon, but in the end Gary sends the message that your religion does not need to hold all facts true if it supports good family vaules. |
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