'The Simpsons' & Catholicism

Last night I was watching The Simpsons and the story line caught my interest in a way it normally doesn't. Homer and Bart find interest and begin to convert to Catholicism!

Bart was blamed for a mishap at school and was thus sent to Catholic school for a "tougher" schooling experience. What happens instead is Bart finding a new faith.

Homer, in an attempt to "save" his son from the conservative Catholic church goes to the school to argue with the Priest and upon arrival, discovers their pancake night. After rounds of pancakes and a lot of jibber-jabber, Homer too begins a new path of faith in the Catholic church.

Ok, did I like this episode because people were becoming Catholic? No!

A lot of false things were of course spoken about Catholicism and true things were made to sound bad. However, Protestants were equally "bashed" thus making this episode entirely stereotypical of all Christianity.

The show ended pretty much with Bart stopping fighting between the Catholics and Protestants by making all of them aware of the things they all shared. That being the message that Christ is Lord!

I'm not sure what season this show aired or anything, but I was thoroughly entertained and deep thoughts were provoked as well.

Oh, and for anyone who may have an interest in becoming a Catholic, I think Homer put it best when he said, "Once you go Vatican, you can't go back again."