[TV] South Park
Scientologist episode. Enjoy, someone posted this to YouTube.
(PS I had a small ethical dilema posting this embed as technically South Park is a copyrighted work, I did not upload this, I am merely providing a link to someplace where it was uploaded by someone else, this is being used without permission of the original content creators, Trey and Matt, and was linked via YouTube)
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I posted a link to the YouTube episode as well, sans moral dilemma. Scientology has threatened too many people over the years, and they deserve all the satire they garner.
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(and then everyone in the credits is John and Jane Smith)
classic.
BTW, their desciption of the actual beliefs of Scientology are only about half as nutty as they actually are. There's stuff in their about nuking the thetans in the volcanoes with nuclear bombs or somesuch. Clams also make their way into the sotry, if memory serves.
We may have underestimated the power of Scientology.
The voice of Chef has also succumbed.
These are dark days. Especially now that Mormonism is starting to gain new levels of pop culture acceptance. HBO has created a new show called 'Big Love' based around a family of polygamists.
Some interesting info on the whole 'Chef' thing.
...also, Operation: Clambake
re Big Love: You know, I never quite understood what the whole stink over polygamy was. I guess as long as all parties are aware and willing participants, then no harm no foul (and after more than a few SO's, does their veto power mean a unanimous vote is required or is it like a 2/3rds majority like to amend a constitution or something?). It would likely get a bit confusing for the kids in the family, not to mention any potential custody battles in the age of easy divorce, but then kids today have to deal with all sorts of weirdness. Of course my guess with LDS they are really only talking about polygyny and not polyandry. I wonder if Emily Post has any ettiquete advice for living in a >2 marriage. Like what are the obligation for spouse 1 vs. spouse 2? How do you divy up housework, finances, nights out on the town, or even sleeping arrangements? When you choose to marry a second spouse whist still married to a first, do you look for carbon copies of the person you are with, or do you look for very different kinds of people to balance out the mix (a bevy of lookalike barbie blondes ala Hugh Heffner or blonde, brunette, redhead... dumb and personable for the first and smart and useful for the second? Honestly, the permutations boggle....)? I'm also certain my math skills are not up to the task when it would come to alimony. Personally, I think I'd have my hands full with just one significant other, but I'm sure there are those out there that would have far better people skills and multitasking abilities than I...
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Too often polygamy is one man, many women. What about 1 woman, many husbands? Or two men married to each other as well as two women?
Frankly I think people will eat up Big Love bacause of the whole 1 man, many women living arrangement dynamics and will miss the whole Mormon thing...which is sad. Mormonism is as scary as Scientology, actually more so in my opinion as they not only larger numbers, but a more radical religious ethos. Scientology is just a whack sci-fi based cult with money. Mormonism is a whack sci-fi based cult with money and the trappings of religion.
Of course I say the same about Catholicism, of which I have been an ex-member for 19 years and counting.
Truly I am not anti-religion, I just have issues with to what extremes people take it.
Like 'd' said, they deserve all (not just Scientology) the satire they garner.
YouTube has a link to the South Park Mormon episode as well, but the download was so slow I opted not to post it.
More stuff about the 'Chef' thing.
RIP Chef.
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